Verbal Referral and Other Happy News!

We have reached a wonderful milestone in our adoption of "Abraham"!  His country has approved our dossier and issued us a verbal referral for the little guy!  Soon we will be receiving written referral along with travel dates for the first trip!

And we have some more wonderful news and evidence of how God is not being outdone in generosity.  Sean received an unexpected bonus at work, which has boosted our adoption funding to 75% funded!  Thank You Jesus!  We are down to having to raise the last quarter of Abraham's ransom!  It's amazing to see how God has provided so far--through generosity of friends and strangers, through this unexpected bonus, and through utility bills that "should" have been bigger but allowed us instead to save more.  Starting this adventure we knew He would help us.  We've read of this happening to other families on similar journeys.  But still, to see it happen to us has been a wonderful gift in itself.  He is multiplying our loaves and fishes!

We have our next (and final!) big agency fee due next month when Sean comes home from meeting Abraham.  That means we need to raise another $1500 in the next few weeks.  To help do this, we're preparing for a group online auction with some other adoptive families from our agency.  The auction will begin March 30, and I will update with a link when we get closer to time. The auction is now live and can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.619804048055549.1073741833.527688600600428&type=3

If anyone has items (in good or new condition) they would like to donate to our auction to help bring Abraham home, please let me know!  Spring clean, declutter your home, and help a little boy know the love of a family all at the same time!