First of all, the Adoption Trivia Night was a blast!! Anne Jakaitis worked so hard to pull this off for us, and it was a huge success!! My biggest fear wasn't about the numbers or the funds raised....it was that people would come and wouldn't have any fun. I'm fairly certain that wasn't the case for anyone!! Plus, over $1,200 was raised to help get us started with adoption costs! Thanks to everyone who came and played or brought food...and my mom who brought beautiful vases full of flowers from her yard....it was a great night!!
This week, CSF is the "Mission" for Vacation Bible School at Edinburg Christian Church. It's a great little church, just 10 minutes from Rochester. We took a group of great students there last night to help out with SonForce Kids...what a party!!
Prayer Request this week: Pray for Todd's doctor to write the letter we need for our adoption application....he's been dragging his feet on this for almost 4 weeks and it's brought this whole process to a screetching halt.
This quote was part of my Lectio365 Sabbath devotion this morning, and as I considered what this day should look like, I began considering ...
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We got the email this afternoon announcing that we had passed court, meaning that in Ethiopia, she's legally a Magruder!! The jury'... -
We made it home, and are enjoying a day of doing laundry and learning to be a family of 5! Had an amazing trip with minimal problems....... -
Well, this is why your mother tried to teach you to not procrastinate. And, amazingly enough, I might actually be prepared to have our Eth...
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