Friends ... I have a story to tell, and we need some prayer.
In case you did not know, we have been in the process of adopting our son's 2 brothers for a long time ... since last March or May I think, seriously, I'd lost track. I started thinking it was not going to happen so I kind of distanced myself from the process. A few weeks ago we were told that their local region had put writing any new approval letters on hold.
In the meantime, the Lord provided and invited us, no ... urged us, to go to Ethiopia to serve what turned out to be 1400+ Orphans in Gojjo, Christmas Dinner and take 300 lbs. of donations for them. We obeyed .. it did not make any sense. Even with a huge spontaneous donation, we had to clean out our savings to go. The Lord told me, if he could provide for our trip, he could provide for our adoption and to trust Him. So in total faith, we went. It's easy to trust when you think the need is far off down the road ...
And an amazing trip it was. And we know now that we will be living there in the near future ... but, we have since heard that the approval letters have been written, praise God, in fact 2 of them for the next level, and there is only one more letter to go before we will be submitted to court! WOW!
But, oh-oh. OK Lord ... now we have no more money. And we're talking not only Country fees, but Court, and Embassy and 6 more airline tickets. So the Lord said he would provide ... and I am trusting He will ... with weak and wavering knees. We were prophesied over, that for us, there would be no lack of funds. Wow .. that would be something!
So I am putting this out there. We need a miracle. For right now, to get to court, we will need $8000 for country fees, and $4000 for airline tickets for court. To get to Embassy and home we will need another estimated $10,000. So ... we will be starting some serious fundraising, not only for our adoption of our son's 2 brothers, but also so that we can go serve ... Please pray for us. Thank you.
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