ONE YEAR!!!!

Wow...
today marks the one year anniversary of when our application for adoption was approved at America World (AWAA)! Wow! I will NEVER forget this day one year ago.... we were frantically getting ready for our first fundraiser... the yard sale... We had been working so hard and had made yet another run back to Perkins to pick up more garage sale items that had been donated... Tammy and I decided to stop by the post office... just to see if we'd heard anything from the agency... (you see we were going ahead in FAITH and having the yard sale, but inside I had major doubts... Lord, will we qualify, will our finances be enough, will they accept us??? etc... etc...) So, we stopped and there is an envelope from AWAA in the PO box... wow! I was shaking... I open the envelope and Tammy and I just about burst into tears!!! What a great moment! We were so excited and that was the official beginning to this journey we've been on the past year....

wow... would I have ever thought we'd still be in practically the same spot one year later? NO, but, it's ok... because this is the spot God has us at as of today..... and you know what is truly amazing to me? On the eve and the day of this one year anniversary.. we are yet again in DEEP preparation for a major fundraiser!!! LOL! Cycles seem to repeat... ha ha... we are frantically getting ready for the craft fair... and can hardly wait... we are going to have a HUGE booth full of stuff.... everything from hair bows, to pictures, to jewelry, to kids toys, to bulletin boards.... and large selection...
We are so excited and KNOW that God will use this amazing opportunity to witness to others and to share about how when you are obedient to God he will provide!!!!

Please keep us in your prayers this weekend... our main prayer focus is not to make tons of money, but to reach SOMEONE for Jesus! We hope that through our story and being in the public with our adoption that someone will see Jesus shining through us and want to know more about our AWESOME LORD and Savior!!

Here's to another AWESOME emotional year on this fun adventurous and journey we are on..... hummmmmm.... wonder if I'll be on the eve of another MAJOR fundraiser on Nov. 5, 2009???? Only time will tell... and you know what... God KNOWS... and His timing is perfect!!!! (still fundraising.. or holding our boys???? His timing is perfect!)
Blessings... and have a great day!
Lanetta