Yard Sale Time

Dear Victoria,

Wow, can I just say how truly humbled and in awe we are at all those who are supporting us through this.  That was a major deciding factor in why we decided that we wanted to adopt.  We knew we had such an amazing group of family and friends that would help us make this happen and be here for us once you are home.  Well I think our support group has more than tripled since we started this journey to you.  People we know, and even perfect strangers, that want to see you come home have stepped forward and done amazing things to help us.

Those that fasted and prayed with us were so kind to join us in our plea to Heavenly Father to help soften the hearts of those in power in your country.  Many many people have told us that they were fasting and praying for you, and we know that the Lord heard our prayers and will do all in His power to make this happen.  The story that touched me the most was about a girl that has babysat your sisters a couple of times.  Her mom told me that she told her high school seminary class (church class) about the fast that we did for your region to open back up and they all fasted together for you last Sunday.  How amazing is it that a group of 15-18 year olds would be so selfless to do a special fast for a family that they don't even know.

So its going to be a crazy-busy next few days.  We are doing a yard sale to fundraise on Saturday.  We put a call out to our local friends and family for donations to sell and W.O.W!  Our garage and basement are stuffed full of donated items and there is still more coming.  We have so much stuff that there is no way it will fit on our tiny little yard, so our next door neighbor said we can use their lawn to put more items up.  We are so grateful for the many people who have helped us in this endeavor.  THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone that has helped us.  We definitely couldn't do it without you.

This is the banner I designed for your yard sale.  Its going to be HUGE!

We are also going to be selling cold bottles of water with these labels on them.

We are also so thankful for those who continue to donate to our online fund.  It has jumped almost $4,000 in the past month and a half.  We are getting very close to being fully funded and every little bit helps.  Just another testament to us that we are most definitely in the hands of our Savior and that He is taking care of each and every detail.  We are so blessed to be a part of His miraculous plan.

Love Mommy