Miche ("Mee-chee") Handbags

Just joined Miche--an amazing handbag company--and can't wait to get started selling their super cute and stylish interchangeable bags! While we are in the process to adopt, 100% of my profits will go directly into our adoption fund. I'm thinking this will for sure add some FUN to our FUNdraising! Interested in ordering, booking a party, or joining my team? Just click on the link below! :)

https://deannagipson.miche.com/

                                                    

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God is SO Good

Wow.  SO much has happened since my last post.  I'm pretty sure I've written a post in my head every single day, but I don't guess that did anyone much good, huh?   So......I'm going to do my best to go back and recount what's been going on these past couple of weeks.  For starters, we had our in-home visit from our home study worker on Friday, August 3rd, and it went great!  Our worker is beyond amazing, and we are so blessed to be working with her.  At the conclusion of that visit, we asked her when we'd be seeing her again, and she said we wouldn't see her again until they were home!  What?!  We were thinking that we still had one more visit.  This was great news!  However, it did mean that we would need to have payment ready a little sooner than expected.  She told us that she should have everything written up and ready to go 2-3 weeks from that date.  So, we're thinking it should be ready within the next few days.  :)  Thanks to everyone's support through Taylor's Adoption Store, Created & Blessed and Adoption Bug t-shirt sales, and the yard sale we had this past Saturday, we are very close to having the amount we need for our home study.  After the home study is paid for, we will next mail the application and application fee in to our prospective agency, and then we'll work towards funding our fingerprinting.  (If you haven't seen our new fundraisers, you can check them out here.  Taylor's Store is still up and running as well. :) Keep checking back to see if new items have been posted.)


I need to tell you--last week was pretty amazing!  Lots of great things going on with our friends who are adopting. (Backstory: we have several friends from church who have adopted/are adopting as well.  Three of those couples are adopting from the DR Congo.  One couple is adopting from China.  And, others are adopting domestically.)  Last week was filled with great news.  One family saw God do something totally unexpected and watched as He began to move mountains.  Another got news that their daughter finally passed court!  And, yesterday, yet another family saw the court make a good decision to move in the right direction.  And, today...........Well, days like today are the ones that really keep us all moving.  It was one of those days where the presence of God and His faithfulness were absolutely undeniable.  On Sunday, our friends Stuart and Jenny boarded a plane headed to the DR Congo.  And, today, they held two of their children for the very first time.  God is good.  SO good.  Won't you let Him show you just how good He is?

Fundraising

A HUGE thanks to everyone who has supported Taylor in her fundraising efforts thus far!  She has been thrilled by the response, and it has been such a blessing for us to watch.  If you click on the "Shop" tab, you'll notice that nearly all of the items she posted a couple of days ago are now marked as "SOLD"!  But, for those of you interested in ordering paintings or bracelets, stay tuned.......She is hard at work creating more and can't wait to share them with you.  :)

Some of you have asked how much money we need to raise.  The answer: A LOT.  But, we know God is faithful to provide for His purposes.  For now, we don't want to overwhelm anyone (including ourselves) with huge numbers.  So, we are setting one small goal at a time.  (Though we know God is able to do far more than we can ask or imagine.)  Our first goal is to raise $3,000.  This amount should cover our home study, application fee with our prospective agency, and fingerprinting.

When will we need this amount?  At the time of our final home study.  Our home study consists of three appointments.  Our first meeting was on July 6th.  Our second is scheduled for next Friday, August 3rd.  At that time, we will schedule our third and final appointment.  So.....we will likely need to raise this amount within the next month.

Per request, we now have a "Donate" button located down the right side of our home page where donations can be made through PayPal.

Thanks once again for everyone's prayers, encouragement, and support.  We are truly humbled and blessed.

With love,
Deanna