If you've been following our blog over the last week, you're probably aware that our adoption auction is now closed. Thank you so, so much for your part in this fundraiser. Whether you donated, prayed for the auction, or placed a bid, your support of our adoption means SO MUCH to us! There aren't enough words to say how grateful we are. We are so overhelmed (in a good way!). We will post a final grand total when all the money has been received and the items shipped---but PRAISE the LORD I can give you an estimate so far of $1500. Which will bring us to about $2000 shy of our referrel fee--almost 60% of the way there. Woohoo!If you won an item, I will send you an E-mail detailing your next step. If you think you won an item, but don't get an E-mail, please contact me at tee.time4me@ yahoo.com and let me know. I am sorry to do this, but this e-mail may not go out till Saturday or Sunday (being that I am running my very first half marathon Saturday morning---prayers for perserverance please!!!)
With that in mind, I do not want to necessarily drag the auction out....BUT, there were a few items that did not get a bid. If you would like to peruse through them, before I send out my emails I will take Best Offer. So, ignore the minimum bid and tell me what you will pay for the item. If they don't sell, I might attempt to sell them on ebay.
If you wanted to help us, but did not win your item, there are still ways you can support us.
1. Pray for our journey.
2. Leave a monetary donation with Active.com (donate button on the sidebar).
3. Watch for hopefully one of our final fundraisers in late fall: Chloe's Coffee
Quilt (This will be a raffle for a quilt and perhaps other goodies for your
donation--still in the works.)
4. Pray for our journey (oh, did I say this already?!;))
Again, thank you so much! As for an update on our journey--we are still sitting at #49. Our agency is in somewhat of a lull when it comes to referrals. There hasn't been an official one since we made it to the list 2 months ago. But we know that God is good all the time and all the time God is good. So we wait---and we will wait some more I am sure of that. :)
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
So the weird thing is, I was looking up this verse and then as I read it in context. I couldn't decide what verse to write. The whole 2nd half of Chapter 8 is phenomenal and applies to our entire journey, both here with our adoption, and in our spiritual adoption by our Lord Jesus Christ. Please if you haven't read it recently look it up or read it here (verses 14-39). So glad God called us to this and that HE is for us!
