He is faithful!

So blessed today...after a disappointing week last week with Show Hope not coming through as we'd hoped, God provided $3000 through sweet friends! We are now only about $7000 shy of having the funds we need while in China...then we can worry about funding the airfare to and from.

We are about to send in our application to participate in a Both Hands project through lifelong for orphans. This is a really awesome idea...life song helps identify a widow who's house or yard are in major need of repair...we find 15-20 folks that would be willing to give up a Saturday to volunteer to work on the widows house...those 20 folks all get sponsors and that sponsor money goes straight to funding our adoption! This project could provide all the funds we need for airfare which we estimate to be anywhere from 6500 to 8000 depending on the cost of tickets at the time....and...a widow gets loved on and much needed repairs are made in the process. Here is what we need..lots of prayers...local folks to agree to be part of our team or out of town folks that want to come hang with us for a weekend...and lots of sponsors for the volunteer folks! I will keep y'all posted on this fundraising event...in the meantime...enjoy our latest pictures of Eli...is he handsome or what??