So blessed....We are FLOORED :-)

Weeellllll, since the yard sale, we have received an amazing gift from our parents - Paul, Rhoda, Andrea, Ron, and Teresa. Teresa, taking the lead on this idea and pulling everyone together to contribute money so that we can have new flooring!!!!!!
The generosity and love behind this gift is amazing. Really, I was satisfied with the idea of having the carpet cleaners come in and do their best - with the knowledge that the carpets are not going to look new (far from it!!). I was curious just how clean they might actually get - or if I'd still be embarrassed by my floor.
Hopefully, next week we will have people laying bamboo flooring at our house!

So much is going on and we haven't even started a home study. I've been up early, tackling the to-do lists (I live by THE LIST) and going to bed late. It's been pretty fun actually. Albeit, a little tiring. We're just trying to get up to par. We are going to check out Bethany next Thursday, April 16th, for their orientation. It'll be nice to be on the other side of the home study.


Also, I was reminded that this time last year, I was recovering from my hydrosalpinx surgery.
It's awfully disappointing when things of that magnitude don't go as planned. This is not the path I would've chosen. But I want to thank the Lord for my friends and family who have rallied around us with love and prayer and just have poured out into us - overflowing! Thank you all so much!

In Christ....

THANK YOU!!

$2,169... in two days.

The Yard Sale is OVER. We still have a few items left that we're planning on listing on Craigslist, which will be in addition to the over $2,000 (!!) this past Friday and Saturday brought in.
We are grateful for all of our friends and family who came and helped. It was exhausting work but you guys made it so much fun. THANK YOU!!

I just don't have words to express the gratitude I am feeling. Thank you seems to fall short.

Thank you all who showed up early and helped us set up. Thank you all who endured the day with us, helped with money and bargaining and breaking down on Saturday. Thank you all who came and shopped! We thank the Lord for the brave people who took a chance and journeyed down our long driveway to check out what we were selling. Which, apparently, is a big risk, even for seasoned yard salers. Thank you all who donated to this yard sale which helped make it impressive to so many people. Thank you for your prayer support during this time. Thank you to those who gave gifts over and above.
The generosity that has been poured out is just a small glimpse into the Father's love for us.

Please remember us in your prayers as we continue to get ready for and go through our home study.

Adoption Fund Raising Yard Sale - ON!!!

Alrighty!! It looks like the weather experts are predicting 61 degrees and sunny for for Friday and Saturday!
YEEEAAAAAHHHHH!

As of now (Wednesday, March 18th), we are planning on having our yard sale on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 from 10am-5pm both days.

Please tell your family, your friends, your neighbors, your c0-workers.... anyone that you can think of!

I hope that we can see you there.

Yard Sale Postponed

We are scheduled to have showers and rain for the next few days.

I don't know many people who will want to shop outside in wet weather.

The yard sale will now be...

Friday March 20 from 10a-5p

&

Saturday March 21 from 10a-5p

For those of you who were planning on coming out to support us this weekend, I hope and pray that you will be able to make it next weekend.

March 20 is the first day of Spring! What a way to celebrate!

I apologize if this is an inconvenience for anyone.

Once we get on the other side of the yard sale, we are planning on hitting the homestudy pretty hard. So, you can imagine that we are ready to have this yard sale. We can't do any major cleaning with our house overflowing with generous donations! Most things are on pause for now.

(-: Upcoming Yard Sale :-)

Please remember to tell all of your friends and family about the yard sale this weekend, March 13 and 14 from 10am-5pm. Word of mouth is a powerful thing.
We have a rain date set for the following weekend, March 20 and 21.

Please see the following blog for pictures of some of the items up for sale. Those are only a few items. It's more like a multi-family yard sale with all the generous donations we've received!
There's a lot of really nice items. We've been tempted to keep some of it!

I don't normally pray about weather but I am asking to please be in prayer for NO rain :-)

Many thanks to you all.

Adoption Fund Raising Yard Sale - March 13 & 14

These are just some of the great items people have graciously donated to us for our Yard Sale.

Other items include:

Air Hockey Table

Baby Changing Table

Baby Clothes

Toys

Home Decor

TV/DVD/VHS Combo

A lot of VHS videos

CDs

Clothing

Christmas Decorations

And so much more!!

March 13 & 14

10am - 5 pm

(Rain Date set for the following weekend, March 20 & 21)

We need to raise $2,000 for our home study...

We'll post our address as we move closer to the date of the sale.

We are still open to receiving items for selling.

You can contact us at vadanielwowens@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you there!

Daniel and Vanessa Owens

I'm not sure how to update everyone because this is really just going to be a slow process.

The yard sale is going to be March 13th and 14th. Depending on how the first one goes, we may have another sale the following weekend. We have set a deadline for items receieved to be March 1 so that we can have time to sort and price.

Daniel and I will be driving around doing pick-ups this coming weekend, Feb 14th, 15th and 16th so if you'd like to us to stop be please let me know as soon as possible. vadanielwowens@gmail.com

I have been talking to Cheri, the lady who will be doing our homestudy and she has given us a list of things to start working on. Background checks, fingerprinting, drug tests, 911 call report, pet vaccines, child abuse registry check, past taxes and other piles of paperwork to have ready....
Again, this will be a slow process so please continue to keep us in your prayers.

Many of you have shared your own personal experiences and I'm so grateful for you.
I'm unsure what this journey will bring but I am praying that it will just continue to knit our hearts together and just grow us in our walk with Christ.

Thank you again for your support in this journey