Fundraising Dinner

The fundraising dinner was a HUGE success!  Our God is truly AMAZING!  One hundred and fifteen people came to eat and thanks to Bruce & Susan Stultz, the food was ready and hot!  I want to give a huge thank you to those who helped serve food, Lauren & Jason Crawford, Jennifer Goldsmith, Nancy, Alison, Aaron & Sarah Stultz, Scott, Leigh, Joshua, Stephen, & Abigail Beard & Kimmie Walker!  You guys did a wonderful job!  I also want to thank Ron & Jennifer Goldsmith and her mother Phyllis for making the coleslaw and The HomePlace Restaurant for donating the gravy!  Thank you to Carl Stultz for washing A LOT of dishes!  And thank you, Lou Musgrove for watching Eva and Eli so that we could do all of this!  It was truly an amazing day!  God was glorified and we were overwhelmed by the amount of love in one room for our family and for God's children!  We were able to collect $4,743.77 and every penny of that will go directly to our adoption expenses!  Bruce & Susan Stultz paid for all of the food and Lou Musgrove paid for all of the t-shirts so we are able to keep all of the profits!  That brings our total fundraising to $11,258.77!  We are over 1/3 of the way there and we give all praise to God for his provision! 

I was also able to talk about God's call to us for adoption and although I was very nervous, I felt like I was able to communicate what God had laid on my heart to say without crying uncontrollably!  This was definitely a gift from God!  Adam also shared a little about the adoption process and he was able to talk a little bit about Ghana as well!  On Friday night before the dinner, Adam went over to my cousin, Morgan's house to talk to her husband, Jeremy who has spent 9 summers in Ghana doing mission work!  This was  a huge blessing to Adam because he was able to share a little of what Jeremy told him about the country and we were able to borrow a lot of souvenirs from Jeremy that were from Ghana to decorate with. 

We really appreciate everyone who came out to support us and if you weren't able to make it and are still interested in supporting us in some way, we have a few items for sale. 

We are selling t-shirts for $15
This is the front:

 This is the back:

We have a few sizes left and we will also be putting in another order soon so let us know if you would like one of these. 

We are also selling fair trade, organic coffee from Just Love Coffee.  This is a very cool business that started because of a man who grew up in the coffee business and then adopted children himself from Ethiopia and decided he wanted to help families who wanted to adopt children.  We receive $5 from each bag of coffee sold and you can either order from the website at justlovecoffee or you can let me know and I will be putting in an order this week if you would like to save a little money on shipping. 

You can sponsor a puzzle piece for $10.  You can write your name and/or a message on the back of a puzzle piece and we will frame the puzzle with glass on both sides to hang in our child's room when they arrive.  This will be a reminder for them and for us of who all helped to bring them home.  Just let me know if you are interested and I will get the puzzle piece to you. 

We are also selling hand made cards made by myself and my sister-in-law Ashley.  She is making them for us and sending them all the way from Germany and they are beautiful!  Individual cards are $2.50 or you can buy 5 for $10.  If you are interested in purchasing any, please let me know and I will get them to you so that you can pick a few out. 

We are not exactly sure what our next fundraising event will be yet but we will keep you posted!