This week holds good news and not so good news for our family and the adoption.
That Consignment Sale (the consignment sale I started to raise money for our adoption) had its 2012 Fall/Winter sale during the week of August 16-18. Our adoption fund raised $120 through this sale. Because we are needing to come up with the funds to send in our Dossier and hopefully we will be traveling to China before the 2013 sale would occur, we have decided to sell That Consignment Sale. We pray from the sell of the our business, we will be able to send in our Dossier and put the remainder in our adoption fund for the next $12,000 we will need to raise before we travel. This was a hard decision because I LOVE my consignment business. However, bringing Melanie home from China is more important! Please pray that we sell our business quickly and for the amount we need to move forward and then some!!!
We did receive some great news from Lifesong for Orphans (our adoption fundraising account). A family that is friends to us, has donated $200 to our adoption fund. Thank you and Praise God!!!
We did receive some bad news this week and lost a four-legged member of our family this week.
We had to make the horrible decision to put down my cat Briley on Tuesday, August 21st. Briley was my main coon cat of 13 years that I rescued off of Briley Parkway 13 years ago this month. He has been ill since May of this year and was suffering tremendously. After multiple tests, vet visits, and being a nurse at home, we are not exactly sure why Briley got sick so fast. It was narrowed down to either cancer in his abdomen/colon area or some sort of serious intestinal blockage. I know he is not suffering anymore, but that was the single hardest decision I have ever made in my life and it has broken my heart. I miss him so much!
The other bad news we received this week is in regards to our grant application to Show Hope. We received a letter today stating that we were denied a grant from Show Hope. This again is a huge set back because we were praying for this grant to send in our Dossier. Earlier this year, I had contacted both Mary Beth Chapman and Stephen Curtis Chapman's booking agents to have them do an adoption benefit for our adoption. We were turned down by both booking agents and strongly encouraged to apply for this grant. Another door closed...
We have also heard back from the Gift of Adoption Grant program. After our grant application was pushed back another month, I contacted them and asked why this keeps happening. They pretty much said that if we do not have a referral or a travel date, we will not receive a grant.
We do have a few adoption fundraisers coming up...
1. Adoption Cookbook - Monday is the deadline to email me recipes for the cookbook. karlamtaylor@hotmail.com. Unfortunately, we only have about 25 recipes. In order for us to order the cookbook, we will need over 100 recipes. Send us your recipes!!!
2. Yard Sale - I will be participating in a Children's Yard Sale with a group of moms on Friday, Sept. 7th and Saturday, Sept. 8th. Everything I sell will go to the adoption!!!
3. Adoption Pampered Chef party - On Friday, September 21st, I will be having a Pampered Chef Adoption Fundraiser. It will be at my home, but you can place a catalog order!
Please pray for an email that I will be sending out the first week of September. Some people have asked how they can help in the adoption process. We will be sending out an email of four different ways people can help with our adoption expenses. It will include the cookbook, the pampered chef party, a way that you can purchase meal packs for orphans while 30% will go to the adoption, and our fundraising account with Lifesong for Orphans where people can donate a tax-deductible gift.
Please continue to pray for our adoption. It seems like we are running into many road blocks. We still believe that God is in control!!!
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