Back to Fundraising

When we got our matching grant from LifeSong and several big donations from friends, the total amount was almost exactly what we were going to owe our agency for our last adoption payment.

Due to the delays in our paperwork and the additional time in processing, we have continued to receive bills for monthly interim care of our boys.  While we are so thankful for interim care and are firm believers in the difference that it makes in the lives of our kids while they wait, the cost of it has been paid by our grants.

I had a surplus of supplies from our fundraising efforts in Dec. and Jan. and decided to cancel my Etsy shop and create a blog (because a blog is FREE!) and try to continue to sell the remains of my wares, in addition to a few more things that I have enjoyed creating.

Please check out the blog and pass along to others.  It's a great place to shop for friends, birthday parties, teachers and family and support a great cause at the same time.  I appreciate it so much!

www.fishsticksforafrica.blogspot.com

One Year Ago Today

From my journal this morning:

August 7, 2013

Isaiah 41:8-10

But you, Israel, My servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

Descendant of Abraham, My friend,

You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,

And called from the remotest parts,

And said to you, you are My servant,

I have chosen you and not rejected you.

Do not fear, for I am with you;

Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God,

I will strengthen you, surely I will help you

Surely I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

I remember vividly one year ago TODAY when we told our agency that the photo they had sent was our boys.  They were the ones chosen before time to be a Fish Stick.  Somehow I knew instantly that they were ours.  I never thought we would hit the one year mark without them home.  I never thought this process would have been so hard.  I never envisioned hang ups and waits like this. 

God, please let us raise them; let us teach them to know and love YOU; let me touch them, kiss them, love them; let me cry at their weddings and cheer at their graduations.  Let me kiss their boo boos and pray over their fears.

Amen