Yard Sale update.... :)

Just wanted to post quickly and share that today was amazing once again! God blessed us with a little over $1000.00 in donations from the sale... it's amazing.. you can hardly tell that anything sold... wow!
Thank you Lord!!

First official day of summer!!

Ok.. so I have been a BAD blogger... sorry! I have big plans to step it up a notch.. and I have SO many pics and things to share I honestly don't know where to start!!

We are still waiting on our travel dates... waiting, waiting, waiting....
today is the first offical day of our summer... and we've had a blast... found a new pet turtle on the dirt road... :) Brook named him, (oh course she assumes it's a boy... ) Lumba.. yeah, NO idea where she came up with that, but.. :)
Brook played t-ball, and Bay's playing softball... it's been BUSY!

We have one last Yard Sale at the church planned for this weekend... :) Set-up begins tomorrow... YEAH!

Please check back soon... I will be posting more info. and stuff soon... :) and SOON we'll be traveling.... right? :)
Have a blessed and wondeful day.. and thanks for checking in on our family! Blessings... ~ Lanetta

Update...

Ok... so sorry to all my blogger readers... are there any out there still? I have neglected this blog... and I'm going to try to do better. Life is just REALLY crazy.. :)

I sent out this e-mail tonight.. and this catches everyone up to date on fundraising and other stuff... I have LOTS of stuff I need to post... adoption related.. but, this will have to do for tonight...
I will try to post again soon... anyone still out there reading my 1x per year posts?


Hello to everyone tonight!!
I realize it's been a while since I sent out an update... some of you are probably happy about this... others have asked what is happening!! So, here's the scoop!
Our boy(s) are still waiting for a forever family and we're still waiting to go... we are trusting our GOD for the completion of this wonderful journey in ALL areas... regarding finances, travel, and ALL the logistics!
We received our visa confirmation numbers about a month ago.. and received word from our agency that officials in Kazkahstan had reviewed our dossier (HUGE packet of adoption paperwork) and requested some changes! (Basically we had to redo ALL documents, because they wanted newer dates.. :( ) We were very encouraged that our paperwork was being looked at... and the agency says we will travel within the time frame of our LOI (May 14 - Aug 15th), but we do not have exact travel dates yet! We could receive those ANYDAY!

We are thrilled, excited, and in shock, I think! If we travel at the end of May, we are only weeks away!! wow!!

Please, keep praying... PLEASE!!

Ok... so as you can imagine we have some fundraisers that we been praying about...
Here are the details:

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YARD SALE - CONCESSIONS - BAKE SALE -
INFLATABLES!!!!!
We are having a MASSIVE Fundraising day on April 10th, 2010. We are having a Yard sale on Friday April 9 and Sat. April 10th.... and then on Sat., April 10th from 8-5 we are going to have a HUGE day of Fundraising at our church (Perkins Assembly of God - Main Street)..
WE will have inflatables, concession stand, bake sale and TONS of fun and fellowship!!!
Things we need... ways you can help:
- DONATIONS of yard sale items needed desperately! If you've contacted me that you have donations, please get back with me... things are crazy! We need donations badly... and the yard sale success is totally dependent on donated items... We will be at the church setting up on Thursday, April 8th.. so that's a great drop off time.. however if you have items.. as always give me a call and we'll figure out a time!
- Workers to work all the various aspects of the weekend, as well as help with set-up and clean- up.. Set up will be on Thursday evening... and clean-up will be on Sat. evening! PLEASE consider helping.. even if just for a few hours... we need all the help we can get!! :) I promise you will have a great time! God always shows up BIG and it's amazing how many outreaches happen...
- BAKE SALE items... if you'd like to bake items for the bake sale.. that is VERY needed as well..

Please spread the word... and tell all your friends and family... Bring your kids to play and jump on the inflatables... it will be a GREAT day!!! Lots of fun, bargains, and GREAT food!!!


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Glow in the Dark bracelets!!!
We have had some incredibly cool bracelets made. They are green glow in the dark. They say: "Changing the Word... One Child at a time! James 1:27" and on the inside they say: Gobble Family Adoption! We are asking for a $3.00 donation per bracelet. We have 1,000 of these and will make $3,000 when they are all gone. We need YOU to help us though... We only need 100 people to come forward and ask/sell/get donations for 10 bracelets each... if 100 of YOU will pass 10 along to family and friends... we make $3,000... Can you PLEASE help us out?
Let me explain a little about why I selected "glow in the dark!" My idea behind the "glow in the dark" portion of the bracelets was this... I want people to have these bracelets... and when they see them "glowing" on their bedside table... think of this: WE have to be a light for the 147,000 orphans that have NO families... If WE don't show them the "light" (JESUS and his amazing LOVE).... who will? I hope and pray that all 1,000 of these braclets go to people who will understand this and agree to join us in praying for all of God's children all over the world!! Will you join us? Will YOU help us "SHINE" for Jesus? I will be happy to ship bracelets to you.. and you can ALWAYS pay after you collect all the donations... PLEASE let me know if you are willing to help us with these, or if you want one.. or two.. :)

