THANKS for all that supported the Benefit Concert/Silent Auction
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
This past weekend was the Benefit Concert/Silent Auction Event to raise money for our family and our best friends' family in our adoption journies. I want to PRAISE GOD and also THANK the many, many folks who came out and who made the evening possible. We had a blast!!
We all sang our hearts out with the amazing praise band from our church....we actually got to be a real 'rock band' for part of the evening as well. For as long as I've been a part of the Praise Team, the band members have always wanted to play Sweet Home Alabama, but realistically, how can you possibly fit that into a worship service? So, concert night was part Praise and part Just-Plain-Ole-Fun...we finally jammed with Sweet Home Alabama and Brown Eyed Girl as well as some Jesus-fied secular songs like, "Spirit in the Sky" and "Some Kind of Wonderful" (Well, my Savior is Jesus Christ...He's the Way, the Truth and the Life, Don't you know that He is...Some Kinda Wonderful.....Some Kinda Wonderful...Some Kinda Wonderful...yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah---are you singing along? Me, too!)
We had a wonderfully, blessed evening with many friends and family members who came to show us love and help us bring our boys home----THANK YOU!!
Although we haven't finished tallying all the profits vs. expenses, it's looking like the evening was certainly worth all the weeks of planning, collecting auction items, promoting and such...Really, regardless of how the money turns out--the night was a success because it was such an encouragement to both of our families! I can definitely say this adoption process is tiring and relentless and I know I've been feeling like the whole world's been on my shoulders and I've been facing it all alone (which I know is not true, but the Evil One likes to trick us into feeling sorry for ourselves and I took the bait)...so to know that there are so many thinking of us and praying for us and supporting us--and for them to actually come out live and in person and show us love was a TREMENDOUS blessing and a HUGE boost to our spirits. I'm so thankful!
On a side note, but related to the adoption...there's nothing new to report about our process except that we're 1 month into the wait for China to review our paperwork. So...that's 1 month closer than we were! We're still hoping to get word from China sometime in early September and travel by the end of October or beginning of November (and with school starting in just 13 days, that's much closer than it seems!!)
Wishing you many blessings and much love~D
We all sang our hearts out with the amazing praise band from our church....we actually got to be a real 'rock band' for part of the evening as well. For as long as I've been a part of the Praise Team, the band members have always wanted to play Sweet Home Alabama, but realistically, how can you possibly fit that into a worship service? So, concert night was part Praise and part Just-Plain-Ole-Fun...we finally jammed with Sweet Home Alabama and Brown Eyed Girl as well as some Jesus-fied secular songs like, "Spirit in the Sky" and "Some Kind of Wonderful" (Well, my Savior is Jesus Christ...He's the Way, the Truth and the Life, Don't you know that He is...Some Kinda Wonderful.....Some Kinda Wonderful...Some Kinda Wonderful...yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah---are you singing along? Me, too!)
We had a wonderfully, blessed evening with many friends and family members who came to show us love and help us bring our boys home----THANK YOU!!
Although we haven't finished tallying all the profits vs. expenses, it's looking like the evening was certainly worth all the weeks of planning, collecting auction items, promoting and such...Really, regardless of how the money turns out--the night was a success because it was such an encouragement to both of our families! I can definitely say this adoption process is tiring and relentless and I know I've been feeling like the whole world's been on my shoulders and I've been facing it all alone (which I know is not true, but the Evil One likes to trick us into feeling sorry for ourselves and I took the bait)...so to know that there are so many thinking of us and praying for us and supporting us--and for them to actually come out live and in person and show us love was a TREMENDOUS blessing and a HUGE boost to our spirits. I'm so thankful!
On a side note, but related to the adoption...there's nothing new to report about our process except that we're 1 month into the wait for China to review our paperwork. So...that's 1 month closer than we were! We're still hoping to get word from China sometime in early September and travel by the end of October or beginning of November (and with school starting in just 13 days, that's much closer than it seems!!)
Wishing you many blessings and much love~D
