Praising God!!!!!

Today we are praising God for answering one of our biggest prayers...a grant for our adoption. One of the organizations that we applied to called us this morning to let us know that we have been given a $4000 matching grant. We are so thankful for this opportunity and are going to work like crazy to raise $4000 (or more) so that we will have $8000 to put towards the adoption. We haven't exactly figured out what our fundraiser(s) will be yet, but we are narrowing down the list.

We actually got a call from them two Thursdays ago, but Justin had his phone on silent and didn't see the missed call until they had already left for the day...also learned they are only there on Thursdays:( So the next Thursday, we received another call (this time Justin is sick in bed flu symptoms and could barely talk). They asked if anything had changed financially with our adoption and if we were still proceeding to adopt from Taiwan. She said that they were going to review the remaining files and get back with us within the next week or two.

One week and one day later we got the call...and it couldn't have came at a better time. I was having a rough day with all three kids and I honestly didn't know how I was going to make it through the day...it was only 10:00:( Justin called to tell me the good news and it instantly put a smile on my face. We were very fortunate to get the $4000...they give between $1-4000 so we got the max. They will be calling us within the next few weeks and sending a packet of information on what to do next. We are so excited and grateful for this opportunity. Now if only a few more agencies would give us a call:)