"Roo just asked me for some white paper and then ran off to write. She brought these back to me and said "Now we can adopt Timothy, these are his adoption papers!!" Oh how I love this girl's heart!"
On January 7th, we were not pursuing an adoption....we were not pursuing our sweet boy...
God had other plans in mind.
God used the hearts of our children to speak to us.
So know it is February 15th...and we are ACTIVELY pursuing our son to bring him home. We are knee deep in paperwork to bring him home.
This sweet little boy...
He has a FAMILY...
We can not wait to bring him home.
When the conversation came up, the desire was there but not the funding.
Any way you shake it, adoption is expensive. I wish it weren't so. But it is.
When we started, we had no IDEA how we were going to make it work. We knew God was calling us and we trusted that He was going to provide and make a way.
We can see Him going before us.
Friends have joined our "Story of 1000"...they have donated to help bring John Preston home. We are forever grateful for each of you.
We are grateful that you are as excited as we are.
We are grateful that you have given without any hesitation. Because you want to be part of the story...because you want to see our boy home too.
I love hearing your stories too...
I love that a dear friend told her husband about our story...then he went and told their church congregation. Then they wanted to know where to send us a check for $200. A church congregation that does not even know us. How amazing is that?
We are friends with a family that also wanted to help. They declared their desire to help before we were even READY to move forward. Today they brought us a check for $1000. Then I went into the worship center and the first song to ring through the building was "How Great is our God!"...indeed.
We have another friend that wants to help and has started her own Facebook group, where she is selling extra things around her house to help, not only our family but other families in need. How amazing is that?!?!?!
We are so thankful to the Lord for each of you who have donated and prayed for our sweet boy. Thank you for letting God work through you. You have encouraged us...you have brought tears to our eyes...you have confirmed over and over again that God has called us to this.
God is good...all the time, God is good.
Want to be part of our "Story of 1000"? Visit www.youcaring.com/thestoryof1000 to donate! THANK YOU!!!! Please help us by slicking the Facebook icon below this post to share to your page!
Love,
Jenifer
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