Thanks! And waiting.... waiting...

Hey friends!

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU so much to everyone who participated in our Spaghetti Oneg yesterday at Beth Messiah Synagogue!  We are truly bless to call BMS home and to call all of you family.  The event helped raise a significant amount of money and it also really helped boost our moral as we wait... and wait... and wait... to hear back from the Bulgarian Ministry.  Please let us hear something this week... PLEASE!!!

I've got to say a special thanks to Theresa Januska, Jimmy Januska, Dee Brown, Sue Hodgeson, Mary Taylor, and Lacey Taylor for helping us yesterday.  And another big thank you to everyone who contributed something for the bake sale or for the spaghetti lunch itself.  You all are wonderful!
 

So... yeah... now we wait...

And wait...

And wait...

UGH!!!! AND WAIT!!!

I really hope we hear something this week.  In the mean time, we'll be ordering the new t-shirts soon.  I'll let you know when they're ready for purchase.

Please keep us in your prayers!  Thanks  :)

LOVE (((HUGS))) and BLESSINGS

Jenn

T-shirts: The Sequel!!! (and a teaser of exciting news!)

Hey friends!

Last week we submitted the mountain of paperwork for our home study.  Exciting!!!

It felt like it took forever to get everything compiled.  I must admit, when I saw the laundry list of things we needed to get together, I became a little discouraged.  Motivation plummeted.  From fingerprints, to physicals, to tax returns, to background checks, I felt overwhelmed.

Oddly enough, God was in our procrastination.  There was a VERY significant reason why gathering all our home study information took longer than it probably should have.  God needed to put some more pieces into place.  And He did so in an AMAZING fashion!!!

I can't tell you yet... although several of you already know.  I don't want to share until we're 100% certain and we get confirmation from the Bulgarian government, but our adoption journey has taken an incredible twist.  With any luck we'll know for sure in the next week or so and then we'll have UNBELIEVABLE news to share!  So stay tuned!!!

In the meantime, we have another fundraiser coming up.  T-shirts: The Sequel  We're doing another t-shirt fundraiser since many of you liked the first shirts.  This time we're going to have TWO different designs to choose from....

Prices might be a little different for these shirts than they were for the first t-shirt run we did.  We're thinking about getting both regular shirts and the super soft material ones.  I'll let you know more in a few days.

Also, don't forget that you can always donate to us online!  Just click the computer icon on the right-hand side of your screen.  This will take you to our YouCaring online donation site.  

Please be in prayer for us as we get ready to schedule our home study, but also for news from Bulgaria.  Of course, the waiting is driving me crazy... but on the bright side, I get to drive Chris nuts with my relentless badgering of, "I wonder when we'll hear something?"  "Do you think they've gotten our letters yet?"  "I wonder what they think?"

Ugh!  Chris tells me that no news is good news.  Maybe he's right.  I'm just hoping to hear something soon!

LOVE (((HUGS))) and BLESSINGS!

Jenn