Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Since we're going to a Smokies game tomorrow night and a Braves game next week, Jon chose "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" as the theme for tonight.

On the Menu:

Peanuts

Chili Dogs

Soft Pretzels

Corn on a Stick

Frozen Lemonade

WE GOT THE PAPER!!!

Guess what we got??? YES! The immigration paper that we've been waiting on for about 4 months. Woo hoo!

So now what? We are collecting just a few additional papers today and tomorrow and these, along with our homestudy, will be our dossier that we send to Africa. But first, we need them checked by Bethany, notarized, county sealed (Knox Co.), and state sealed (in Nashville, of course). We HOPE to have all this done by Monday. After that, send it off to Ethiopia.

And wait.

Good Things

The day started today with some great news. We received a email today stating that we have been chosen to receive a significant grant from Show Hope. We applied several months ago and basically forgot about it. Until today.

We're SO thankful, yet so undeserving of all these good things. Thanks be to God for the good gifts that come from Him alone. I'm happy to say that we're more than halfway done paying for this adoption. And I know that He is faithful to finish it.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations,

forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21