Cha-Ching

Cha-Ching

I have said before that the adoption process is one that ebbs and flows. It can also be described as a "Hurry up and wait" kind of process! We are in the "HURRY UP" and "flow" part of the process. In just TWO days we will complete our final of four interviews for the lengthy home study process. This means paperwork, background checks, pictures,  and home tours for this part of the process will be done!

No sooner is this done than we will have a lot MORE paperwork to fill out for our dossier. The Dossier is a large packet of documents from the home study, as well as additional documents that must be collected and authenticated and added to the home study documents.

Please pray that we will:

• have no glitches in this next process of collecting and authenticating
• have the needed funds to complete the process and send our dossier to China.
• be approved for grants that we will begin applying for now.

God has blessed us immensely through your support and generosity over these last 3 months! We have not missed a step and are making incredible strides towards "finding" our daughter in China. Thanks to Chick-fil-A, Adoption-ade Mary-Kay, and your generosity, we will make our next large payment this week!

These next 6 weeks will be some of the most challenging in terms of fundraising. Once our immigration forms are returned to us we will be ready to send our dossier to China. At this time there will be approximately $6,000 in fees due! This seems like an astronomical feat to me! But I keep my "theme song" on repeat, "No Such Thing as Impossible" by Building 429.:) We know that God provides where he guides and that His timing is perfect! He has been faithful thus far, we will not find him unfaithful in the future!

Team Secrest t-shirts will be on sale through September 30th for $20!

"How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son." Ephesians 1:4-5 The Message

In the meantime, we are really looking forward to our upcoming fundraiser at the Comedy Caravan! I don't know about you, but we are in desperate need of a date night AND some laughter! We would love to pack out the house with 200 of our closest friends! Would you consider getting a group together and joining us on October 16th?

Thank you for your prayers. We need them to sustain us through this process. We are hoping to have another FALL adoption-ade stand in October, in case you missed out on Labor Day! This stand will feature fall favorites like hot chocolate, pumpkin breads and apple cider donuts!

Coming Soon, just in time for Christmas shopping!

• Bottle cap necklaces and key chains by Pop-Top Studios (October)
• Thirty-One party (November)