A Big Week

This week was probably the biggest week we have had since we started this adoption journey.

Wednesday we had our first home study visit. I was nervous and wanting my house to look perfect. I baked fresh cookies Wednesday morning so the house smelled warm and inviting. Our social worker was super sweet and we really enjoyed having her over. She walked through our house and everything checked out A-ok! She came back on Friday to do a parent training course and go over some requirements that Colombia has. It was extremely informative and inspiring.

Saturday morning was our garage sale fundraiser! People have been donating items to us for the past month and we were abundantly blessed! Some friends of mine also helped me bake some cookies for the bake sale we were having too. It was amazing! Easton loved it, he ran around and interacted with all the people who came over. At the end of the sale we had made almost $1400.00 and we have a couple of things people are coming to buy this week. Everything (which was very little) that didn’t sell was donated to Helping Hands.

We got to meet a couple of other families who have adopted children. They had been right where we are and were such a source of encouragement to us. We got to meet their kids and see their happy families. One family had two beautiful little girls and they bought a couple of toys from us. About an hour after they left the dad and one little girl came back on their golf cart. The little girl had opened her toy and found $2 in there. She came back to donate it to us. It was precious and really blessed us.

When we first started this journey the financial part of the adoption was daunting and imitating, but God has opened doors and we have been very blessed. We have a goal of not going into debt for this adoption, so we have been doing different fundraisers. Each one we have done has been super successful too, thanks to y’all!!!!

Thank you all for all of your support, help, prayers, encouragement and excitement for us. We love you and appreciate you all so much.