So the journey continues. As I stated in my last post, a friend gave the first dollar towards the $30,000 needed to adopt Paxton. Another friend gave us a $5 bill the other day and I received a facebook post that another $10 is on the way from the north. It could be viewed as $16 total, or it could be seen as the foundation. As one ancient proverb states: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." So with that, the journey of 30,000 miles has taken its first steps....
God is sending creative ideas our way on how he may want to provide the funding. We have a friend on the West coast who is using their talents and gifting to come with a creative way for people to give toward the adoption (more to come on that in the near future, and how you may be apart of it). Another avenue of appeal we have taken is in a "desperate needs contest." There is a TV program called "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" (think Oprah, but funny). She has a regular contest going on every week where you can write her stating your story and your financial need. If she sees fit she may give toward some or all of your need. So last week, we submitted the 1500 word essay required along with a family photo, and now the fate of that is in the hands of the producers. Obviously, there are millions of people submitting things, but you never now in what ways God will choose to provide. All we know is that God WILL provide, but he does expect us to do all we can to partner with him in the process. Please continue to pray with us not just for creativity, but for the supernatural provision of God even above and beyond our efforts.
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