It takes a village

Twenty-eight thousand dollars.  
That's what it will cost to ransom the next little life that we are waiting to welcome into our family.  Maybe most people have that sitting around and don't know what to do with it, but we didn't.  
But we knew what God was putting on our hearts to do, and so we began to work towards that big number: we sold our camper, we hoarded the income tax return, we had a garage sale... 
And as we did whatever we could, God began to work in bigger ways.  He put it on our hearts to host a silent auction fundraiser and information night at our church - it would raise money for our adoption process while we tried to share the needs of orphans around the world.
Then Wolfgang Schaefer and the Ironfist Taekwondo Club held a kick-a-thon fundraiser for us, and overwhelmed us with their hard work and generosity.  

And we've felt so grateful, and are excited to see the "adoption account" numbers rising.  We know God is showing us that He will provide for what He's leading us to do.

And now we have been invited to participate in the first Winkler Mother's Day Craft & Gift Show.  Shirley and Rebecca, the organizers have been crazy considerate of us!  They have asked us to serve a lunch, provided ideas for how and what to serve, and offered us the sole role of selling baked goods and snacks.  Then they offered me a craft table in a great location in the building, so I could sell my hand work and have further funds to put towards this adoption.  I'm humbled by their thoughtfulness and desire to see us succeed at this fundraiser.

So here's a sneak peek at what will be going on May 10 (Saturday) from 9:30 till 4:30 at The Bunker:
All sorts of donated AMAZINGLY yummy home baked goods, along with coffee, pop or water.  For lunch we will be serving a bowl of chili, a fresh homemade bun, and a drink for only $7.  Everybody is welcome!

And here's some of the hand work I'll be selling at our table, with all proceeds going towards our adoption expenses:

We can't say thank you enough to everyone that has joined this journey so far!  And there have been so many people willing to bring baking and chili on Saturday that I am blown away - we have been so supported all along this adoption process, and we are eagerly waiting to show a picture of our next child as soon as we get a referral!