Drink Coffee? Support Adoption.

Well, we're in the final stretch of the adoption process. All the paperwork is done. Gone. Out of our hands. What a great feeling it is. Now what? This begins the waiting process. The real waiting process that is totally out of our control. It's God's timing now. People ask us..."So, when are we getting those babies???" (which we love, by the way) And the answer is, "We don't know. Could be 2 weeks. Could be 12 months." But in the meantime, we're praying for those babies, praying for our little one here who will experience SO much change in the coming months, saving money, and plugging along like normal.

So, in the midst of all the waiting, we've decided to combine our two passions. Coffee and adoption. Check it out here.

"Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD.

Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly."

Psalm 5:3

Theme Dinner: Farmer Night by Shanle

We left our camera in Pensacola a few weeks ago, so these were taken with Shay's phone. Too bad we couldn't get our traditional "everyone stand behind the table in the exact same spot as last time" pose. :)

Holy cow! Jack is SO tall! Ha!

On the menu:

Fried Chicken

Corn on the Cob

Mashed Potatoes

Fried Okra

Tomatoes

Cornbread

Peach Pie

Next theme dinner should be interesting. Stay tuned.

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