Friday, October 29, 2010

our first fundraiser

Today, I have began the adventure of starting to plan our first fundraiser. Being a missionary I have a lot of experience fund raising but there is something different about fund raising for the adoption. It feels different and I don't know how to explain it.

We will be going to the Northwest in November and we have decided to do a fundraising event. None of the details are worked out but I am excited and a little scared. I am looking forward to share about the adoption and see people we love.

There is so much to do in the next two weeks before we are Northwest bound. Plan our trip, plan the event, and finish the quarter at Tech. I am excited to go back to Washington, it is always great.

Friday, October 22, 2010

latest update

We are in a very different season in the adoption process. The dossier stage was a continual to-do list, while the wait list stage is complete lack of control. There is plenty we can do during the waiting stage but nothing we do will speed up the process.

Currently, I am enjoying being out of control and trusting God's timing in all of it. It is good. Everyday life is out of my control but too often I am under the illusion that I can control things. So it is refreshing to embrace the reality that the only thing I can do is trust God. I like knowing that God can take care of the adoption without me doing anything because He deeply cares about adoption.

Here is the update on our wait list number. AGCI will be giving us monthly updates on our wait list number.
Girls list - 85
Boys list - 62