How Far Along: 30 weeks
How I'm feeling: curious... I wonder what it's going to be like to be Jemma's mom
Gender: GIRL!
Total bills so far: $12246.39
Bills this week: $0
Ways God is working: Our Letter of Approval (LOA) has been issued!!! Hoping we'll receive it quickly in the next few days. Our chosen house parents for the kids have had some pretty incredible timeline miracles happen this week!! Phil has PEACE about leaving our kids at home for our trip for the FIRST time since we started this process in September!!! Two families are signed up for our Hot Air Balloon fundraiser - so cool! (We are hoping to make a bigger impact in the world of orphan ministry and to start, God has moved us to develop this hot air balloon brand that will be used to help adoptive families fundraise for their adoptions during a time in the process when it's difficult to fundraise - the beginning!) Annalisa is making an impact and being impacted in China. So proud of her and praying for her today as she just got back to her hotel after a rougher orphanage visit.
Things learned: LOA is on the way. It's about an 8-10 week process from here on out. The baby that we will be doing respite with at the end of the month loves the kids and the kids love him! Titus said, "Hi little Defender of the Cross" yesterday to him.
Stuff we've done for the adoption this week: put up Jemma's crib, finished sending packages for the auction, slowly launched our Hot Air Balloon brand by recruiting families, started laying out things to pack in Jemma's crib, continued to pray for our house parents! Oh and I started selling my maternity clothes!!! $120 in so far!
What I am looking forward to: getting stuff out of the house and set up for the rummage! LOA in the mail!
Praying: Copying last weeks: Wisdom and clarity for the "house parents" situation; Timing for Jemma's adoption; Health for our trip to China; energy to get the house cleaned out and free of clutter; wisdom in our schooling choices for next year; LOA
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