We are back from our trip down south. It was a good trip, but parts of it were definitely not fun! The night driving thing went well, with the exception of Micah not being on board with the plan. Luke slept from 10:30 until 7 and I couldn't believe it. Nathanael did really well too. We had lots of fun on our trip that included the reunion events, as well as a trip to a local children's museum and a Labor Day family get together. One of John's cousins owns two horses and she let the boys (and mama!) have rides at her house. It was a first for Nathanael and Micah and they all enjoyed it. All of John's siblings were at his parent's house with us, so we got to have big family meals and spend some time with them outside of reunion events. Of course, it went by really fast, so we didn't get as much time as we would have liked, but we will be back down at Christmas. I have vacation pics up on my facebook page.
Nathanael wound up getting a stomach bug, and then he shared it with Grandpa Karl and Micah. Micah came down with it on our first of two days at the beach, so John had to stay back at the hotel with him while I took the other two to the beach. That wasn't so much fun (esp. with no washing machine!), but at least it was a one day deal for him and we were all able to go to the beach the next day. The beach was fabulous and I wish we could have stayed longer. But, I thank God that we got to go at all. I know it was a total blessing from Him.
I have been in contact with our social worker today and yesterday and she now has everything she needs for our homestudy. When we left, she was awaiting our references and the results of our fingerprint check. She said she is about halfway done writing up our homestudy and plans to be done with it by Friday! So at that point, we'll be officially approved. Woohoo!
On the financial front, God has been bringing in some large donations. We are down to needing $5,945!!!!! THANK YOU,LORD! I am amazed. God's hand has been all over this. I have a little box on the right about half way down the page that will show how much we still need, for anyone who would like to keep track. I know of some places that I can apply to to be considered for an adoption grant once we are approved, so I will be doing that as soon as the homestudy is official.
A fundraiser kind of just fell in my lap today. I'm going to tell you about that in a separate post.
In reference to the financials- WOW. God is amazing, that's for sure. We have other friends who have adopted 2 and both times God provided; similar story, they said "we don't know where it's coming from, but God says start the paperwork" and they now have 2 kids. I love reading your updates. It brings much joy seeing how God is working through your faithfullness and trust in Him.
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