California yard sale madness!

Hello from California!!

I have been having a great time here, the first 10 days have been spent preparing for an insane large yard sale we held for our little man. The friends I have here in Sacramento are amazing. They are supportive in ways I would never imagine. They offered up houses to hold the garage sale at. So many people offered different items to sell, and bake goods, and offer such incredible support. One of my favorite definitions of the word "support" is:

"To keep from weakening or failing; strengthen"

Strengthen! Through Christ I feel so many people have given such amazing love. Joey and I feel beyond blessed.


So many customers (supporters) at our yard sale came up to me, and gave money. From 10 to 50 dollars, they just came to give. I was in shock at the love from perfect strangers and our amazing friends and family.

At the end of the day we raised just about 500.00!!! I was in awe of God's goodness. He provided a time, a place, all of the "things" and the hearts to help and give.

With all this fundraising we are officially at the halfway mark and as soon as Joey's overtime checks come in we will have 3/4 of the funding we need to adopt baby parks. In the beginning 11,000.00 by May, seemed so impossible, but as each moment through this has taught me- not only is it possible- it's GOING to happen!

I have also been able to spend a good amount of time with our birth mother and friend. I've been able to be there for a baby doctor appointment which just blew me away! I heard my baby boy's heart beat! Not only that, but her doctor was so kind and welcoming that he did an ultrasound (even though it wasn't the ultrasound appointment day) I saw my little man, he's getting so big and growing so perfectly! The doctor is very happy with how well the birth mother's pregnancy is going so far. It was such a blessing! :-)

So I already received as a gift my plane ticket to come back to Sacramento in May. The plan is I will fly in on May 4th and spend time with our birth mother and get ready for the arrival near his due date which is May 19th. Joey will drive down as soon as she goes into labor or the due date passes. From there we will have to stay in California for around 10 days due to ICPC laws.

There is still so much to work out but this is the general idea we have. :-) please pray for us, that we will continue to seek God's will as this process continues.

To God be all the glory.

KayC