WE HAVE A MATCH!
WE HAVE A MATCH!
WE HAVE A MATCH!
Meet, our newest little Donnie. :) (the 4th to be exact!)
I know, I know....you cannot contain yourself!!! We (even though Big D doesn't show it!!) can't either!!! I mean, lets just stop and look at him for a second.......................... seriously, HE IS PERFECT! This, my friends is who we have been waiting for, OUR SON! He is over a year old and he is HEALTHY!!!! Did you just get that??? Yep, he sure is. God is seriously so good!!! I cannot wait for you to see his little face!!!!! (should I add more exclamation marks?) YES!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO DARN EXCITED ABOUT THIIIIIISSSSSSSSS!!!!!
TRUE STORY to show Gods hand (yet again) in all of this;
"For from Him and through Him and to Him are ALL THINGS. To Him be glory for ever. Amen" Romans 11:36
So we see from Gods word that God totally knew who our son was before we were even born, and God knew exactly when our paperwork needed to be in China and on that persons desk in order to get Donnies referral (yep...theres a new Donnie in the mix... Little D not Big D :) to us in the knick of time. And boy did it!
I mean, get this...
Our paperwork was mailed to China on a Friday and arrived in China THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY! That is SUPER crazy. International mail just doesn't move that fast and I'm pretty sure our agency didn't spend a fortune to overnight it....(except, even if it was overnighted, it still wouldn't have been there until at least the next week....MAYBE!) Then, our paperwork was logged in (aka stamped) THE VERY NEXT DAY! For those that aren't familiar with adoptions.... that is waaaaaaaaaay fast.
It gets crazier, THEN we were matched exactly a week later, the DAY our agency received their first batch of referrals for the month! God knew exactly when little D's referral was going to be on that persons desk to send out to our agency and he made sure it was there just in the nick of time!
I mean, are we surprised!? He does say, "I am God and there is no other, I am God and there is none like me. My counsel shall stand and I will accomplish all my purpose" Isaiah 46:9-10
PROOF! To God be ALL the glory for this amazing thing he has done by uniting us with our son! (through email haha)
OK SO YOU HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS! (most of them
cannot be answered on social media, so call me :)
Why did we name him Donnie? We named him Donald Richard Murray IIII. Donnie (my husband .... yeah.... this is gonna be weird lol) is the third. To be honest with you, we lean more towards names like Silas or Jedediah but we both were drawn towards giving little D this name because it means much much more. Just as Big Donnie and I were adopted by God (we were orphans lost at the fall, blinded by sin, but God, being rich in mercy and love, made us see Jesus and then He gave us a seat in his Kingdom AS HIS CHILDREN and He also gave us His inheritance!!!) we thought that by giving him the family name it would be another powerfully tangible way to show him that he IS in fact a Murray even if might look a little different than us. But more importantly, giving him the family name also paints the picture of Gods adoption of His children. Little Donnie was an orphan but we have adopted him as our son, so much that he is given the family name and our inheritance.
When will we travel to pick him up? We are told we will get him in the fall but we are praying our hearts out that it is SOONER!!!
What is next? Lots and lots of paperwork, waiting and CASH!!!
International adoption is expensive. Like, crazy expensive. For those who have been asking, and for those that need to see what mountain the Lord is going to move I wanted to give you the breakdown of this craziness.
REFERAL ACCEPTANCE
* $2,000 - final program fee
* $600 - orphan care fee
* $900 - post adoption administrative fee
* $1,125 - post adoption reports
TOTAL - $8,125
TRAVEL
* $480 - filling and processing fee
* $750 - Visas
* $7,000 ish or less for plane tickets (2 adults 1 child)
* $5,000 - $7,000 in country travel Package
* $7,300 - International Program Fee
TOTAL - $20,530 - $22,530
If I take my mind of of the power and providence of God, I start to really freak out over this. But LOOK UP THERE AGAIN on this blog! God can move mountains! He will do what he pleases! And it is VERY clear that God wants this baby home with us! SO, I am 100% confident that the Lord will provide what is necessary to bring this guy home!
I am so excited to share this next fundraiser with you all.
Its my favorite yet!! Its called;
Little D's PIECES
It works like this:
1. We had a 500 piece puzzle created by Venus Puzzle with Ephesians 1:4-5 written out on China and it looks like this! (I figured between the two of us we know 500 friends right!?! lol)
2. Sponsors can purchase puzzle pieces and we will write that person or familys name on the back of each piece purchased. Each piece is $20. You can choose to buy 1, 2, 3, or 10! There is no limit! You can even go half with your roommate!
3. Once a puzzle piece has a sponsor, we will write their name on the back of the puzzle piece/s and send them a picture.
4. Once every single piece has been sponsored, we will put the puzzle together and hang it in a double-sided glass frame for Little D's room so that he can always look back and be reminded of his story and how God brought all of those people together to have a little "piece" in helping bring him ONE STEP CLOSER TO HOME!
To Purchase a puzzle piece click here: (I will receive and email with your paypal name once the order goes through) If you don't have paypal....
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