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Scentsy Fundraiser
We have had a wonderful lady offer to have a Scentsy Fundraiser for us.. meaning that she is donating all her profits to our adoption... We appreciate her willingness to help SO much..
If you are interested in Scentsy warmers and wax... PLEASE visit her website @ raechelle.scentsy.us
The name of the fundraiser is: Gobble Adoption. Look and click on the "Buy from Party" link.. then look for Gobble Adoption. If you order online this way.. the order will be shipped directly to you!
Happy shopping and you can't go wrong with these products! I have a warmer and several scents and LOVE it!
All orders are due: April 16th! I have catalogs and order forms if anyone is interested.. please let me know!

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Please keep in mind that the recycling fundraiser, Rada fundraiser, and the Avon Fundraiser are all ongoing.... MEANING you can order from any of those online or directly from me and we'll still benefit from it!
If you want/need more info. or catalogs for any of those ongoing fundraisers, PLEASE let me know!!!

We have also been able to reapply to 1 and apply to 2 additional grants. We are VERY excited and encouraged about this possibility! We received a phone interview from one of the organizations yesterday.. meaning we are in the running for some funding! Please join us in praying for these!

Thanks for all the love and support! It's almost been 3 years since God spoke to us to go... and we are so honored to be apart of this amazing journey!
Thanks for traveling along with us.... in support, love, and prayers!

Praying each and everyone of you have a WONDERFUL night and Blessed Thursday!!!

Have a great day!
Phil and Lanetta Gobble


The one who calls you is faithful, and HE will do it!" 1 Thes. 5:24

Bottle Cap Necklaces - A sister's fundraiser!!!

Hello to everyone tonight... I just wanted to post and share with all of you the amazing fundraiser that Bailey is doing... She is making and selling Bottle cap necklaces as a fundraiser to help us get her brother(s) home... She received one of these necklaces as a gift over and year ago and decided that she wanted to do something to help raise money for the adoption... and asked if she could make these necklaces and see if any of her friends might want to buy one... :)

She counted her money tonight... and as of tonight alone she has over $175.00 from these necklaces. She has WAY more than that in orders and they are turning out SO cute!! Phil, Bailey, and I have an assembly line and can make them VERY quickly now.. :)


We will custom make them anyway you want them... We have everything from OU, OSU, to personalized with your initial (leopard print, zebra print, black and pink flowers, brown and pink strips and polka dots).. There are many choices and they are all made with jewels and lots of love and care!!! YES, these are of course REAL diamonds!! :) She is asking for a donation of $5.00 per necklace and we'll pay shipping to get them to you!! :)

Anyone wanna help a little girl get her brother(s) home forever???

Here are some pictures so you have an idea... They attach to the washer with a magnet. If you are not interested in a necklace.. you can use them as a pin as well.. just place the magnet under your clothes and the bottle cap will stay in place!!!


Phil and I have joked that Bailey is making more money with her fundraiser than we've made with some of ours.. LOL!! Who can tell a 9 year old, no!?!


Have a GREAT night!! oh.. and one more thing.. we received our confirmation visa number... Oh my stars... we have paperwork to redo and TONS of stuff to get ready...
In fact tonight.. Phil looked at me and grinned and says, "Hang in there Babe.. we are in the home stretch!!" Are we really? To hear him say that was amazing.. no idea why.. but, we are exhausted!!! Please keep praying for us.. I know all of you are.

Here are some pictures of the necklaces!!

Fundraisers and LOI!

Here's the latest mass e-mail that I sent out.. it summarizes fundraisers and things well!!!

