A Treasured THANK YOU…for Toby.

I just had a very heart warming moment…
We were sitting as a family enjoying the movie Elf (I laugh like I've never seen it every single time!) and I was remembering this time last year…
We were FUNDRAISING.
For Toby.
Who was snuggled under the covers with me, giggling as I tickled the bottoms of his feet.
Those squinty eyes.
That adorable dimply face.
The light of the movie illuminated the truth:
HE IS HOME.
And I just got all sentimental.
I want to NEED TO say THANK YOU.
We were not financially able to bring Toby home from his orphanage. 
We had just spent every spare penny to finalize Zebby's adoption from Uganda.
Yet there he was. Just a picture:

We could not turn away.
He was ours.
And you helped him come home.
There was NO WAY we could have come up with the $32,000 it took.
BUT YOU DID. GOD DID.
And as I snuggled this bundle of pure joy and giggles, I just wanted to say:
THANK YOU.
I will never be the same. 
Toby has come and changed me forever.
Some say that WE are heroes…but I'll tell you the truth: 
GOD is the hero.
HE does the saving.
We have the awesome privilege of hosting His miracles.
And YOU were part of that miracle as you rallied together unlike anything I have ever seen and helped us bring him home.
He is now snuggled in his bed with one arm in a cast, the other in a special splint to coax the bend. His teeth are freshly brushed, his jammies are warm and he has two brothers in the room to keep him company.
Life is absolutely incredible.
And I want to say thank you for partnering with our family to do this most amazing work.
Thank you.                    Thank you.
                                                  THANK YOU!!!!!!

xoxoxoxo

Winter Yard Sale!!!

What?? WINTER yard sale?? That sounds c-c-c-cold!!

Yes, if it were really outside...

but it's not!

We have a sweet friend who had offered to host a yard sale to raise money for Toby's adoption and we had discussed when would be a warmish date to hold the event. We had talked about some time in the future that would be warm...

and then our LOA came EARLY!!!

So now we are having an INDOOR yard sale with a bake sale and a silent auction and a freewill offering lunch! BOOYAH!!! :) (thank you, sweet Andrea, you are such a blessing to our family and to dear Toby!)

So here's the 411:
Saturday January 19, 2013 from 9 am - 4 pm with lunch at noon, silent auction closing at 1 pm. This wonderful event is being held so graciously at Sara's Garden Hope Center. (Thank you, friends, for the use of your gorgeous facility!!!)

Yes, we need help!

We need:
* prayers to bathe this in His love,
* donations for the yard sale,
* donations for the bake sale,
* businesses to donate desirable goods for our silent auction (Note: if you would like to donate something for our silent auction but are not local, we welcome that! Please contact me at feet2ourfaith @ yahoo dot com to orchestrate that!),
* lunch servers,
* food for the lunch (some is already being donated! Thank you, Rita!!)
* people to help set up and tear down,
* people to advertise on their social media sites and around their areas of influence,
* people to help greet and make people feel welcome!

...Yes, it's gonna take a VILLAGE to pull this off!

Please help us SPREAD THE WORD!! We need your help!!

We have two weeks...ready...set...GO!!