Adoption Update #3

I have a confession to make....I'm sitting here procrastinating on making dinner, typing this post, and eating a delicious chocolate bar!  Did I get my work-out in today to justify the calories?  Nope.  How many calories can I burn by typing...typing really fast??

This is where we need your help:  Please help our adoption fund get FAT instead of us!  :)

Chocolate Bars are just $2.00 each so if you'd like one, or two, or a bunch...just let us know!  If you're local, we'll deliver and if you're not, we'll mail!  :)  All donations go directly into our family Adoption Fund.

Out of the 3,024 chocolate bars that we started with (wow...never did the math until now!) we have only 396 left so sell!!!!  We have the most AMAZING family & friends who have generously helped us sell the previous 2,628 bars!!  The money is starting to come in and our Adoption Fund now has $3,108.  Once all the bars are sold and all the money has been collected, our account should hold over $6,000!!  What a BLESSING! (Our choc bars are being sold in these states:  AK, WA, CA, NV, CO, TN, WI)

We will still need $14,000 more to reach our $20,000 goal!  We know in God's perfect timing (& provision) that we will get there!  We pray for our future children daily and can't wait to meet them and hold them.

Three weeks ago we had our first Dine & Donate restaurant night in northern California at Mary's Pizza Shack.  yummy!  It was a fun night of seeing dear friends and meeting new ones.  THANK YOU to all of you who were there and to those of you who did take-out!  Of the families that came out to support us, Mary's Pizza donated 20% of their bill to our adoption fund.  The total:  $143.00!  We are blessed by every penny!

Still to come...a Reno Dine & Donate night TBD!

P.S...and on a personal side note:  If you ever hear of or know of a birthfamily who is choosing adoption for their precious child, please tell them about us. We would LOVE to adopt their child!  We are fundraising to go through an agency, but we are open to whatever avenue God has planned to bring home our children!!

Thank you!

Blessings

It's amazing to me how the Body of Christ works.  We're all sinners and yet by the grace & forgiveness of God through Christ's death on the cross we are new creations!  We are brothers and sisters in Christ.  We are working together to do the work of our Father, to glorify Him with our lives, to reach out & love on & minister to the lost.

This morning I'm reflecting on the selfless love we are receiving from the Body.  Old friends, new friends, and even those we don't know are helping us in our efforts to raise money for our next adoption.  We're humbled, blessed, & feelin' oh so loved upon.  All this is for God's glory!  We pray that our lives are a witness of Christ and that through our story, some may come to know Him.

The donations we are receiving with our chocolate bars are above and beyond.  Some are paying $20/bar, some are donating and not taking any bars, some are buying a box or two worth, many have volunteered & are selling the boxes for us!  Blessed, blessed, & blessed.

We recently had our Santa Rosa "Dine & Donate" night at Mary's Pizza Shack!  20% of around 50 families orders will be donated into our adoption fund!  We should receive the total check in about a month.  THANK YOU Mary's Pizza Shack & THANK YOU to everyone who attended!!

Again I say, Blessed, Blessed, & Blessed!

We are still a long way from our goal, but we joyfully rest in God's plan.  If you're craving chocolate after reading this we still have plenty of yummy goodness just waiting for you!  :)  Choices:  Krispy, Caramel (our favorite!), & Almond.  If you're local, we'll deliver!  And if you're not, we'll ship!

Thank you!