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God can do anything, you know?

Hello again to all my family, friends, followers, and blog buddies! Yes, we are still alive and yes we are still adopting!
So much has happened since we last talked..... I won't bore you with all the paperwork details, but we have finished our homestudy and we are just a month or so away from completing our dossier (I hope). And once that process is complete the official waiting process will begin. Yes that's right, we haven't even begun the waiting yet.
One of the bigger developments in the journey is that we have chosen a name for our little boy! We are naming him Cameron.... we call him Cam. We have yet to choose a middle name, but that will come (Im pretty sure we have plenty of time).
We have also, enlarged our reach and we are now on Facebook sharing our journey. Our Facebook website is www.facebook.com/ajourneyforlove If you can, please share this with your friend list. We are stepping into a very important part of our adoption journey.... (insert suspenseful music here) The Fundraising!
If I am honest, Bodie and I are uncomfortable with the concept of asking for money. We know that this is a hard time for a lot of people and we dont want any of the people in our lives to feel pressure to give to us, when they struggle to get by some months. But, if you know anything about adoption, you know that it is very expensive. To bring Cam home, it will cost us around $30,000. This figure is WAY beyond what we can do on our own. It seems impossible.... but I have a God that works very well in the impossible! When we accepted this call to adopt, we knew that we couldn't possibly do it on our own. We knew that God would have to provide the finances. We knew that there would be people come our way that would guide and help us through this journey, whether that be through prayer, through contacts they have, or through money. This blog & our new facebook page will allow us to connect to so many more people than we ever could.
So, here is what you can do...... share this blog and our FB page with your people. I am going to be launching a fundraiser later this week (so excited about this), so I want to get as many people connected with our story ASAP! You can help us so much just with a few clicks of a button by sharing our story.
I will leave you with a scripture that keeps me grounded when I look at the adoption bills that are coming our way....
"God can do anything, you know- far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, His Spirit deeply and gently within us" Eph 3:20 MSG

Man, I love the Message version!

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