1. We have a dear friend who is a student at Whitworth and this past Sunday, she had been given some $$ to serve others with. She wrote us a gracious note and wanted to help toward the cost of bringing our son home. We were so blessed by her and her church as a result of this.
2. Heidi and I went down to the Tri-Cities and attended an adoption/foster care conference at the Calvary Chapel in Kennewick. Though we weren't able to get to all of it because Heidi and Camille were both kind of sick, we were blessed by this event and the people we met. (I'll post a bit more about this soon).
3. Some good friends of ours, who are also in the process of adopting from Ethiopia, invited us to come to their local community of believers, Vintage Faith, and share a bit of our story regarding international adoption. Though we were only there for a little while, we were so blessed to hear how they are starting an adoption fund for families within their church who are being called by the Lord to pursue adoption. We look forward to see how God work mightily
4. Christ the Redeemer, another local body of believers in Spokane, also had an adoption/orphan care kickoff on their Sunday morning gathering this past Sunday. I have yet to hear how that went, but looking forward to hearing about it. They set up a blog, it is worth checking out. I love the name of what they called it, 'Off the Wall Ministries.'
5. Faith Bible Church, the local body of believers that our family is a part of has started to connect families who have experienced adoption, foster care, etc. with new families that are starting down that road. We have some dear friends who just got their foster care license a week ago and one of the other families who has adopted once through the foster care system and hopefully will be completing their second adoption shortly had them over for dinner to help encourage and prepare this couple for the road ahead.
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