So about  a week and a half ago we had a garage sale to earn money for our adoption.  I think Aaron was surprised how much we had that we could get rid of.  It was nice to sort through things and keep what we need or use and get rid of what we don't.  I love decluttering!  When we started the garage sale we still needed $607.00 for our home study.  After two days of the garage sale we were down to only needing $393.00.  One family came and bought our old queen headboard, an entertainment cabinet and one other large piece of furniture.  Aaron had his car parked in front of my van on the side of the house.  I mean it was obvious it was not part of the sale.  This family wandered over there and started looking at his Honda.  We had been tossing around the idea of selling it because we had been sharing the van for the past few months.  Aaron has a motorcycle that he can take to work on the days he doesn't take Abbi and Levi with him to preschool.  The Honda was on a spare and we were waiting to do both back tires at the same time.  It had a ton of miles on it and was in need of some repairs but it was still running well.  The dad asked me if we would sell it to him.  After a few days of praying and evaluating we sold him the Honda and now have enough money to submit our home study paperwork as well as our match letter when we complete it.  It was so neat how God provided the opportunity and the right buyer for the car at just the right time.  It was not at all what we had planned on but I think God had been showing us over the past few months how we can scale back in many ways one of which was sharing the van.  Our town is small enough that nothing is too far and Aaron's schedule allows me to be able to run errands in the afternoon if need be.  What a great blessing. 

We just had a lovely visit with my parents for the last week and are now getting in gear for the move NEXT FRIDAY!!!!  Our first adoption class in Phoenix is the following Tuesday.  We could use prayer for peace and time management and smooth transitions.  Life in this family is never dull and life in the family of God is thrilling!  We are enjoying the journey knowing that God is the one who sustains and provides.  God bless you as you follow Him on the journey He lays before you!



Our Next Few Goals:
Send in our home study paperwork (we are waiting to hear from our worker on whether or not we need to change our addresses and redo our finger print cards due to our upcoming move)

October 1-move into new house

October 5-Adoption class in Phoenix

Complete home study interviews and inspection, Sharon completes our report, submits it to the court and presents us to the agency for acceptance into the infant adoption program

Send out our grant applications

At placement of baby in our home-adoption fee due