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Hello to everyone tonight!!!
As most of you know we received some VERY exciting news a few weeks ago… We received our LOI (Letter Of Invitation) from the country of Kazakhstan. For those of you who are unfamiliar with international adoption from Kaz… this is a form/letter, etc.. that you are required to obtain before you can travel to the country (region) that you have been assigned to (Region of Pavlodar for us) and visit the orphanage/baby house and meet available children.. This form is the final step in the process and receiving your LOI is one of the most exciting things that occurs… This is the form you WAIT for FOR YEARS!!!!!
We received our LOI after being in the process for 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days… WOW!!
Our LOI is dated May 14th – Aug. 15.. this means that we WILL travel within that window of time. We will receive exact travel dates from our agency and will know more then. Most everyone knows that I am off in the summers… therefore this again appears to be “perfect” timing!
We have had just a whirlwind of emotions and quite honestly still are in shock… It’s like we’ve waited FOREVER for this to happen… know and felt it in our hearts for years… and can hardly believe we are very close to really seeing it come to pass…
I have joked and told several people that my emotions are strange… a weird circle of emotions.. excitement, fear, shock, etc… all to end back at shock!! Ha ha..
So… as you can imagine the financial portion of the adoption is the most stressful.. Yes, we know that God told us to do this… and YES we KNOW he will provide!!! We have a deep peace that all things are fine and we are standing on the word, quoting it over this very journey..
I am going to be very transparent here… If we bring home 2 children (there is a chance that there might not be siblings available) the total cost from beginning to end will be around $58,000. We have tried so very hard to not think about the financial portion of this journey over the past few years… we’ve KNOWN and God has shown us SO MANY times that he will provide!!! He has proven himself time and time again during this journey!!
We do not have the money to complete the adoption… we still need around $30,000. It’s really hard to know the exact amount of money we’ll need for lots of reasons… so that is the best estimate we have at this point. We don’t know how things will work… we don’t know if we’ll have to take off from our jobs with NO pay.. we will still have monthly bills to maintain as well.. so as you can see there are LOTS of ???’s… This is FAITH defined!!! and we are being stretched beyond belief… let me just tell you that when you look at all this through natural/fleshly eyes.. it is IMPOSSIBLE! We chose to TRUST our God! The word says it and we believe it!
Please continue to pray for us and this journey.. and the child(ren) waiting on us in Kazakhstan! J
As you can imagine we have been tossing around a lot of fundraising ideas.. we have the following things happening now:
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~ SONIC NIGHT~ Perkins Sonic is donating 10% of total sales between 5-8 PM on Tuesday night, January 26, 2010. Tuesday nights is also their Buy One Get One Free Burger night… so not only can you support our adoption, but you can save money as well!!! Please consider eating at Perkins Sonic on Tuesday January 26th, 2010 between 5 – 8 pm! Please tell ALL your family, friends, co-workers, etc… PLEASE help us!!!
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~Head Country Pork Ribs ~ We are selling slabs of pork ribs for $18.00 each. ALL orders are due Feb. 12, 2010. Please consider asking co-workers, friends, and family if they would like to purchase a slab of ribs. These are from the Head Country resturanrt in Ponca City.. they are FULLY cooked and delicious!!!! I will be happy to get order forms to ANYONE who would like to help us sell these!!! They will be delievered 1 -2 weeks later!!
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~Premier Jewelry Party ~
We are doing another Premier Jewelry Party.. if you missed out the first time around.. you have another chance!! I have catalogs available. If you are interested, please let me know! A couple of friends are having a party @ D’Mario’s pizza on Wed. Jan 27th if you’d like to come and see the jewelry in person… yummy food and extra promotions!! Come join us for some fun… or let me know if you’d like to see a catalog! Orders due soon!!
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~AVON~
A great friend/co-worker has started selling Avon with the complete purpose of giving ALL profits to our adoption from now until the adoption if finalized! She is doing almost ALL the work and donating ALL the profits! Thanks so much Janet! Contact me or Janet Kirkpatrick @ 918-223-5800 if you’d like to place an order or need a catalog. You can also order online by clicking here: http://shop.avon.com/shop/catalog.asp?omnCode=ClickHereForBrochure
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~RADA CUTLERY~
We are also still selling the RADA Cutlery. This is an AWESOME brand of knives and various other items VERY reasonably priced. I have catalogs available or YOU CAN SHOP ONLINE... PLACE your order and it will come to you DIRECTLY.. the company will then send us a portion of the proceeds!!! These are GREAT knives, peelers, etc... (I received the paring knife as a gift about 5 years ago.. it has NEVER been sharpened and it's the BEST knife I own to this day!! I later had the vegetable peeler given to me.. and I will NEVER use anything else.. makes peeling a BREEZE!!!! You will not believe these products, and they are CHEAP!!!! I will PERSONALLY refund your money if you are not satisfied!!!)There are some AWESOME gift sets available as well as numerous other products... Let me know if you'd like a catalog... and please shop online!!!! Here's the online info: www.helpourfundraiser.comInternet Ordering Number: 502358
Password: adoptionPlease log in using the above info... and then SHOP away!!!
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~COOKBOOKS~
We have a few cookbooks left… about 50, I believe… If you have cookbooks you are selling.. please check in with me.. I would like to know how many we have left, and where they are! Thanks so much.. if you’d like to sell some of these for us.. that would be GREAT!! They have turned out to be very popular and I think everyone has been VERY pleased with them!!
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PLEASE consider helping us out with one of the above fundraisers! If you have a fundraiser IDEA, please share… We have prayerfully considered LOTS of ideas…

I want to apologize to anyone who is tired of hearing about all of this from me/us.... if you are.. Please let me know, because I will stop including you in these mass e-mails. Please don’t worry… I have learned the hard way that everyone doesn’t “get” this… and that’s ok! The Lord “gets” it and being obedient and SOLD OUT to him is WAY more important than anything else in the world!!!

