So Much Excitement! Momentum Rocks!

Wow!!

So happy to hear today that we have our

LOG IN DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was yesterday: November 27, 2012!

This is huge news and means we are logged into the Chinese system and well on our way to bring Toby home!!

And in other news...

"Twenties for Toby"--the awesome brainchild of my friend Alexis--has gone NATIONAL! Instead of the state of California only...my friend Kerry has created an event on Facebook where all states are challenged to be represented! Click here to read about it and join up!

WHAT FUN!

I'm so giddy I can barely stand it!

God is bringing in the finances we didn't have when we said "YES" to adopting this dear little boy in China.

If you remember, we had just finished paying for Zeb's adoption. That. Very. Month.

And God showed us Toby.

It was quite a bit overwhelming! Overwhelming to be sure!

The ticket price to adopt from China is $30,000!!!

We had not a penny.

But God did.

We trusted Him and look at what He has done!!! Click here to see our current total raised! :)

WOW.  Pretty amazing huh?

And now...we have LID!

Toby dude, we are coming!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLOWN AWAY by Californians who Love Toby!!

I truly cannot believe it.

We returned home from our Thanksgiving party trot to find a very bulky envelope in the mailbox.

A fellow adoptive mom of a child with AMC (Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita) asked me on Facebook how much money we still needed to bring Toby home.

"Approximately $20,000." I answered her.

"Oh. Wow."

The next thing I know, she's rallied together people in the state of California to help bring Toby home!

Her plug went like this: "My friend Amy is working to bring home an orphan named Toby who has AMC. Her family is only $20 short...times 1,000. I want to show them how many people in California love and care about Toby. My daughter will have an envelope pinned to her shirt and when you see her, place your $20 bill in the envelope for Toby."

She called it, "Twenties for Toby."

When I learned about this campaign I was in tears.

Totally humbled.

But when we got the mail yesterday and opened up this stack of twenties...it was AWE-inspiring.

Thirty-one Californians care that Toby not sit in that orphanage one SECOND longer than he must!

Hallelujah! God is so incredible!!!!

I want to thank my friend Alexis for this amazing act of love for what God is doing in our family and in Toby's life. Alexis, when I see your son in his casts...I honestly cannot wait to get Toby's AMC treatment started!

What joy it is to know that others care for an orphan sitting in the corner of China who is in desperate need of medical attention. Thank you to each of you---our family salutes the State of California for their wonderful support of bringing Toby home!!!!