GOD IS WONDERFUL ,AWESOME, AND AT WORK!!!!!! I was overjoyed when i found out that we would be getting Jadon! I may not know him yet but I LOVE HIM WITH ALL MY HEART and am proud to call him my brother. No matter what people say , what he does, or what color he is I will always love him and be proud of him!! HE may be different from me but to me he is just the same and my WONDERFUL little brother!!!
I think its amazing how GOD has had me meet several new people who are adopting and go through the same things. This past week I meet a wonderful college student whose family just got her two year old little brother. His name is Kadon it was oringinally supposed to be Jadon. Isn't it funny how his name is spelt the same way except with a K? GOD works in funny ways. They may seem funny how it works but in the long run it really helps you understand what GOD has in store for you.
Also I believe that GOD put her in my life to encourage me. I've had a friend who said adoption stinks it doesn't rock. That made me mad but I didn't stop trusting that GOD was going to have it work out just fine. (which it did!) She went through something similar to that. There will be hardships through the time he gets home probably until the day he dies or JESUS CHRIST comes back but until then GOD will help us through it.
This past week on the middle school mission trip GOD called me to ministry. I don't know what kind of ministry yet but just maybe it might be the adoption ministry. Isn't it crazy how GOD works?
We were on the list for 13 days and got a referral when most the time it takes 9 months. Isn't that crazy?
This summer i have grown in my spiritual walk with CHRIST which has helped me decide to conquer my fear of flying to go get my little brother(who i can't wait to see). I trusted in GOD! Through this adoption process I realized if there is something your scared about trust in GOD! I was scared when we started the process to be honest i was scared we were going to get matched with a child and then lose him I'm still scared about it. But I am trusting GOD is going to have it work out fine.
Today I found out that if Jadon hadn't been put in an orphanage and he was my age he would be working or he could possibly be married. It broke my heart. That is why I am so excited and grateful that we are getting Jadon or he would live in poverty for the rest of his life or could possilbly die. 12% of children die before age 5. That song Hosana says break my heart for what breaks yours today GOD did!
I AM VERY PROUD TO SAY JADON IS MY BROTHER!
LOVE,
LILY
P.S. GOD IS AMAZING! AND LOVE GOD MORE THAN ANYTHING!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Speechless
We are so speechless at how God moved such a huge financial mountain in twelve days. I never want to loose the "awe" factor with God. We were able to send off the signed papers and check on Monday. Our agency received it Tuesday and we are moving forward to bring our sweet boy home. It looks like we will not travel for the first time until October. We are praying that it will be early October to give us better chances of bringing him home before Christmas. Please pray for Jadon that he is being well fed and loved daily until we can get to him.
Thank you all for your continued support!
Blessings!
ALL GLORY BE TO GOD!
P.S. I'm still emotionally and mentally trying to process what God has done in our lives over the last couple of weeks and hope to write a more "deep" post soon.
Thank you all for your continued support!
Blessings!
ALL GLORY BE TO GOD!
P.S. I'm still emotionally and mentally trying to process what God has done in our lives over the last couple of weeks and hope to write a more "deep" post soon.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Blessed Beyond Belief
Can we just say that we have the BEST family, friends and yard sale shoppers ever! We are BLESSED BEYOND BELIEF! Thank you to everyone who has donated $$, donated yard sale items,prayed, posted our story on Facebook, Twitter, and/or your time helping with our gazillion yard sales we have had! Most of all we are raising some praise for our awesome God, a.k.a our provider!
A summary of the recent events to quickly catch everyone up....
We finally after about nine LONG months of paper chasing etc. we make it on the waiting list to be expecting a child from Ethiopia June 18th .as #47 out of 48 waiting families. We were expecting to have the next six to nine months to fundraise for our referral fee ($8235).
Thirteen days later we have a referral for our son Jadon. Never expected this so quickly but very grateful. When we hung up with the agency we knew we needed $5800 of the $8235 to secure him as our son. By the end of the day God had dropped that amount to $5500.
After much generosity from many people, family, friends and complete strangers and a last minute yard sale God has reduced the amount to $1000 that is needed for this huge step in getting Jadon in process to come home.
Our agency sent us the official referral packet and forms to sign this past week with the official request to send our $8235 within 5 days. This means our signed paperwork and payment to accept Jadon is due by Wednesday.
Please help if you can by donating any amount you are able. Little is much when God is in it!
