Fundraising Update

Our adoption fundraising has been going amazingly well. Before we started this adoption we knew there was a large chunk of expenses that we did not have the money to cover, but for over a year we have been praying that God would somehow take care of it. It was definitely a leap of faith, and there was a little bit of worry involved, but as we are nearing the end of our adoption, God has provided. With our Hand in Hand matching grant, we raised an incredible $6,650. As donations were coming in for the matching grant, we received another blessing- a $3,000 grant from the Rollstone Foundation. We were even more humbled by the generosity of others today. Our church held a spaghetti feed fundraising dinner for us and we raised another $1,550. It is amazing to think that just a month ago we were facing the possibility of taking out a $15,000 loan and now we are only short $3,600. We still will not be travelling for several months, but it is such a huge relief to know most of our expenses are taken care of already. I just want to give a huge THANK YOU to everybody who has donated money for our adoption expenses and who has kept us in their prayers. I am so happy that Roland will be surrounded by such wonderful, loving, generous people who gave of themselves to help bring him home.