We also have people who have not paid for various items (cookbooks, pansies, yard sale items, lollipops, poinsettias, jewelry, pig tickets). If this is you, PLEASE let me know that you are aware of this. If you are unable to pay, no worries.. However, if you are/can.. we’d REALLY appreciate it! In some cases the outstanding money owed is almost taking all our profit.. :( Thanks so much for helping us out with this!

Thanks so very much for hanging in there with us during this LONG journey!! We are blessed to have had and continue to have such a network of love and support! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your kindness, love, and support!!! We are SO very blessed!!!

So excited to see this journey completed and begin in 2010!!!

Love and prayers,
Lanetta (and family)

We received our LOI!!!!

Yes, you read this correctly... last Friday.. after waiting 2 year, 2 months, and 2 days... we received our LOI to travel!!!
We are still in shock and I have LOTS more to say, but no time...

So, if anyone still checks or reads this blog..... (is their anyone out there????) I will be posting more details soon....

If you do still read and you wouldn't mind to leave a comment.. that would be GREAT... :)
just so I know that someone cares and is reading... :)

anyway... the LOI is dated May 15th - Aug 14th... still a ways off, but PERFECT timing!!!
God is so good!!!
We are thrilled...
I will write more soon.. there will be fundrasier updates.. so PLEASE check back!!!
Many Blessings,
Lanetta

Update, Christmas Shopping and more!!!

Below is an update I e-mailed out last night:

Yes, you guessed it... we have another opportunity for you to help us out!!!

Here's the newest fundraiser:
Rada Cutlery Fundraiser
This is an AWESOME brand of knives and various other items VERY reasonably priced. I have catalogs available or YOU CAN SHOP ONLINE... PLACE your order and it will come to you DIRECTLY.. the company will then send us a portion of the proceeds!!! These are GREAT knives, peelers, etc...
(I received the paring knife as a gift about 5 years ago.. it has NEVER been sharpened and it's the BEST knife I own to this day!! I later had the vegetable peeler given to me.. and I will NEVER use anything else.. makes peeling a BREEZE!!!! You will not believe these products, and they are CHEAP!!!! I will PERSONALLY refund your money if you are not satisfied!!!)

There is still plenty of time to place orders and receive them by Christmas... you are guaranteed to receive them in plenty of time as long as your order is placed by Dec. 16th... so hurry, shop and get your orders turned in..
There are some AWESOME gift sets available as well as numerous other products... Let me know if you'd like a catalog... and please shop online!!!!
Here's the online info: www.helpourfundraiser.com
Internet Ordering Number: 502358
Password: adoption

Please log in using the above info... and then SHOP away!!!

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We are also taking orders for Christmas Poinsettias... if you'd like to order one, please let me know! They are $12.00 each and will be delivered to you on Dec. 10th.. you can pay then!

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We are also going to have a Bake Sale/Booth at the Perkins Downtown Christmas on Dec. 10th... we desperately need baked items... if you'd like to help us out by baking some items that would be SO awesome as well... PLEASE let me know if you can help us out...
Please stop by and visit us that night... and get some yummy Christmas goodies!!!

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We also found out from Orphan Impact Int. (the organization that we received the grant from) that they were able to up our grant amount to almost $1800.00... that's $600 more than they'd originally told us!!! VERY exciting news!!! God is providing!!!!

Our dossier has now been registered in the region of Pavlodar for 8 weeks... meaning an LOI (letter of invitation) to travel is getting closer EVERY day... PLEASE join us in completing this journey... Christmas shop through our fundraisers if you can... buy a poinsettia... tell your family and friends... PLEASE help us obey James 1:27... and finally bring these boy(s) home forever!!

Believe me I KNOW it's been a LONG road of fundraising... please hang tight with us.. and remember that this will end!!! God has a plan, we've said ok.. and here we are on this journey!!! Thanks for joining us... thanks for loving us... thanks for caring about our children!
The Lord knew what an incredible group of people we'd have supporting us.. and I have to say that the world has been amazed at what the Lord has done through our little family, our little church, our little school, our little town, and our little group of people... Thank you is not enough...

Praying tonight that the Lord will pour out blessings on all of you as well as wrap our boy(s) up extra tight tonight (today in Kaz) in his HUGE arms...
All my love and blessings,
Lanetta