Wow, a year has past without a post. I am probably the world's worst blogger. Life just has a way of consuming us and things that we may try don't always get completed.

Well, off of the excuses now and on to our amazing news. Chris and I have started the adoption process! After years of praying and considering adoption we are finally doing it! God placed the file of a little girl from Eastern Europe in our hands and we knew that we wanted her in our family.

Until we can give out her real name after court ( a long way down the road) we are calling her Sylvia. Sylvia has some special needs and it is very important that she get to a place with more advanced technology then where she is to receive treatment for these needs.

We did so much research before putting in our application to be matched with her and thought we had the process and time frame of adopting a special needs child figured out. When we put in our application we learned that we will be moving even faster then initially thought. God works in mysterious ways and we trust that He will provide for all of our needs through this process.

The total adoption will cost approximately $30,000 with a third of the costs being due within the month. We are at about $4,000 of our $10,000 goal for the month. The sweet and condensed version on our process is: submit application,be unofficially matched, home study, complete dossier, travel, be officially matched, court, complete documents for Sylvia to come home, bring Sylvia home, readopt in the US. As you know nothing is free and each of those steps has a price tag attached to it.

We had saved about $3000 before we began this process and are now planning fundraisers. We had a yard sale last weekend, will have another this weekend, have a spaghetti dinner and silent auction planned in two weeks, and with the first Sunday Night Praise we will be having a dinner also. We have also applied for grants and when our home study is complete will apply for more. Doing some searching on the internet I found some interest free loans that we will also apply for. We are doing the work the God asks us to and know He is faithful.

I will add our gofundme widget to this page for anyone that feels that God is calling them to help bring Sylvia home. I will also try to do a better job of keeping up with the blog and where we are in the process. If at any time you would like an update and haven't seen one in a while please call me out on it!