June 1, 2019
First of all, I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for your encouraging words and prayers for us as we begin this journey. We are so blessed by your support and those of you who have agreed to pray with us throughout this process. At the end of this blog, I’ll share a few specific requests as we head into the next few weeks. We cannot wait to see all that the Lord will do in this specific adoption and how He will use it for His glory.
In the coming weeks, we have some big things happening. First of all, we have our yard sale coming up on June 8th. We have already begun gathering things to sell, in fact, our dining room has turned into “yard sale central”. Thank you everyone who has donated and volunteered to help on the day of the sale. Please continue to share with your friends and bring us anything you are wanting to get rid of!
Second, a sweet friend of ours, Bailey Powers, is hosting an online Thirty-One party to help fundraise for our adoption. She is a great Thirty-One consultant and has very generously offered to give us any commission she would make off of the online party! The link to shop the online party is: https://www.mythirtyone.com/us/en/1999332?pd=11286335&fbclid=IwAR1EfsVPBYQnK2_3jNu6avfP7Mz-EIcvW8sqlT2VnjoEY55EzhI8h1c7_i
More information about the Thirty-One party can be found on my personal Facebook page (Carolyn Reese), on our family Facebook page, The Reese Family Adventures, or on our Instagram @thereesefamilyadventures. Please feel free to share this with anyone you think might be interested!
Thirdly, thank you so much for sharing and supporting Rooted Designs! I am excited to say I can now offer shipping for out of town customers! My sweet mother-in-law bought me some cute envelopes to package all your goodies in, so they will even look pretty getting to you! Please keep sharing with your friends and keep me busy making jewelry!
We have just recently launched our fundraiser page for our adoption! The site is www.purecharity.com/jordanandcarolynreesefamilyadoption. There, people can read a little bit about our heart for adoption and give a tax-deductible donation that goes directly to our “account” at our adoption agency. We would so appreciate if you would consider sharing our story with your friends and family and prayerfully consider giving. We knew going into this, that even with the money we save, we wouldn’t be able to do this on our own, but at the same time, we know this is what God has called us to do, so we are stepping out and trusting that we will have everything we need to follow Him in obedience to this calling. We have already seen Him provide in so many ways along this journey already which has been such a blessing and encouragement to us.
Prayer Requests:
1) Yard Sale, June 8th- Pray for great weather, a great turn out, and opportunities to share about why we are choosing to adopt and the hope we have in Jesus.
2) Home Study- In the next month, we will be completing all our paperwork, classes, and trainings needed before our home study visit. Please pray for us as we complete all these things.
3) Financial Needs- Upon completion of this paper work we will need to make a pretty large payment toward our total goal of $35,000. Please pray with us that our fundraisers and donations will cover this cost. We are praying that we will never have to be in a situation where we will have to pause the adoption process because of finances.
Lastly, I just wanted to say again how thankful we are for each word of encouragement and support, each prayer lifted on our behalf, each piece of jewelry purchased, each thing donated to our yard sale, each “share” on social media. I don’t know whether you all know this, but whenever you help or give, even if you think it’s in a little way, it’s a big deal to us, and we are all so blessed by the love and excitement you have shared with us.
The Reese Family Adventures 