Well it has been a long few days, we have been on our knees praying. God has been speaking to our hearts and although we feel broken and disheartened by the loss of Dane (Nehemiah) God's will and plan is our ultimate goal. We thought about just bringing Alaric (Nehemiah) home and taking it "easy" :) I think the devil was working on us in that moment. We thought about how we would not need to raise any more funding if we only got one child, we would not have to buy another vehicle and so many things that would be so simple. God doesn't call us to simple or easy but to serve. He says take up our cross and follow. We have peace that He has called us to TWO children. We may not know who exactly the second child will be but we remain committed to working our hearts out to bring two new children into the Breakfield family.
We came to this conclusion throughout yesterday and last night. We knew that it would be another leap of faith because we were still short $9,500. We said yes to God and He is so gracious and loving to affirm us in our decision. This morning (Sunday) we received a very generous donation that brings us to needing only $7,500. God is so good! We have enough to make our first trip where we will meet the children for the first time and have court. This trip will hopefully take around 3 weeks. We will then come home (without the children) for about 10 days. When we return we will need the additional funds to pay for passports, medical exams, visas for the children to be allowed to enter the US, and our plane tickets to fly home ~$9,000 for two children.
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9 MORE DAYS!!!
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