NEW TSHIRT AND GROCERY BAG FUNDRAISER!!

We finally have our adoption tshirts and reusable grocery bag fundraiser up and running! We are taking preorders for our tshirts for the next 3 weeks, and we have the bags in stock, so we already have those. I'll attach pictures of the shirts and bag so you can see what they really look like. The adult t's are $20 each, you can get regular cut or the women's cut. The women's cut shirts run smaller, so order one size larger than you normally would, and I ordered the longer length also. The children's sizes run a little big and they are $15 each. The reuseable grocery bags are $5 each. The tshirts have the scripture on the back of each of them, the design on the front. The bags just have the design.

You can order directly from us, or go through paypal, by clicking the "donate" button on the right. If you order through paypal, please make sure you write regular cut, women's cut, or children's and the size in the message field, or how many bags you would like! After we turn the order in, it should be about 2 more weeks until we have the shirts.

Let me know if you guys have any questions. I'm so excited to finally get this underway!! Thank you guys so much for your support, we feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family to go through this journey with us!

Courts Reopen

Well, the Ethiopian courts officially reopened on Monday. We're hoping things will start moving again with referrals and court dates now:) Someone got a referral for one month old twin boys yesterday- how fun!! We are unofficially 11th in line for a boy and 14th for a girl:) We are also going to be starting a tshirt fundraiser in the next few weeks, I'll post pictures and take preorders when we get it all together! Thanks everyone for all your support!!!

Washer Necklace Fundraiser

This is our new fundraiser- I will stamp any word you want on this cute necklace for only $10.00. Just email me what you want on it, along with what color necklace (brown, off white, green, black, orange, or pink) at Reaser6@juno.com. I, of course, got "ETHIOPIA" put on mine:) If you want two washers on one necklace (maybe if you have two children) the cost is $15.00. Thanks Laura for the idea and thanks Janie for taking the pictures:) It's great to have friends who are so creative!
I just added a "donate" button on the right, you can pay online with paypal, then write in the message what you want stamped on the washer, and what color necklace! Thanks!

OK, since our last post two weeks ago yesterday, there have been NO infant or sibling referrals, NONE. We expected such a rush, but I believe God still has some things to teach us:) Some people have stated this is because the transition homes are full, waiting for the kids to get Embassy clearance. There are 45 children right now waiting to go home in the next several weeks! When they go home, this should free up space for more children to come in, at least that's the theory:) We had a group prayer time on Sunday night, with all of us on the AWAA adoption blog group, even though we all live in different cities, praying at the same time, which is so neat to think about! It was a great time for our family, and we decided we needed to do that more, schedule a family prayer time in our living room! We of course didn't pray for more referrals, we prayed for God's perfect timing, and for patience for us parents, and safety for all the children until they can come home.