The Journey of the Traveling Dossier

Our dossier has been in Haiti for 8 days.  We pray those papers are moving quickly on their journey.  Several have asked "What now?"  The answer...we wait.  We should get reports along the way and I will update as we get those.

Just some fun facts about the dossier:
8...the number of states that the part or all of the dossier has traveled.  Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, Arizona, Colorado, Florida Montana. 
471...the dollar amount we have paid to fedex to send it to those states.
4...the number of copies made of our dossier
92...the number of pages in the dossier
87...the number of days we worked on the dossier

Family time

On Sunday, we talked to Jimmy.  He wished me a Happy Mother's Day, which was so awesome to hear.  His extended family was coming to visit.  He told us he was going to tell them about the adoption later.  We understand that it is a difficult situation and are allowing him to decide when is the right time.  We asked Hunter to let us know how their visit went and we would talk to them on Wednesday.  We received an email later that day. 

Jimmy's cousin and her son visited with Hunter and Jillian.  He decided to tell them about his adoption and they are happy for him.  They said they loved him very much and wanted to send their greetings to us.  They asked that we let him visit after he comes to America.  They also gave him $5 Haitian.  Hunter said they were very nice people and the visit went well.

Here is a picture Hunter took on Sunday.

Although his extended family live close enough to visit, they are unable to take care of Jimmy.  We are sure he feels some apprehension leaving them behind.  We know he loves us and is excited to have a family that will love him forever.  We hope to help Jimmy reconcile his feelings about leaving Haiti and being a part of our family.  However, Please pray for his transition.

One man's trash

...is another man's treasure.  That was definitely the case at our garage sale on Saturday. 

We want to thank all of you who donated items or stopped by to shop.  A HUGE thank you to my parents who came to help us set up and run the sale.  We made $955.  It is overwhelming to think how quarters and dollars add up.  We had a couple of big ticket things but the majority was made on a LOT of little things.  The leftover items went to benefit the Compassion Outreach Center here in Ada. 

Lil' Buckaroo BBQ Dinner & Silent Auction

The benefit was a huge success.  We raised over $4500 for three adopting families.  We are so grateful for all of those who came and for the generosity of those who donated to the auction.  It warms my soul to think of all the caring people who graced us with their presence.  Thank you all.

Christy, Joely, and I as well as Tyson and Jason spent an entire evening putting together all of the donations into baskets for the auction.  It was amazing all the stuff that was donated.

We set up a table to introduce our families and stories to everyone.

The auction tables

These are some stick horses my mom made for the auction.  She is willing to make some if anyone is interested in buying one.

It was so good to have my family there.  My sister came up for the occassion.

  

Please continue to pray for these ladies as we work to bring our babies home.