Look What God Has Done!!!

Hi Everyone, I know I haven't posted in quite some time, and I'm sorry to keep you all hanging. We've been really busy getting our dossier prepared to send to Bulgaria, and guess what!! It's ON IT's WAY!! Once there, it will be translated and registered with the Minister of Justice and we will receive our referral and travel dates any time after that! I can't believe we are THIS close to meeting our little girl!!! :) 

Throughout this adoption journey we have seen God do GREAT things, more than we could ask or think. We've witnessed miracle after miracle. We've seen lives touched and hearts opened to the need of the orphan. Spencer and I have seen many things "grow" in our own life-- our love and commitment to each other and our faith and trust in the Lord, to name a couple. We have also been overwhelmed (over and over again)by the kindness of God's people.  

When we started this process and found out about the staggering financial need, we really did not know WHERE the money would come from. We knew we didn't have it lying around, we just knew that God told us to adopt and that He would provide the means by which to do so. With our tiny bit of faith, we took God at his word and trusted Him. It wasn't always easy and the devil REALLY likes to get you down (he HATES adoption, by the way!!) but little by little, the money came in at every step of the way. Exactly what we needed-- never more and never less. We rejoiced in the Lord as every bit came in.  SO many people have contributed in SO many ways. We've had people organizing fundraisers, we've sold t-shirts, we've had people send in donations, it has truly been amazing to watch God provide. 

(Over 200 people purchased a "Nova" shirt!)

On Saturday night (March 1) we had a special Southern Gospel Singing hosted by VictorySong with a very special guest, Bro. Archie Watkins! Our Pastor had sent letters to friends, family members, churches, and missionaries asking 200 people to send in $100 each to "Help Bring Nova Home". They were praying for $10,000 to be raised for Nova. The outpouring of love that flowed through God's people was AMAZING. The money poured in over a course of weeks from 6 continents, numerous countries, and MANY states! The goal of $10,000 was MET and EXCEEDED!!! When it was all said and done we were presented with a check of $25,000 to BRING NOVA HOME!! This amount is more than enough to cover the remaining fees to complete our adoption and take care of most of the travel! We have been SO blessed and we are SO excited to move on with this next part of the process!! Our God never ceases to amaze me with His goodness! 

xoxo, 

Steffani 

PS- Even since the "big" check was written, we've had several hundred dollars come in making the total OVER $25,000!