Just a little simple, but powerful, reminder of how God is working in *all* our lives as we prepare for Joshua (aka, "Josh") to join our family. So encouraging and fun to see!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
25 Letters - 1 Simple Reminder
I was greeted to this little artwork on the fridge when I came home from work yesterday:
Just a little simple, but powerful, reminder of how God is working in *all* our lives as we prepare for Joshua (aka, "Josh") to join our family. So encouraging and fun to see!
Just a little simple, but powerful, reminder of how God is working in *all* our lives as we prepare for Joshua (aka, "Josh") to join our family. So encouraging and fun to see!
Friday, March 23, 2012
God's Blessings From A Dinner
We're sorry we haven't posted on the blog since our adoption dinner back in February! For those of you that came to our dinner - we so appreciated having all of you there celebrating with us and learning more about our adoption of Joshua into our family. We had a blast and were so excited to share the evening with us.
We're especially thankful for our caterer, Dean Hamilton, the head chef from Timber-Lee Christian Center, who graciously drove from WI and gave his time and talent to prepare our entire meal for us! Thank you Dean for your gracious heart and support of our adoption! I don't think anyone left hungry, but many left asking for recipes and leftovers (can anyone say, "cheesecake"?).
We also wanted to say a special thank you to Pastor Mark Balmer and his family for joining us and sharing their hearts about adoption with us. We were not only encouraged by your own journey of adoption, but how you reminded us of God's heart for adoption and our call to respond. Thank you!
As a result of the dinner, many of you chose to partner with us by committing to pray or financially support us. We love, love, love your partnership and are honored by it! We created a prayer/support card for you that gives you specific ways you can partner with us - you can download a copy here. (If you would like to partner with us through prayer and/or financial support, you can learn more about that too.)
Because of your generosity, we were able to raise over $4,000 from your gracious donations. Wow, we are blessed! Thank you! Combined with others who were unable to attend that evening but gave financially in other ways, we've been able to raise over $5,000 to help us with Joshua's adoption expenses. We are so thankful for your generosity and support! Thank you!
In the next day or two, we'll post a little bit of video of us sharing our testimonies from the dinner, but we first just wanted to just say a heartfelt THANK YOU for your support at our dinner and your partnership - in prayer and financial support. We continue to be encouraged and amazed by our great and mighty God and how he's guided us in this process. To God be the glory!
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(on behalf of Jill, Nathan, Brooke, and Joshua!)
We're especially thankful for our caterer, Dean Hamilton, the head chef from Timber-Lee Christian Center, who graciously drove from WI and gave his time and talent to prepare our entire meal for us! Thank you Dean for your gracious heart and support of our adoption! I don't think anyone left hungry, but many left asking for recipes and leftovers (can anyone say, "cheesecake"?).
We also wanted to say a special thank you to Pastor Mark Balmer and his family for joining us and sharing their hearts about adoption with us. We were not only encouraged by your own journey of adoption, but how you reminded us of God's heart for adoption and our call to respond. Thank you!
As a result of the dinner, many of you chose to partner with us by committing to pray or financially support us. We love, love, love your partnership and are honored by it! We created a prayer/support card for you that gives you specific ways you can partner with us - you can download a copy here. (If you would like to partner with us through prayer and/or financial support, you can learn more about that too.)
Because of your generosity, we were able to raise over $4,000 from your gracious donations. Wow, we are blessed! Thank you! Combined with others who were unable to attend that evening but gave financially in other ways, we've been able to raise over $5,000 to help us with Joshua's adoption expenses. We are so thankful for your generosity and support! Thank you!
In the next day or two, we'll post a little bit of video of us sharing our testimonies from the dinner, but we first just wanted to just say a heartfelt THANK YOU for your support at our dinner and your partnership - in prayer and financial support. We continue to be encouraged and amazed by our great and mighty God and how he's guided us in this process. To God be the glory!E
(on behalf of Jill, Nathan, Brooke, and Joshua!)
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