Whats in our Lifesong account?!?!?!

First of all I want to sincerely thank every person who has donated so far.  We are so blessed by all of you and it brings us so much joy to know that we are not in this alone.  We have wonderful family and friends who are supporting us through every step of this adoption.  The total amount that we have raised(including the matching money of $4,000) is $11,352!  Can you believe it!  This is so much more than we could have ever imagined.

So many people contributed to this fund.  It was amazing to watch God work through lifesong and through His people.  One of the ways that he especially amazed us was when someone donated $3,000, completely  matching our original "matching amount".  Here is how it happened.   Friends of ours came into possession of a bunch of stuff that belonged to their father(he passed away).  They had a car and were praying about what to do with it.  When they asked the elders in our church if anyone was in need of a car, they discovered that there was someone who had $3,000 to spend on a car and would love to buy within the church.  They knew how much our matching grant was for and thought of us.  So our dear friends made a deal that if this family that was buying a car would write a $3,000 check to Lifesong, then they would give them the car!

How amazing is God!  I can not say that we were surprised because we know who God is and we know that he will provide.  We are just overwhelmed by the way these people and all of the others that donated are being God's hands and feet.  This is what God calls us to do.  He does not say "you have to adopt" or "donate $3000".  He simply wants us to wait on His direction and act.  Every single one of you that are helping us bring our children home could have spent the money on something else.  It is not easy to be generous...but when we are, God blesses us beyond our wildest imagination.

So where are we at now?  Well we are a lot closer to being fully funded!  We are $11,000 short from having enough money to bring our children home!  That means that we have raised, and made(Gavin has been so blessed with work) $30,000 in the last ten months.  Only God can make that possible.

We are only $1,000 short for the referral fees.  We will then need to  make two trips that will cost about $5,000 each.  You can still donate to the Lifesong fund if you feel led to!  It will remain open until we bring our children home.  We are also going to be having another yard sale.  I am not sure when, we will just wait and see how fast the process goes.  If you need to get rid of any junk, just let me know!

Prayer Request
We have a special prayer request today.  We have friends who have been fostering a little girl since she was two days old.  She is now about 16 months old and they have still not been able to adopt her.  Their court date keeps getting moved further and further down the road.  These people ARE her parents and the thought of her getting taken away is really wearing on them. They need prayer for spiritual and emotional strength.  They also need prayer that this little girl will become adoptable soon and they will have her in their arms forever!