Out of our Comfort Zone...

I think my friend Harmony said it well in her blog.  I'm totally uncomfortable with the article in the Telegraph, but God doesn't call us to a life of comfort.  God doesn't call us to a life of smooth sailing.  He works the most in our lives when we are totally out of our comfort zone (something that's been drilled into me since I was a teenager, right, Eric?).  Fundraising is not a fun process, but it's necessary to bring our daughter home to her family.  It's necessary to meet the obligations required to be able to adopt.  So, like Harmony, we trudge on, knowing what Isaiah 55:8-9 says is true:

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

 

 

Thank you for your continued prayer and support.  No matter how uncomfortable I am with the idea of fundraising, and asking people for help in our adoption, I am grateful.  I am grateful for the journey that we're on, and I'm grateful that God is allowing so many people to be involved in our life story. 

So Blessed!

We are so blessed by God!  We have only been fundraising for 1 1/2 months, and we only have $1300 $930 left to reach our first goal!  I cannot believe how God has blessed our efforts.  It's such a reminder and an assurance that this is God's plan for us, not just our idea.  Thank you so much for your support, and especially, your prayers.  You can give through our Avon fundraiser, our Just Love Coffee fundraiser, or you can donate through Paypal.  Just send a "gift" to our email:
sarahtalex(at)yahoo(dot)com 



Thank you again....every little bit counts, and it's adding up quickly!

God's definitely got BIG plans for our family...

If we were unsure of God's leading our family toward adoption before now (which we were NOT), we definitely would be sure now.  Wow!  There is no way that I thought I'd be saying we are at 67% of our $5000 goal just one month into our fundraising!  We are sitting at almost $3400 today.  When we get to $5000, we will apply with the agency, and start the home study process, which will take anywhere from 2-4 months to complete. 

Our Tupperware fundraiser is closing in just a few days.  If you would still like to order, you can do that here.  Also, our Just Love Coffee fundraiser is ongoing.  You can access that here.  We are so pleased to be working with a company such as Just Love Coffee Roasters.  Not only can you support our adoption, but you can also support a FAIR TRADE Certified product.  Win-win.  Also if you have a business, or a church, we can work with you to provide the coffee at a wholesale price as well.  Wouldn't it be great to serve coffee that you can be sure does NOT support slave labor?!?  We are also working with Rebekah Blocher Designs Jewelry.  Our first set of fundraising jewelry SOLD OUT in 3 days!  I'm so excited to be getting this great product.  We have 2 more orders on the way to us.  I hope we sell them just as fast!  You can also simply send us a "gift" through Paypal.  Just send money as a "gift" to sarahtalex(at)yahoo(dot)com.  Sending as a gift avoids paypal fees for both parties. 

I've visited with a new store here in North Platte, and they are considering allowing us to sell some of our fundraising products as a special event in the store.  We pray that if this happens, it will be an amazing event with lots of adoption sales! 

We also received our "prayer cards" today.  I'm so excited to pass these out...so that people will be reminded to pray for our family and follow our journey as we travel through the adoption process. 

Here's my BHAG

(Big Hairy Audacious Goal), as my friend (and boss!) Eric Ramsey would say.  Since our fundraising kicked off so amazingly, I'm altering our original goal.  Our first plan was to reach our $5000 goal by summer, so we could start our home study.  Now, I'd like to reach our $5000 goal by March 15.  If we do this, perhaps we can have our home study ALMOST complete by summer.  This will greatly reduce our wait time until our daughter is home!  We've got some ideas and projects that we'd like to participate in, but some of these require us to have our home study completed....so let's get on it! 

Thanks so much for your encouragement, support, and prayers.  We know that God has some amazing plans for one little African girl, and some even more amazing blessings for us, her family, through this process. 

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