Puzzle Pics

Well look who forgot what day of the week it was!!!  Somehow Wednesday slipped by without me noticing.


Puzzle Stats:

Total Pieces: 1,000
Pieces Added as of today: 82
Main Colors: Blue and Brown
Feelings of Puzzle Assemblers at Beginning: Slightly Fearful (Our 1st 1,000 piece puzzle)
Feelings of Puzzle Assemblers During Assembly: Enjoyment and Gratitude

Beginning pieces with names of our sweet friends and suporters.

Perfect family night on the deck!

Slightly sidetracked catching bugs.

Final progress for the night!

THANK YOU!!!!!

Puzzle Pieces

The puzzle is in the works... 

Stay tuned for tomorrow's 

"Wednesday Puzzle Update"

The Lord Provides

My plans to update the blog were interrupted by the unexpected need for excessive sleep.  I don't think that either of us realized how exhausted we were. But here it is before 8:00 am and I'm am communicating in writing. That is big stuff, friends!

Where does one begin when speaking of the goodness of God?  He has used so many of you as His "hands" in our lives.  Last week we sent in our home study application and payment.  This week every cent that we needed was provided!

Thank you is inadequate, but it's all I have at the moment. So...THANK YOU!  Thank you for donating stuff for the yard sale, thank you for buying t-shirts, thank you for donating selflessly...Thank you!!!

I must say that our favorite part of Saturday's yard sale were our visitors.  We met some interesting people, made connections with people we knew but didn't really know, and got to spend time with precious friends who we know lift us in prayer continually!

Saturday morning...looking a little rough that early.

Janaa preparing her store sign

Brent loved this helmet. It was one of the only items that someone did not ask to pay less for.

Janaa raised $50 to bring her brother home. I realized at the end of the day that she had been asking people IF they wanted change back.  Little goober!!!

At the end of the day we cleared about $1,000!  With the other donations our home study is covered!!! The Lord provides!!!!

T-Shirts Are In!!!

Superman was adopted!!!!

T-Shirts are here!!!

Red, Blue and Safety Pink

Children and Adult Sizes

$15 each

We take, cash, check, debit or credit (Master Card and Visa)

We will ship!

You can either contact us directly or post through the site your name and size with contact information. Use the Paypal bar to the left of the page for payment if needed. You do NOT need a Paypal account. I will have a square to take "plastic" with me. Brent and I will try to keep shirts with us. 

Yard Sale

Welcome Arcadia Rd., Welcome, NC

 We will be up at the crack of dawn working to sell all of the cool stuff that friends have donated for us to sale.  We have Furnature, Kitchenware, Teacher Stuff, Computers, etc...

Come check it out!!!!

Janaa will have a store too!!! She's been busy working to bring her brother home!!!

Girl's Shower curtain, rug and matching towels

DVDs

Coffee Makers

Acer Netbook with NY Built Case

Lakeshore Learning Centers

Williams and Sonoma Casual place setting 

Fisher Price Doll House with accessories (not pictured)

One of 7 Different learning centers from Lakeshore. Most items are still in plastic. Never used.

Puzzle Story

During this adoption process, there are various fees and expenses that we pay up front, which total around $25,000. (This does not include travel.)  We've been looking for fun and different ways to get people involved with reaching our goal of bringing Caleb home, and the one we are sharing with you is definitely new to us, and hopefully one that everyone reading will get involved in!

I had never heard of a Puzzle Fundraiser until coming across the idea a few weeks ago while reading on our agency's Facebook page.  Here's how it works - for every $25 that we raise we will add a piece to the puzzle. Use the PayPal link located in the right column of the page to give.  Just put your name and "puzzle" in the comment box when finalizing the donation.  And you're not limited to one piece :).  Each week on Wednesday we will post a photo of the puzzle coming together so everyone can see the progress.  (You're also welcome to help us put the puzzle pieces together...Secretly, we're a little scared.)

Our plan is to write the names of every one of you who help us bring him home on the back of each piece! We want this to be a fun Ebenezer (that means "stone of help" in Hebrew) of how God is faithful in every situation, and in this case, using all of you to demonstrate that.  When he is old enough to understand, he will be able to see just how many people cared to see that he was brought home to his forever family.

We didn't want just any old photo, so we asked some good friends of ours, Jonathan and Holly Lesley, who live in Africa to see if we could use one of their amazing photos. They graciously agreed.  The zebras in the photo are from their commuting around various parts of the continent.

We have been so blessed with people around us praying for our family.  We know that we are backed by precious friends!!!

That is a LOT of little pieces!!!!

Puzzle

This puzzle has a story, and I can't wait to share it.