Blessings!

Wow!  We have been taken aback and humbled by all of the donations to our puzzle fundraiser.  We haven’t kept up with weekly updates to the puzzle simply because we could not put the puzzle together fast enough.  THANK YOU to all of you who have already graciously supported us through this fundraiser.  To date, 740 pieces have been sponsored, leaving only 260 pieces until puzzle completion.

We learned a couple lessons in our haste to keep up with all of the donations to our puzzle:

1.      Our puppies love to chew on puzzle pieces, as evidenced by a piece of the large elephant’s abdomen and the left wing of the bird directly below the elephants.  Replacement pieces are on the way!

2.      God provides, and he has done so through many of you who are prayerfully following this blog.  Many donations have come from completely unexpected sources and can only be explained by God’s movement in all of your lives, too.  Again, we thank you.

We will soon be entering into a waiting phase.  The paper chasing and education processes have already slowed down to a manageable amount.  We’ve been so diligent in taking multiple steps each day towards taking our child home, but now we simply need to trust God and his timing.  We know He already knows our child by name.  Just as He has shown we can trust Him to provide for this journey financially, we know He can also be trusted with timing.  Friends, please pray for our patience.