God WILL make this happen!!! (A fundraising update!)

So it's been forever since we've updated you, since we've faced a lot of "bad circumstances" (spiritual warfare) in the past few weeks including our rental house kitchen ceiling collapsing, illness, and discouragement, but we want to take a second to remind you of this verse and it's TRUTH:

God will make this happen, for He who calls you is faithful. 1 Thessalonians 5:24

This past week, beginning with Pastor Bob's sermon on Sunday morning on swimming upstream in a downstream world (found here if you missed it), followed by a week filled with blessed conversations and spiritual renewal through God's Word, the Lord reminded us yet again that the things He calls us to are not promised to be easy, popular, or even "fun" by the world's standards. But yet we must obey, we must stand strong, and we must swim upstream in pursuit of His call!

This week we have watched several friends experience God "making this happen" in their unique calls to serve God, and we are praising Him with them in these days! We also wanted to highlight a few big things happening in the fundraising area of our adoption journey:

1) Two friends of ours, Priscilla Wondercheck and Becky Locke, are teaming up to host a "virtual" Pampered Chef Party for anyone to "attend." The party is already open, and you can shop online here. This is how you shop: 

1. Click on the top LEFT button that says "Shows you're invited to or hosting." If you haven't registered on Pampered Chef online yet, you'll have to register first. Priscilla Wondercheck is the consultant if you are asked for that information.
2.  After you have registered, go back to that button on the main page again, and click Find Your Show Now, entering Becky Locke (in Indiana) as the Host.
3. Once you've selected her name, it's time to shop! 25 percent of the sales will be donated to our adoption once product sales hit $600.

2) Also (drum roll please...) in the past three weeks, we have reached a total of $7101!!! This brings us to 23.7 percent of our total goal, up $874 from September 19. We are so excited to see how the Lord is providing! 

God WILL make this happen. He IS faithful!!!