Thanks, Cousin J!

Just some FABULOUS news to pass along!!! We had another contribution on Paypal for $200! God is good! We are so very grateful! That donation puts us our need below $2000 to send our dossier to Colombia! Yeah, God and THANK YOU, MY DEAR COUSIN!

What is really neat is that this is the guy (my cousin) who first planted the seed of adoption in my heart... and he didn't even know it. It was HIS story that touched mine. I remember sitting in my Uncle Jack's gas station and Uncle Jack (Cousin's father) was so very proud of his new grand-daughter. He was beaming with a smile from cheek to cheek. He was showing me and my grandparents pictures of how my cousin and his wife had went to Romania and adopted this special little girl. Oh, and was she ever the most beautiful thing... I thought that was so very special, and that has always stuck in my heart. I can still remember the day, Cousin J! Your father and mother were so very proud of you guys... and they loved that little girl!

Anyways, he's part of the reason that I'm so very drawn to adoption. My hope is that like his family left a mark on me as a little child that our story, too, will be just as impressionable and others will also be drawn to adopt or help others to adopt!

On another note:
Hopefully, this week we will sell our piano and that will put us $150 closer to that target goal. Some other things are in the works as for putting fundraisers together. Still generating ideas and would love it if you commented in the comment section on any that you don't see listed in the side bar.

The latest idea we've had is doing a silent auction. However, where would we do it? Who would contribute? We've had a few people that have offered to submit their things (such as Joann Cox, a well known artist in Mobile!). I thought about Ebay and setting a minimum, or doing it online. I just don't know... If you have any experience on this, please shoot me an email or use the comment section. Thanks!