Wow! What a Day!

Wow, when you ask for prayer- watch out!

I asked some folks for prayer and so much has happened.

No, our papers have not arrived from China so please keep this in prayer as we hope they come before the Chinese New Year which starts on the 9^th.

Well, I asked for things to come together for fundraising and God has been answering.

A friend from my former years at Mops in Kutztown contacted me and offered to help with fundraising. This was a huge blessing as I really have no idea what I am doing! God is really stretching all my weaknesses with this adoption. It has challenged me to rely on him for everything! He has been giving me strength and connecting me with incredible people, many of them strangers. Today my head was spinning as I have been working on trying to get 2 fundraisers on the calendar and now I have 5 or more in the works.

I think we finally have a date for the 5K run/ 1 mile family walk/ kids run it is scheduled for April 13^th so mark you calendars. More details will follow and anyone interested in helping with this please let me know. I am not a runner!!!  I am working with Pretzel City Sports to help with the race.

Today I meet with Tara at The Independent Space in Kutztown. (theindependentspace.com) This is an exciting place!! She is connecting people in the community. There are art, music, language classes, events and so much more. I went today to just see the space and see if we could use it for a fundraiser and came away blessed beyond words. This precious woman wants to help us anyway she can. They will be having a dinner this month and she just offered to have some of the proceeds go towards our adoption. (I will get more details about the dinner) Then she offered to have a wall dedicated to our adoption during one of her art shows in April. (Any of you artists out there who want to donate something let me know and I can get the details to you) Wow! I am sitting there blown away with how God just put 2 fundraisers together. We also are working on a special event to create something to put in the show. Details will hopefully be coming very soon for that.

If that was not enough, I then went to visit my friend who I told you about that teaches Chinese. I was sharing with her all about how God was putting all these things together and then she had an idea. She has all these beautiful Chinese things she had brought back from her trip and she was going to sell them but she gave them to us to sell and all the proceeds will go towards bringing Cargan home! (They will be on the blog soon!)

Our Friend Bree also connected us with an incredible woman who is opening a store on Feb. 9^th called Gatherings and Blessing. It is in Hamburg at 322b State Street.  It will have all kinds of beautiful gifts from a variety of local artisans. The owner heard about our story and how Sarah is making tutus and asked her to bring some to the store. What a dream come true for Sarah. Ever since she was little she has made things and set up shop in the house or yard to sell them. Now she will have items in a real store. The owner is graciously giving all proceeds from the tutus to Sarah. She has been working hard to earn money to help bring her brother home. We hope you will stop by the store.

We are also still in the process of brainstorming a benefit auction. Another area I know nothing about so pray for wisdom.

Well, I hope you can see how God has been answering your prayers. Thank you for praying and please keep praying especial for that paperwork. There is so much to do for all this to come together. Pray for wisdom and strength to keep fighting the good fight.  

Please also pray for Cargan, that God will be preparing his heart for coming home.