What a crazy amazing week!

Let me just start off by saying how wonderful the Lord is! He has been so present in our lives and so real I can't even describe it. As you all know we are having a garage sale fundraiser and God has already had his hand all over it. We have been hugely blessed by so many loving friends and families in the community with donating things for the sale. At the beginning of this whole thing I was concerned about advertising and getting enough donations etc. But I knew in my heart that the Lord just wanted me to trust him and I knew if I put forth the effort he would be faithful. Wow has he ever! I have tons of stuff for the sale, the advertising is going great, and I think we are going to have a lot of shoppers for our sale. I am very excited for the 24th!

Also earlier this week a good friend of mine gave her life to Jesus! Just amazing! Oh and this is such a praise.. someone anonymously paid my ticket to Beth More! And the Lord has just been at work in the lives of my friends...so amazing just to see him at work all around me.

Other news..
We cancelled cable to help save money for the adoption. Carters children s clothing called me back a few days ago and decided that they wanted to hire me. Wow I guess the Lord does want me there. funny :) Also the Lord has provided an organizing job for me to do on the side to make extra money too! Awesome! Ian starts soccer this week.

On the paperwork front...
Still working on the Dossier forms and USCIS (immigration paperwork). We are going to be attending a parent training course on October 8th and 9th looking forward to that. Karl and I attended a webinar on adopting from China last night which was very informative. I am reading a lot of information to prepare us for the challenges that go with parenting a child who has been in an institution and has special needs. All of that information has been great as well.

Currently...
I have been working really hard to get everything organized, cleaned up, and priced for the sale. It's been a big job! I am thankful the Lord has given me some time to work on it. If you want to know where I am you can find me in our garage..lol I'm not sure when I will start work at Carters yet. I am looking for a few ladies to bake some yummy things for my fundraising baked goods table at the garage sale. So if you or anyone out there loves to bake feel free to bake away and drop it off around the 22nd or 23rd. I am also looking for a few volunteers to help out on the day of the sale. Let me know if your interested :) I guess that's all for now. I love you all and thanks for all your support and encouragement!