One Step Closer!!!

We are one step closer to our little boy!!!! We had our final meeting with our social worker today to finish our homestudy!!!  He will finalize everything and should have a copy of our completed homestudy to us before Christmas. 
We had a lot of paperwork to sign, educational material to go over, and documents to gather.  We are sooooo glad to have this step complete! WE ARE GOING TO EAT SOME CHINESE FOOD TONIGHT!!!

Thank you so much for all of your support and prayers! Keep them coming! We are so ready to bring our little boy home.

Cookie Jar Mixes

Cranberry Hootycreeks

Each jar makes 18 cookies.

Would be GREAT as Christmas gifts!!

Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Jar are also available.

$12

Call:    231-4101 or 374-2112

or

Email:   wynncc1@gmail.com

to order.

A List of All Coffee Flavors

Here is a list of all of their many flavors:

Blueberry Cinnamon Crumble

Butterscotch Toffee

Chocolate Rasberry

Dutch Apple Crumb

French Roast

French Vanilla

Hazelnut Creme

Jamaican Me Crazy

Jazzy Java

Parlor City Blend

Pumpkin Spice

Rainforest Caramel Crunch

Snickerdoodle

Super Chocolate Truffle

Colombian Decaf

Each of the flavored coffees also come in Decaf.

We also have other options for non-coffee drinkers:

Double Chocolate Frappe

Premium Hot Cocoa

Spiced Cocoa

Vanilla Chai

10 oz. bag- $10 each



2nd Homestudy Visit, Ian's Birthday, Wee Injuns, Homeschool, and a trip to the Doctor... ALL IN ONE DAY!!!!!

Well, we have had a very eventful day!  But it has been a good day.  Ethan is really enjoying going to Wee Injuns at the High School this year.  This is his 2nd week, and he LOVES it!  He looks like such a big boy walking into school with his Transformer bookbag on!!! 
The girls are working really hard on their schoolwork.  We stay busy and this mean old teacher just won't give them a break!!!  I have been accused of being too hard on them this year. :( Maybe when they graduate, I will ease up on them!
Today is also Ian's birthday!!! Man, he is getting OLD!!! His co-workers strung Georgia tissue paper all over his office, got him a nice Georgia Tech cake, but put some awful Georgia Bulldog decorations on it.  (They must not like him!!!!) -- or they just wanted to play a really bad trick on this GT fan!

Kyleigh woke up not feeling so great, SO we ended up with a doctor's appointment at 2:00 this afternoon.  She is better now and on an antibiotic.

We had our 2nd homestudy visit scheduled today @ 4:00!  (Kyleigh and I made it back on time!)  It went really well.  We had our separate interviews with our social worker.  We turned in a lot of the paperwork and documents that needed to be signed.  We were really excited when he said that we were doing really well, and that we may be traveling by SPRING!!!!!  I am so excited to get to meet our little boy.  All of this paperwork is a piece of cake, and I cannot wait to get to hold him in my arms!!

Jewelry Fundraiser

We are selling beautiful jewelry to help support our adoption!  You can visit this website and it will have pictures of the jewelry and the prices.  They are beautiful pieces and would make wonderful Christmas gifts!

http://beavoice.me/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/BeAVoice.pdf

Please send me a message if you are interested.

email: wynncc1@gmail.com

Awesome Day

I had the most awesome day today washing cars!!!!  God is so good! We were so blessed with so many friends and family that are supporting us through out this adoption journey.  For all that came out today, we are truly thankful and you touched our hearts deeply. 
As I thought about today, I became a little emotional.  Ian had some volunteers from work come and helped us wash cars today.  Angie Hernandez, Ellen Veals and 4 wonderful kids came all the way from Hazelhurst.  We were so very thankful for their help.  My mom and dad also came to help us wash cars, and they were a huge help: 1. washing cars, 2. watching Ethan!!!! (Before we were done, Ethan was wearing more soapy water than was in the buckets!!)
We had a man come up to Ian not long after we got started and asked why we were washing cars.  Ian told him that we were adopting and were raising money to help with the costs.  He said, "That is all you had to say, I was adopted."  He handed Ian $20 and walked away.
We were so blessed by so many today.  We were given donations, support, and we were even paid NOT to wash some vehicles!!!! funny!! :)  but so sweet and thoughtful that they were so generous to us.  We appreciate all that you have done and are doing to help us bring this little boy home. 
We truly feel that this is God's call on our lives, and we feel that HE will bless it and make it happen.(in his timing, not ours)  We are not sure how this is going to go.  We certainly do not have it all figured out.  But we are willing to work hard and give all that we have.  We honestly do not have all of the money yet that it will take to bring this little boy home.  But we know that God provides.  We are stepping out on FAITH.  We are trusting in our Lord and Savior.  It is very scary, but so worth it!!! I love it when I take myself out of the picture and realize that I don't have to have all of the answers, and let God work.  He is a powerful God and can do things above and beyond anything I could ever imagine. 

Car Wash!!!!!!

We are having a car wash to help raise money to bring our little boy home. 

Saturday

September 10, 2011

8am- 12pm

at

Advance Auto Parts

in

Eastman

PA is Here!!!!!

Oh Happy Day!!!!Surprise, Surprise.... when I opened my email this morning I had great news!!! It has only been one week since we sent in our LOI, and we have now received our PA (preliminary approval) for Shun Xian Zhi in China!!!!!
Here is a picture of our sweet little boy.

I am also attaching a video of him.  He is PRECIOUS!!!