Many have asked what is next after this step. Once we turn in the required paperwork and payment this week they will begin preparing our paperwork in Ethiopia and working on requesting a court date. We wait and continue to raise money for our travel expenses for two trips. Due to courts closing in Ethiopia from August through early October, we don't expect to travel until mid to late October for the first trip. After the first trip we will come home for 4-6 weeks before traveling the second time to actually bring Jadon home. We have a small window of being able to get Jadon home before Christmas but with God anything is possible!!! Keep praying for our journey and for Jadon especially!
F.R.O.G (Fully Relying On God)
A summary of the recent events to quickly catch everyone up....
We finally after about nine LONG months of paper chasing etc. we make it on the waiting list to be expecting a child from Ethiopia June 18th .as #47 out of 48 waiting families. We were expecting to have the next six to nine months to fundraise for our referral fee ($8235).
Thirteen days later we have a referral for our son Jadon. Never expected this so quickly but very grateful. When we hung up with the agency we knew we needed $5800 of the $8235 to secure him as our son. By the end of the day God had dropped that amount to $5500.
After much generosity from many people, family, friends and complete strangers and a last minute yard sale God has reduced the amount to $1000 that is needed for this huge step in getting Jadon in process to come home.
Our agency sent us the official referral packet and forms to sign this past week with the official request to send our $8235 within 5 days. This means our signed paperwork and payment to accept Jadon is due by Wednesday.
Please help if you can by donating any amount you are able. Little is much when God is in it!
Many have asked what is next after this step. Once we turn in the required paperwork and payment this week they will begin preparing our paperwork in Ethiopia and working on requesting a court date. We wait and continue to raise money for our travel expenses for two trips. Due to courts closing in Ethiopia from August through early October, we don't expect to travel until mid to late October for the first trip. After the first trip we will come home for 4-6 weeks before traveling the second time to actually bring Jadon home. We have a small window of being able to get Jadon home before Christmas but with God anything is possible!!! Keep praying for our journey and for Jadon especially!
F.R.O.G (Fully Relying On God)
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Jehovah has heard
The name we have chosen for our son is Jadon. It is a Hebrew name that means "Jehovah has heard". Jehovah has heard Lily's prayer and ours. We have raised around $1000 since last Wednesday! God is so good. We know that he is in control and will provide for a way for Jadon to come home to his forever family. Thank you to all who have dontated. We are so grateful and feel very humbled by everyone's generosity. We still need about $4500 to complete this next step in bringing our son home. Please watch our video and ask all your family and friends to check it out as well. (No picture in this video represents a picture of Jadon. We are not legally able to post any of his pictures.)
Friday, July 2, 2010
IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After only 13 days on the waiting list we became the proud new parents of a three year old son! Imagine the cutest little three year old boy in Ethiopia and that is our son! Our God is so awesome! We can't legally share too much information about him or show pics yet but we know this is the son God has planned for us! Most importantly the little brother Lily has being praying for. What a blessed little guy to have such a wonderful big sister! We can't wait to get him home! However, we were not expecting this referral until 6-9 months from now so we did not have enough time to fundraise or apply for grants for this next step. To officially secure our referral we have to send in a big fat check for $8235 which praise the Lord we now only need about $4800 of that amount. This whole journey has been completely about putting our trust in God to provide what we need just when we need it. He has been faithful everytime. I know a lot of people think we are crazy for embarking on such a long, difficult, and expensive journey but we know this is God's plan to add to our family. We have been praying for 10 very long years for this moment of adding to our family. God has heard our prayers and answered according to His plan and not ours! His plan is always better than ours!
God has soaked us in his grace and mercy in lots of ways but especially through the generosity of others through prayers, volunteering and/or donating for yard sales, and financial donations etc. We are so grateful to have each and everyone of you in our lives and participating in this journey. We are now at crunch time and need your help to get through this next step to bring our son home. Lord willing..We might possibly be able to bring him home by Christmas. Please pray about donating to help bring our boy home to his forever family. We will take whatever amount you are able to give $5,$10,$25,$50,$100 etc. Little is much when God is in it! Please feel free to use our paypal donation button or email me for an address to send a check to (godforgives@bellsouth.net).
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
God has soaked us in his grace and mercy in lots of ways but especially through the generosity of others through prayers, volunteering and/or donating for yard sales, and financial donations etc. We are so grateful to have each and everyone of you in our lives and participating in this journey. We are now at crunch time and need your help to get through this next step to bring our son home. Lord willing..We might possibly be able to bring him home by Christmas. Please pray about donating to help bring our boy home to his forever family. We will take whatever amount you are able to give $5,$10,$25,$50,$100 etc. Little is much when God is in it! Please feel free to use our paypal donation button or email me for an address to send a check to (godforgives@bellsouth.net).
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
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