I had to sit down and write you a quick note to tell you some really special things that happened today.
We just finished up our biggest fundraising to date for our trip to China to bring you home.
I wish you could have been here to see it. You would have seen how many people love you already and not just your family!
First, we received a lot of donations from friends and family. We mentioned our garage sale to just a few people and donations just started coming in. Friends gave beautiful brand new items to us without giving it a second thought. We had people bring us things and we spent a day driving around picking things up that people wanted us to have.
We worked for days getting this ready-- probably more like weeks. This was good for your mom though because it kept my mind busy. I was able to go about an hour or so without checking my phone for some sort of news on movement in our paperwork to bring you home. We are still waiting to be Logged Into China's system, but it will come, God's got this!
The days leading up to the sale your brothers and sister were busy cleaning and pricing things. They wanted to do this because they knew this would bring us one step closer to bring you home.
Friday before the sale friends showed up to help bake cupcakes with your sister. Your sister loves to bake but she needed some help with making 6 dozen. They baked all morning and then all afternoon and early evening they priced things and folded a LOT of clothes!
Guess what?! Friday night someone pulled into our driveway and handed your mom a few boxes of books to sell at the sale today! I didn't even know her but she is a part of our larger home school group and she saw my announcement about the garage sale and wanted to give. Did I mention I didn't even know her?
Saturday morning we were up at 5:30 am getting things ready again. Your dad went around the area hanging beautiful signs that your grandmother made directing everyone to our sale. Your brothers and sister got up and started setting up tables and placing items all over our driveway and garage.
I wanted to take a picture before it started but people started showing up at 7:30am even though it wasn't supposed to start until 9am! That's ok because each dollar we received put us a step closer to those flights we need to take to bring you home to your family!
Friends of Mommy's showed up around 7:30 too and started working again even though they had just left the night before.
Saturday morning we set up a tent and your youngest brother and a friend sat under that tent from
8 am until 2 pm selling cupcakes, water, lemonade, sodas and Goat Milk Soap! They were absolutely incredible! They sold their hearts out! Every person that came up our driveway was told about the soaps and the cupcakes that were for sale to help bring you home! And do you know what! The two of them made close to $200 alone on their little stand!! All because we Love you and want you to come home as soon as you can!
Today your Mom saw such beauty and love in action that I had to sit down and tell you about it.
Random strangers at our sale today bought $1 cupcakes, paid with a large bill and wanted no change.
Most importantly people prayed. They prayed God would bring the people and that they would be blessed with great stuff and be blessed to know they helped your family out!
Well, that is how this very special day went today Abigail. In regards to how much longer until we can fly over and pick you up, well we are working hard on that! We have more waiting on paperwork for your adoption but we are asking a LOT of people to pray that mountains will be moved and you will be home soon.
I Love You so much Abigail,
Love,
Your Mommy
