We checked with CWA today to check our balance after donations...$300 was donated! We are so thankful to all of you, but especially to Rosa, Amy, Shelli, Barbie & Matt, Harry, Dave, Nancy, and Charlane!!!! Because of your generosity we are closer to our goal!!
Good news! $14, 530.00 to go.....I know, it's a lot of money (but better than the original amount)....BUT to get rolling we only need $2200 of that. The donations may have pushed us closer by months! True, we have to figure out how to get it, BUT every little bit helps! And, CWA keeps a running total on the donations up to the end, and even after the adoption. They really get excited to tell you how God works through people to help you make your goal!
I finally started selling on Half.com. I made my first sale today! $6....lol...oh well. We are also planning a cut-a-thon in November AND a yard sale at the end of this month. SO, if any of you want to help but can't afford to, would you consider donating unwanted items so I may sell them? Ron or me can come and pick up your stuff, just let me know! We appreciate any help at all!! Prayers are always welcome! Don't ever think they are discounted at all!! To me, it is just as important!
I am copying EVERYTHING! This blog, emails, receipts, prayers and donations to put in Chen Chen's life book. I want him to know he is special!! I want him to know how much he is wanted! I want him to know who helped to bring him home! I want him to KNOW God and ALL the special people in my life!!! Perfect strangers who care more than family!! Thank you!!!!!!!
Jace
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Waiting...
An old friend and I were brainstorming yesterday....thinking about having a cut-a-thon at my church to raise some money for the adoption. I hope it works. Maybe we'll do it closer to the holidays. I have some great friends who happen to be stylists that have promised to help! I think Alex, Ava and me will have fun making and delivering fliers around the neighborhood. I'll start working on the design--that ought to keep me busy...I get so anxious for something to happen!
I ordered two more books for my library from half.com(cheap!)--I am trying to learn as much as I can about parenting a deaf child. I am learning things such as how to make him feel completely connected as the rest of us 'hearing' family members are having conversations. I am learning that I need to make things more visual around the house too. Eye contact and body language is extremely important. I will keep learning as much as I can while I wait...
Waiting is so hard. I look at his little video almost daily! I keep checking to make sure he is still there. The ladies at CWA tell me not to worry. That IF God ordains it, he will see it through making everything come at the right time. In my flesh, I still want to 'put a rush on it'. I can't help it. I just keep thinking about the potential that is out there waiting for him to grasp and learn! Sigh....I am not good at waiting!
I ordered two more books for my library from half.com(cheap!)--I am trying to learn as much as I can about parenting a deaf child. I am learning things such as how to make him feel completely connected as the rest of us 'hearing' family members are having conversations. I am learning that I need to make things more visual around the house too. Eye contact and body language is extremely important. I will keep learning as much as I can while I wait...
Waiting is so hard. I look at his little video almost daily! I keep checking to make sure he is still there. The ladies at CWA tell me not to worry. That IF God ordains it, he will see it through making everything come at the right time. In my flesh, I still want to 'put a rush on it'. I can't help it. I just keep thinking about the potential that is out there waiting for him to grasp and learn! Sigh....I am not good at waiting!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Getting SO Excited!
I am getting SO excited. More and more of you are bringing me encouraging words! I love it! It really helps us focus on bringing him home instead of all of the red tape. Prayers are so important to us! Thank you!! And we LOVE your feedback!
Before I go any further, I want to thank all of you who have donated without my knowledge! I can only check our fund every two weeks or so please know that if you did donate, I will find you and personally thank you!! You know who you are! It's hard for us to ask for help...as I said before, it is very humbling...but necessary nonetheless. I just keep trying to remember that this is for a little life that needs a family to love him, to help him unlock his potential, and work with him to be the man God intended him to be.
Sometimes I wonder what he'll be like. I know God has a plan for him, as He does ALL of us, but I think about who this little guy will become. He lives in a world of constant silence. I think about him searching the eyes of his caregivers every day for assurance, for love, for acceptance. I wonder if he holds his arms up to them to be held... or if he is used to touch at all. Here, in my family, I still hold Ava and Nick-even CARRY them. I'd hold Alex if I could (although she'd roll her eyes at that, I know she'd secretly enjoy it). I wonder if the kids around him even notice him, or share their toys with him. I was talking to Alex this morning about these very thoughts. I said "Alex, what if he doesn't like to be held, or touched...or kissed? What will we do?" She said " Mom, don't worry, we'll change that!" And you know what? She is so excited about bringing him home that she agreed to share a room with Ava so the boys could have a bedroom to share! At 13, that's HUGE! Even Nick (sometimes) talks about the Thomas the Train room he will share with Chen Chen...BUT, quite frankly, that's on a GOOD day...
I saw my Grandmother today. She came to the salon where I work. I was worried about what she'd think about all of this. I hadn't talked to her personally about it, only through e-mail. I didn't have time to talk to her when she saw me but she handed me a folded up amount of money and said " Put this toward your adoption." I didn't know how much it was, and I didn't care. What I DO know is that I was SO worried about her opinion, and after finally discussing it with her, I found out she was completely supportive! I shouldn't be surprised because I prayed about that too!!!
Oh, I can't wait to get him!
Before I go any further, I want to thank all of you who have donated without my knowledge! I can only check our fund every two weeks or so please know that if you did donate, I will find you and personally thank you!! You know who you are! It's hard for us to ask for help...as I said before, it is very humbling...but necessary nonetheless. I just keep trying to remember that this is for a little life that needs a family to love him, to help him unlock his potential, and work with him to be the man God intended him to be.
Sometimes I wonder what he'll be like. I know God has a plan for him, as He does ALL of us, but I think about who this little guy will become. He lives in a world of constant silence. I think about him searching the eyes of his caregivers every day for assurance, for love, for acceptance. I wonder if he holds his arms up to them to be held... or if he is used to touch at all. Here, in my family, I still hold Ava and Nick-even CARRY them. I'd hold Alex if I could (although she'd roll her eyes at that, I know she'd secretly enjoy it). I wonder if the kids around him even notice him, or share their toys with him. I was talking to Alex this morning about these very thoughts. I said "Alex, what if he doesn't like to be held, or touched...or kissed? What will we do?" She said " Mom, don't worry, we'll change that!" And you know what? She is so excited about bringing him home that she agreed to share a room with Ava so the boys could have a bedroom to share! At 13, that's HUGE! Even Nick (sometimes) talks about the Thomas the Train room he will share with Chen Chen...BUT, quite frankly, that's on a GOOD day...
I saw my Grandmother today. She came to the salon where I work. I was worried about what she'd think about all of this. I hadn't talked to her personally about it, only through e-mail. I didn't have time to talk to her when she saw me but she handed me a folded up amount of money and said " Put this toward your adoption." I didn't know how much it was, and I didn't care. What I DO know is that I was SO worried about her opinion, and after finally discussing it with her, I found out she was completely supportive! I shouldn't be surprised because I prayed about that too!!!
Oh, I can't wait to get him!
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