We have had a busy October getting ready for 2 garage sales to raise money for our adoption. Many, many things have been missed and delayed during this time. I'm so sorry that our updated waitlist numbers are one of those things. So here it goes! We got an email on October 5th (heehee, like I said, this is late) that our official #s are 32 on the girl list and 21 on the boy list. We were excited about this because any movement is good and it has been SOOOO SLOW the past few months, but then a couple minutes later I get a second email. A family just accepted a referral and our new official #s are 31 on the girl list and 20 on the boy list!! How awesome is that! This is the most movement we've had in 4 months. We've been asking everyone to pray that the process in Ethiopia will speed up again so more children can have a safe place to be and a family to call their own. It is awesome to see God answer those prayers.
At least by me waiting, you won't have to wait long before I post our November updated #s. But until then, we have another garage sale coming up this Saturday. Our last 2 have been great successes and not only financially. My hope is always that we are able to enlighten people to the need for more families to open up their homes through adoption and to focus on pointing towards God working in our lives. With each sale it has been encouraging to hear the stories of other adopting families. It seems like everyperson we talk to at these sales has been touched in some way by adoption. I'm looking forward to hearing a whole new set of adoption stories! Oh...we also hope to sale a LOT of stuff to raise the last bit of $ needed.
-amory
