Holiday Craft Fair Fundraiser

Holiday Craft Fair Fundraiser

Fri, Nov 9, 2012 from 4:00PM to 7:00PM
Sat, Nov 10, 2012 from 8:00AM to 3:00PM
Located at Camp Good News
26010 Liberty Lane
Washington, Illinois

Philip and I would love to help families in the Open Hearts, Open Homes* ministry by raising funds to help cover their adoption fees. We are looking for people willing to make crafts or bake goodies to sell November 9th and 10th with the proceeds going to support those families . Please mark your calendars now to shop for Christmas and let's get those stamps, needles and saws going now!

*Open Hearts, Open Homes is a ministry of the Bethany Fellowship of Churches. The purpose of the OHOH ministry is to equip families to reach foster children and orphans through the ministry of the home, with the guidance, support and prayer of the church body-to the glory of God! For more information, you can visit http://openheartsopenhomesministry.blogspot.com/ or http://www.bethanycentral.org/ministries/home.asp?id=515

Family of SIX!

Praise to Our God from This Morning's Worship

Tommy Walker- He Knows My Name
Verse 1
I have a Maker
He formed my heart
Before even time began
My life was in his hands
(Not only has He shown me this about myself, but He has shown me this about Hannah.)

Chorus
He knows my name (Knows me, but I've also seen Him clearly name Hannah)
He knows my every thought
He sees each tear that falls
And He hears me when I call (How many times did I call out to Him through this adoption?)

Verse 2
I have a Father
He calls me His own
He'll never leave me
No matter where I go (True for me and for every orphan)

Showers of Blessings

***Someone we don't even know donated sky miles to us so that we only had to pay about a third of what our airfare would have been. Sky miles can be very difficult to work with. But God lined all the dates and flights up to make it work perfectly...and with very nice routes and times. He also supplied a travel agent, Linda Stark of Vista Travel in Boise, Idaho, that was willing to help us with our travel using sky miles. AMAZING to watch God move with a plan He's had since the beginning of time. Wow!

***My Dad's cardiologist in Houston is from Bangalore. I'll call him Dr. A. His mother Ena and his brother Peter and his family still live there, 15 minutes from VCT. Last night, I spoke with his mother and she was as sweet as could be. Dr. A owns a furnished two story apartment next to his relatives for when he and his family come to visit. They go to India every year at this time- except this year. Dr. A has invited us to stay in their apartment free of charge during our stay in Bangalore. And his brother will be at the airport to pick us up. Seriously?! An Indian Grandma next door while we are in a home setting for our first couple of days with Hannah??? It doesn't get any better than that! Wow, God!

***Philip and I had immunization boosters this morning for going to India. We went to Tremont at 8AM to the health clinic. The receptionist asked for $234, which we were totally unprepared for. So, Philip ran back into Tremont proper to an ATM. I was sitting in the waiting room thanking God for ATM's and a life that He has blessed allowing us to spontaneously withdraw $234. But God wasn't done. We got called to a back room for consultation. They had the boosters we needed from a government program that distributes them for free and would be expiring soon. Did we want them? We got the immunizations we needed today without paying a penny. Wow, God!

Trip Coming Together!

We've had to shift our trip to after Thanksgiving. This is now how things are shaping up:

~We will fly out of Peoria 2:30PM on the 26th, be routed through Chicago and Zurich and arrive in New Delhi at 1AM on the 28th. We'll get through customs and hopefully nap in the airport until our flight to Bangalore around 6:30 AM and arrive about 8:30AM on the 28th. We'll take that day to get cleaned up and recover.

~We will meet Hannah and her foster family at VCT on the 29th with Gotcha Day being the 30th. We will hang out on the 1st, and then fly to New Delhi at 9:30AM on the 2nd. I need to set up her medical appointment for the afternoon of the 2nd or morning of the 3rd.

~Our Consulate appointment is on Monday the 5th.

~The Consulate is closed for an Indian holiday on the 6th.

~If we don't get her visa on the 5th, then we'll get it on the 7th. So on the 6th and 7th, we'll probably play tourist.

~Then we have a 9:30AM flight out of New Delhi on the 8th and be routed through Munich and Chicago landing in Peoria on the 8th about 10PM. We couldn't be more excited!