It's a GOD thing!!!

This is going to be long so bare with me...but I wanted to show you how AWESOME God is even though many of you don't have to be reminded...You experience his greatness EVERYDAY!!!


So I wanted to share with you guys some pictures from saturday afternoon. I have a friend (Kelly Rainey) from highschool who God has allowed us to cross paths again, and she has been such a blessing to us. When we started the online yard sale and preparing for the yard sale at home, she was the first to buy anything from us, and then she felt that she wanted to do more. So she sent out an email to anyone that knew if they knew anyone that sold items, and if they would donate a certain portion of their sales to our adoption funds...well praise God she got many replies back of people that would do this for us, but she chose Lori Hedberg. Well come to find out Lori was so excited about the party and she didnt understand why...she said she felt an overwhelming desire to help us...well she was cleaning out her husband's emai,l and she happened upon a email from Tim Tipton from our church at Chestnut mountain...it was when we put in a prayer request over the adoption...WE GO TO THE SAME CHURCH...can you belive that...GOd is so good....well then when I showed up at party with Rylie she recognized me from when Pastor Jeff asked us to talk about our adoption of Rylie at church....can you fathom that...only God could mesh all of this together...Kelly and half the people at the party were from Hebron, so that was a blessing that total strangers came out to support us in our adoption!!! God is so on board with adoption and getting people where they need to be when they say the word adoption...I have always said if you mutter the word adoption...you better hold on to your hat..because it is a ride!!!
Well we had the party saturday night 12 people showed and I appreciate everyone that came and supported us, thanks for buying and thanks for the donations that you gave as well. Lori herself sold 70 raffle tickets in her neighborhood alone....WOW...70 on her own accord...we have not closed out the party yet so we don't know how much that party raised for the adoption, but in raffle tickets alone it was $151.00 PRAISE GOD!!!!! That is a counseling session and a half for our birthmother!!

I had two people donate a total of $140.00 that said we could buy something but don't need it...so we will give you guys the entire amount...How thoughtful is that....
Then if all of that was not enough .............Then the most amazing thing is there was a couple and their friend that donated $300.00 I don't know if they want their name mentioned...but we want to shout out our praises to God for theses people....

I have been very weak in faith this week and I hate that...I have been praying to God this week to show me personally that things will be ok for us and he will provide the money and the baby for us...this weekend was a true testimate to that....everyone was so great saturday and then that morning Robbie and Brett brought 3; yes 3 truckloads of stuff that had been donated to our yard sale...then I was talking to myself not even praying about getting some baby boy items since I have all the girl things...and not even asking God for it at this time and you know what God is just providing...because Amy Norton graciously gave Beckham some of Brady's clothes and etc...and many of the items were BRAND NEW with tags still on them.. just another example of how good God is ........

Just like with Rylie God is providing for us to bring baby Beckham home to his forever family...and we could not do this without such wonderful people in our lives!!
GOD bless you all and keep the prayers coming...

****by the way congratulations to Susan for winning the raffle prize!!!! That last picture was Rylie picking her name out of the box!

Isaiah 40:28-33 (NIV)
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.