I held a miracle today. Born yesterday evening, Ella is as precious as they come. She is a sweet little girl that I can't wait to watch grow up and become a beautiful lady. It is such a blessing to be able to hold one of God's miracles and know that she is perfect because of His work. Congrats Matt and Heather on the birth of your precious little girl. We love you all and are so blessed to have you all in our lives and thank you two for all of your support and love!
As we sat yesterday and waiting for her to be born, we knew that it would happen but having patience is sometimes hard. All we could do was wait and pray. Just like our adoption it is all in perfect time. There are so many ways that I can compare a pregnancy to adoption. I may not be carrying a child in my belly, but I am carrying one in my heart. I love this child already and I don't even know if he or she has been conceived.
Holding Ella gives me hope. God has a plan for us and we must be faithful to Him and have patience to see his work. We need to get focused on our fundraising and getting the baby's room done so that we are ready. What makes this so hard is watching Clayton and trying to help him understand this process. This morning when he saw Ms. Ella's picture he was excited and thought she was cute, but he came into the room and asked when our baby would get here. I tried to hold back my tears and comfort him. He doesn't understand this process though he is learning about adoption more each day. We have to stay strong for him and help him to understand. Prayer is the key.
Fundraising & Grant Updates
Matching Grant. We are on our way to raising the money needed for the matching grant. We know that there have been or will be donations made for about $1500. If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to this grant, please send all donations made payable to “Hand in Hand Christian Adoption” postmarked by September 28th, 2012 to: (for tax purposes please include our name on the outside of the envelope only…do not put our name on the check itself)Hand in Hand Christian Adoption, Inc.
Matthew & Amanda Lawson
18318 Mimosa Court
Gardner, KS 66030
New. Cookbook Fundraiser. I am starting our Cookbook and we need your recipes. If you would like to have your recipe in our cookbook, please send them to me via email (see our info section). You can also send a picture of you, your family or even the recipe. We hope to have it put together by the end of October and ready for purchase soon.
Yard Sale #3. We will have another yard sale on September 15th. We are looking for donations of furniture, house goods or kids stuff. We have a ton of clothes already from our last two yard sales. If you have anything you would like to donate let us know.
Chili Supper. We are looking to get a Chili supper or Spaghetti dinner organized soon. Look for details coming soon!
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