My
apologies to those of you who enjoy following our blog on a regular basis! It
has been a while! In the midst of preparing our home and hearts for baby
Sommerlot, due in just 2 1/2 months, keeping up with this blog has been on the
backburner! However, preparing our hearts and finances for our adoption has not
been on the backburner! We are still so excited for the time when we will be
referred and get to travel to Uganda!
The
Lord has continued to bless us with the funds we will need to complete the
adoption! We wanted to update you on how much He has provided so far! If you
look on the top right hand side of our blog, you can see the total funds received
and the amount we have yet to raise. So far God has given us $8,253.49! We have
yet to raise $21,746.51. We feel like we are well on our way to our goal of
reaching $15,000 by August when we can start back up with the adoption again! And
hope to raise the rest of the funds after that. We are still taking donations
for our garage sale this spring where we hope to raise a good small chunk of
support! If you know of anyone willing to donate stuff, please pass this along
to them! If you would like to donate, we would love if you can hold onto your
stuff until spring, but if you can’t, we can take it off your hands for you!
We
have continued to see the Lord’s hand leading us to pursue this adoption since
we began the process! It is such a blessing to see the Lord at work nudging us
to continue on in times when we feel discouraged and overwhelmed by it all! The
Lord has NEVER failed to send a little bit of encouragement EVERYTIME we have
questioned why we are doing this. Whether it is an anonymous donation of $5,000
or a simple email or card from a friend telling us that they have felt God
putting it on their heart to pray for us and the adoption! He is so good! And
it is so rewarding being in the Lord’s will!
For
those of you wondering how the pregnancy has gone so far…all I can say is I
have felt so lucky and blessed. I haven’t had a single day of sickness, I
continue to workout daily, no tiredness, pretty much a symptom free pregnancy.
Praise God!
We’re so blessed by your partnership with us!
“I thank my God every time I remember
you.
In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray
with joy because of your partnership
in the gospel from the first day
until now, being confident of this, that
he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion
until the day of Christ Jesus.’ Philippians 1:3-6
