The BIG one!!

"When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place"

It's that time again...fundraiser time!! I have prayed since before Christmas on what the right fundraiser will be for us. Over and over again I keep thinking about the same thing. So our next fundraiser will be a SILENT AUCTION AND WALKING TACO DINNER on Febuary 23 at 6:00pm :-) In addition to this we will be selling raffle tickets for $1 each for a chance to win $100. We will draw the winning ticket the night of auction. I am excited I think this will do very well for us.

So what is this money going towards? All of the money we raise is going to our TRAVEL COSTS for our first trip! HOW EXCITING IS IT TO BE WORKING FOR THAT?!!!? So what do we need to in order to travel? Tony and Bri have to get their passports. All 3 of us have to get our shots. 3 rountrip airline tickets and our room/stay in Ghana for 10 days. A great way you can help is airline miles! Thats an easy way to help with something alot of people forget they have. Please be in prayer with us that we will come close or exceed our goal. Our goal for this fundraiser is $1,200. Its going to cost alot more than $1,200 for us to travel but that is a great start and we will have a few other fundraisers to follow but this is our big one :-)  

I know most of you are very supportive about us taking our daughter and a few of you are unsure. Our reasoning for deciding to take her is as follows. We are a family, this is exciting for all of us. She can not wait to meet her brother! I think it is cruicial for him to meet all of us at the same time. I have asked several other families and they all highly recommend it. I think it will be easier for him to come with and trust us if he sees shes happy and taken care of. Also, I dont want her to think we have left her, or replaced her. She is 5 years old and the longest shes been away from me is about 20 hours, never a full day. This will be a life changing experience for all of us including our son. It's something we need to do together.