Tenfold

Hey everyone! Terrance here, just wanted to give you an update on the adoption.
We've had a few pretty big things happen for us over the last couple of weeks.  First, we found out this week that we have been accepted by a wonderful agency. We are one step closer in this long journey, praise the Lord!

Now for a ridiculously incredible story... 
On Valentines Day, Mandy and I went to a benefit dinner for a family here in Clarksville, the Ramsey's, who are adopting from Ethiopia (you can read about them here ).  The tickets to the dinner were $50 per person.  Why would we pay $100 to help someone out when we're trying to fund an adoption?? Well, we truly feel that if we believe we are called to adopt and want people to support us, then we should also support those in our situation.  During the dinner, another family shared their adoption experience (Jeremy and Kelly Bullock...wonderful people) and the Ramsey's also spoke about what brought them to their decision to adopt.  After their presentation, the MC started talking about a young couple who was just starting the whole adoption process.  The Ramsey's wanted to give them a bit of financial support, even though the whole point of the evening was for the Ramsey's to fund their own adoption.  The Ramsey's gave this young family $1,000 to aid in their adoption.  And wouldn't ya know it, that young family was US!!  We were completely taken by surprise!  It was a pretty amazing lesson in faithfulness. Kelly Bullock pointed out that the Lord blessed us tenfold!  We are beyond thankful to the Ramsey's are excited to see what else will amaze us during this whole process.

We still have a long way to go before we meet our overall fundraising goal.  Mandy and I feel that we are supposed to do this thing debt-free so we will need all the help and support we can get.  It sounds ridiculous, but if nothing else, we've learned to rely on the Lord for provision.  With that being said, if you have any spectacular fundraising ideas, feel free to pass that information along.  We have a few things coming up (mainly our garage sale this spring) and can't tell you how much appreciate all the support and prayer we've already received.

-Terrance