It has been a whirlwind these past two weeks! Exactly 12 days since we found out that we are traveling soon. 12 days ago we said yes having no idea how we were going to be able to travel in a month. It was easily one of the most nervous yes's I have ever given. Because saying yes meant that we may not be home with our kiddos for Thanksgiving. That our "perfect estimated timeline" we had planned for this adoption would be thrown out of the window. That we would need to pay our agency $14,000 AND have $5,000 to travel with..in four weeks. I questioned if yes is the answer the Lord wanted us to give right now, because we could have said no and waited and continued along our man made timeline of events for this adoption.
But saying no would mean we were too scared, too nervous, and didn't trust the Lord enough to know that he would make it all work. Afraid that he wouldn't come through, that there wasn't enough time for him to move the mountains that we needed him to move to make this possible.
But we knew that to not be true, because we've seen God pour out money like water, we've watched him move paperwork and provide approvals in record timing. How could we have such little faith after seeing firsthand the miracles he had already performed in our lives?
So it was a yes. And when you say yes to the Lord, he is faithful, so faithful.
$13,100 is where we are with our fundraising as of right this second. $13,100! In 12 days, because the Lord is faithful and loving and loves orphans. He provided us with an amazing community who genuinely wants to help and give. He moved hearts to provide items for an auction, stirred hearts to give and this is exactly what it looks like when we let the Lord use his people to accomplish his work.
So, here we are. Our dossier has already been sent to Uganda and we should know our exact travel dates by the weeks end! We are also waiting on our fingerprint appointment for immigration, that should come any day now.
We are $900 short of having all of the foreign fees paid.
We are $5,000 away from having travel money (two adults traveling for 7-10 days)
$5,900 and 20 days ahead of us. Look at what the Lord has already done! We are confident that he is going to complete the work he began, for we know that he leaves nothing undone!
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