Birthdays

My little boy turned 4 on Sept. 1st.  I cannot believe that he is already 4 years old!  He celebrated his birthday by going swimming at his Nanny and Papa's with his family there to celebrate with him.  He had a GREAT time, and so did we.  We enjoyed watching him play and enjoy opening all of his presents.  He requested a Spiderman birthday party.  So we worked hard to create him a special Spiderman cake.
                                                                              


                                                                                                      

I think this is one of his favorite presents.
He is wearing it all around the house!!!!

  

Today has been very difficult for me.  The little boy that we are trying to adopt turned 2 today.  His 'estimated' birthday is Sept. 4th.  We just had a great time celebrating Ethan's birthday, and I wonder how our other little boy in China celebrated today.  Did he get to have a party?  Did he eat cake and ice cream?  Did he get presents?  Did he have someone that he loves sing Happy Birthday to him?  I have so many questions.  And so much saddness to know that I could not be there to wish him a happy birthday.

Homestudy Visit

WELL, I think I can breathe again!  We had our first visit for our homestudy today!  I am not sure what made me MORE nervous:  A social worker coming to my house or when he called and said " Can I come 3 hours early?"!!!!!! PANIC was the look on my face when I said, "But my husband is still at work!"


Everything went fine.  Our social worker is a very nice man.  He asked many questions about our marriage, looked around our home, and walked us through what to expect in the months to come.  I was very nervous and wanted everything to be perfect and in its place.  I don't know that I slept last night for worrying about it.  I was not sure what to really expect, but as far as I know, it went fine. 
We feel relieved that now we know what to expect and what to start working toward.  We have an 81 page manual to read and lots of paperwork to begin filling out!  We are excited to be beginning this process to bring a new member of our family home.


Please continue to pray for us on this exciting journey.  We still have lots to do and money to raise.  Our desire is to bring this little boy home as soon as possible.  We want to say a HUGE 'Thank You' to all of you that have helped us this far.  We are encouraged by your love and support.

LOI for Shun Xianzhi

We sent in our LOI (Letter of Intent) for a precious almost 2 year old boy in China today.  We fell in love with this little boy, and we are waiting to receive our PA (preliminary approval) from China.
There will be more information (and pictures!!!) to come once we are matched with this little boy that we already love so much!

Double Chocolate Frappe, Premium Hot Cocoa, Spiced Cocoa, and Vanilla Chai

We know there are some of you that do not like coffee.  We are also offering specialty beverages from Java Joe's Roasting Company.

• Double Chocolate Frappe
• Premium Hot Cocoa
• Spiced Cocoa
• Vanilla Chai

Each Beverage is $10

Each bag of coffee and specialty beverage will have a custom label that represents why we are doing this as a fundraiser.  Your help and support mean so much to us as we work on bringing our little boy home.



 Please contact us soon if you are wanting to buy any of these coffees or drinks.  We are hoping to make an order at the end of the month. 

You can email me at wynncc1@gmail.com





Calling All Coffee Lovers!!!

We are selling coffee from Java Joe's to help fund our adoption.   They have many different coffee flavors to choose from.  If you do not like flavored coffees, there are other choices as well.  They have a french roast and a parlor city blend (which is a house blend), and a colombian decaf.  All flavored coffees also come in decaf.

Here is a list of all of their many flavors:

Blueberry Cinnamon Crumble

Butterscotch Toffee

Chocolate Rasberry

Dutch Apple Crumb

French Roast

French Vanilla

Hazelnut Creme

Jamaican Me Crazy

Jazzy Java

Parlor City Blend

Pumpkin Spice

Rainforest Caramel Crunch

Snickerdoodle

Super Chocolate Truffle

Colombian Decaf

10 oz. bag- $10 each

 We hope to put in an order at the end of the month.  We should receive our coffee in 10 days after I order.  Please send me a message or email me at wynncc1@gmail.com

Thank you for all of your help and support!!!

New Shirt!!

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New Shirt to help bring one home!!!!-   $35

Please let me know soon if you are interested!!!!

Email me at wynncc1@gmail.com

Thanks!!!

They that wait upon the Lord

Isaiah 40:28-31

Has thou not known?
Hast thou not heard,
   that the everlasting God,
        the Lord,
        the Creator of the ends of the earth,
        fainteth not,
             neither is weary?
There is no searching of His understanding.

He giveth power to the faint;
   and to them that have no might
       He increaseth strength.

Even the youths shall faint
   and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall:

But they that wait upon the Lord
   shall renew their strength;
   they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
       they shall run, and not be weary;
             and they shall walk,
                      and not faint.


God encouraged me today with this lesson in Kyleigh's Reading book.  God gives us His strength when we are weak.  When we cannot continue without Him.  His strength is so much better than ours because it is never ending.  It is just right for the problems that we face.
I needed that encouragement, and God knows just when to send it.

Adoption Fundraiser

There are over 147 million orphans in the world. Wearing some of this 147 gear can help bring an orphan home to his forever family. 

    Silicone Cuff- $10

  147 Navy Unisex Shirt- $20


  
  Magazine Bead Necklace- $20

 Black Feed 1- $35

 Brown Love One- $35

 Green Helping 1 Home- $35

Youth Blue - $20

Youth Gray - $20

Youth Raspberry - $20

   Chocolate Hat- $20

  

  
   Gray Hat- $20

 


Email me at wynncc1@gmail.com if you are interested in any of these to help bring an orphan home.