Online Auction

We are putting together an online auction to help raise funds for our adoption. If you have a business and are willing to donate goods or services we'd love to hear from you. Also, we've had a family generously donate a weekend at  their vacation home to be auctioned off... such a creative idea. Lastly, we would love to have a big giveaway... iPod, iPad... something cool to raffle off. If you have any ideas or connections please email us. Thanks!

They've Arrived!

On a whim I checked the tracking on our profiles even though I didn't expect them to make it to Michigan til the end of the week. SURPRISE!!! They were delivered to our agency at 11:07 this morning.

You Alone

What I feel:

Fear

Doubt

Anxiety

What I know: 

For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you.." So we may boldly say: "The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?" (Hebrews 13:5-6)

Those who trust in the Lord 

Are a strong mountain 

They will not…not be moved 

Those who trust in the Lord 

Are as Mount Zion 

They will not…not be moved 

Christ the King, He sets my feet 

On a firm foundation 

They will not…not be moved 

Though the world moves like mad 

You alone are faithful 

Jesus, you, you will not be changed

And with that our profiles are off to Michigan. ---- UPDATE: So, I totally cheated and wrote this out this morning before going to the post office. In typical God fashion, He had a surprise for me. I had planned on having the postmaster take a pic of me w/ our profile package. So when I walked in and saw that our regular PM wasn't there I felt slightly foolish lugging my camera with me. I almost kept my mouth shut, but then told her I had a weird request and held up my camera. I told her we were adopting and that this package held our profiles that birthmom's would look at and would she mind taking a picture of me. Her response? I'd love too! I'm adopted!

Goosebumps... really God?! Thank You... thank You for surprising me once again with Your love, mercy, and constant encouragement. So with that I'll once again say... our profiles are off to Michigan. Sealed with love and every ounce of hope and faith that is within our bodies. 

To Michigan with Love

Today I've been finishing the final bits of our paperwork and profile. Tomorrow, Lord willing, everything will begin making it's way to Michigan. My stomach churns at the thought. The act of letting go and putting all or hopes into a box and sending it off to begin the official wait is well... gut wrenching.

Don't get me wrong I'm so excited, but there is still that part of me that won't believe it until we have our little boy or girl in our arms. I still wait to hear the punchline, the caveat, the we're sorry but... I know though, that the Lord has offered up confirmation after confirmation. He has provided provision after provision. He has spoke to our hearts.

The feeling isn't even one of anxiousness, it's more of letting go and simply waiting. Be still and know that I am God... I hear Him whispering to me. So as I attach each photo to our profiles, I say a prayer; for God's will, for our baby, our mama, and for every selfless woman who looks at our profile and makes an incredible difficult choice.

Somehow, it feels like we're packaging up years worth of hopes and tears praying that in the end they will have all been worth it. Lord, bless this journey, keep us in Your will.

Yard Sale!

We had our yard sale to help raise money for our adoption this weekend. We had so many incredible people donate items, and God once again showed that He would provide.

We were so crazy busy that I was unable to take all the photos I had hoped to, but here are a few. At the end of the day we were blown away when we counted up the money.

 Our total for the day? An incredible $832.35!

Happy Mother's Day

Birth mom

Adoptive mom

Grandmother

Surrogate Mother

Step-mother

Mother to those around you

Empty nest mother

New Mom

Mom-to-be

Empty Arms Mom 

Mom to many

Mom to one

The mom who stepped in....

.... whatever type of mom you are....

Happy Mother's Day. 

May you be blessed today and always. 

They're Here! Unto One Wristbands

In Matthew 25:40 Jesus said:

Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.

We love that Jesus made it simple. Even if we do it UNTO ONE we have done it to Him. There are so many hurting people in the world, for us we have chosen adoption as well as sponsoring a child through Compassion International.

To help with our adoption costs and to as a reminder of our commission to go love and serve one another we have had wristbands made up. These are like the Live Strong wristbands and say Unto One on the front and Matthew 25:40 on back. We are asking $5 each. We will gladly ship these also!

Our hope is that these will be a conversation piece for you to share our journey, as well as the things that are close to your heart that the Lord has called you to do to serve the "least of these."

For payment information email us at daneandjessharvey@gmail.com or leave a comment.