The past two weeks have brought about several blessings.
First, we have finally gotten our family insurance. Yay! Now, we can finish up the financial report and get our physicals done.
With that done, we should be able to get all our paperwork completed and turned in by January. Then, we can do our home study in February and hopefully go on the waiting list by March!
Second, we are starting to get some of the baby bottles back that we gave out for fundraising. I have really enjoyed counting all the change. I know that may sound kind of crazy to go through and count the change myself, but I really like being able to see how much money is in each bottle.
Third, we received amazing blessings from my school. Five elementary classes, mine included, all brought in money to go towards the adoption. Talk about selfless children! It made my day to see how excited they were to give to me, even when giving to us meant not giving gifts to each other! These sweet children will never know how much it means to us! Overall, they raised $675! I will never be able to thank these families enough. Many of the children have not had me as a teacher yet, which means their parents do not know me very well either, yet they were still willing to help us in our journey to become parents.
Along with the money, I received notes from four of my students. They were such sweet notes about how they couldn't wait to meet the baby one day and that I will be a good mom. One of them, however, was not written for me....it was written for our future child. It was such a sweet note. It made me cry! I can't wait to put all of these notes and cards in a book to show our child how many people were so excited to help us become his or her parents.
Overall, our family and friends have donated $995! Wow!
Thank you so much for the continued love, support, and prayers.
I want to leave you with a video of a song that helps me remember to worship and thank God everyday during our wait.
http://youtu.be/i6X71sXagUY
