Will it Ever End?

Will it ever end?

This phrase keeps ringing in my ears these days.

We have been given so much.

We continue to receive blessings

and sometimes I wonder....

Will this special time ever end????

We are so thankful for this time in our lives,

although definitely not perfect,

it is FILLED with His blessings!!

We had a wonderful Christmas with our girls,

my parents and siblings,

and Chris's parents and siblings.

Noelle's new baby doll

We had a beautiful time this year

reinforcing the TRUTH of Christmas to Joy and Noelle.

Joy really soaked it up this year and kept

reminding us that,

"Jesus is what Christmas is all about!"

Joy is all about princesses these days...

We had an advent calendar of activities for the

first time this year with the girls.

That was really fun for all of us!

Our Advent Calendar of Activities!  An envelope to open every day!

New Years was a little uneventful for us...

aside from spending the entire day with Joy and her

FEVER!

We've had a cold going through the house for a couple

weeks and just can't seem to KICK IT!

I think it's safe to say that the highlight of our

New Year so far has been meeting the Sockol family.

I have mentioned them before, but not by name.

We met this precious couple

and their 13 and 15 year old grandkids

this weekend.

They have retired,

sold their home, cars, most of their earthly possessions

to move to CONGO

to help with the ministry there!

They will be learning the ins and outs of the

adoption process that currently,

ONLY Didier is able to accomplish.

They leave for Congo on the 22nd of January,

just 8 more days!

We are a tad bit jealous, becuase they will be

hugging and loving on our

Tobi before we are able to!!!

We are again reminded of what a loving place he is in

while he's waiting for us.

The Sockols sharing at our church Sunday morning.

We were so privileged and blessed

to have met them.

This will be their new full time ministry

to the orphans and other people that are in

Lubumbashi, Congo.

We were also able to send some little

goodies with them to take

to Tobias,

as well as some important documents that

Didier will need when he takes Tobias to The Embassy

in a few months!

Almost IMMEDIATELY after we said goodbye to the Sockols,

we received an email with a possible funding opportunity.

We have been put in contact with someone

who coordinates matching grants!

That means that they would double whatever funds we are

able to raise on our own!

(with a maximum dollar amount)

We do not know what will come of this,

but are waiting to hear what might be available to us.

And THEN,

the next morning,

(today)

I received an email from Lifesong for Orphans.

We applied a few months ago for an adoption grant from them.

They offer a few different financial resources for

adoptive families.

You can apply for matching grants, zero interest loans,

and just the ability to fundraise through them.

Well we know we were approved....for something.

:)

We received an email saying that we will get a call

from our coordinator letting us know details and what exactly

we were approved for.

So this has been an exciting morning for us!!

Nothing is set in stone or officially offered to us.

But we are seeing things come together

and that is so encouraging to our hearts!

We see The Lord working each and every day in

so many different ways

and we are nothing but thankful and grateful to Him.

For those of you who are curious and have been

praying for our financial situation,

here is where we currently stand.

Total in all adoption accounts: $10,439

Total (approx) left to raise: $8,500-$9,000

The Lord has really provided in some unexpected 

ways for us in the past couple months.

We even had a very special friend

 hand us a $500 check!!!

WOW!

It is very humbling to know that God lays

our family on someone else's heart

to the point of financially contributing to us!

So we are hoping to be able to make

an exciting announcement if one or both of

these opportunities come through!

If not, we still know that The Lord will provide in other ways.

Thank you for keeping up to date with us,

and as always, if you'd like to help us financially

you can click on the Paypal "donate" button

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Thank you for your prayers

and stay tuned!