The Tyner Family: June 2010

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Thank you, thank you, thank you...someone

Tuesday, we received a call from our caseworker at Bethany. I think she was just as excited to call and report the news as we were to receive it. Someone anonymously donated money to Bethany's corporate office. Our case worker said this amount would be enough to cover our entire first trip to Ethiopia...two plane tickets plus lodging. We can't even begin to express how thankful we are to Jesus for providing this money and to this person, who I hope is reading this. We're forever grateful.

"The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it."

1 Thessalonians 5:24

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Catching Up

Where to begin. So much going on lately. We'll back up to May and start with the garage sale. So many people gave so much of their time, energy, money, garage sale signs, treasures, tables, brownies, cookies, hangers, regaining our stolen garage sale signs, basement and garage space, and more-than-happy-to-help attitudes. Thank you so much to Amy for coordinating this thing for us. Her great vision combined with organization skills (and love for our babies) helped make this so successful. One verse that we really tried to focus on for the garage sale was Deuteronomy 28:12 which says, "The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands." We give God the glory for He truly blessed us that day.

Next, we had our choir trip to Washington D.C. In the midst of all our adoption paperwork, I'll admit that the plans and preparations for the trip were not on the forefront of my mind until about 3 days before. But we had THE BEST time! I honestly can't say what I enjoyed the most...working in the inner city neighborhood or getting to know people that I only knew as a smiling face or touring all those great museums that I haven't seen in years... I hope we get to take another trip like this soon. :)