• 10/8/2007 12:47:59 PMBang! Bang!!After a somewhat disappointing weekend, we are looking forward to our next fund raising opportunity.  Currently we have 1 auction scheduled for October 20th.  After that - nothing.  We are not sure how, when or where funds will come from but we are certain they will come.  No sooner had I come in to work today when "BANG!" - a colleague of mine dropped off a bag of change.  "What is the source of this?", I asked.  "Just change we had."  Minutes later, "BANG!" - a donation came in to the adoption website from someone in Florida.

    I did not see either of these two gifts coming.  That is how it has been.  Just when you begin to think that God will not be on time, you realize that He was never in danger of being late.  The Lord provides.

    Thank you Mr. colleague person  - You continue to be a blessing to me.
    Thank you Florida person - I will respond privately to you shortly.
    Thank you LORD!

    Speaking of timing...  my personal assistant, accountant and all around, all-purpose awesome utility babe told me that she can have the remainder of our dossier paperwork completed this week.  It is not just the paperwork but getting it notarized and appostilled too.  By sending this to our adoption coordinator in Michigan, ("Val"), we would be pulling the trigger to start a chain reaction that will lead us to getting a court date.  We have no idea how fast the sequence of events would occur or if we will have the money by the time the court date comes.

    I told Peggy to get everything ready and hold it.  I am a little hesitant to send it.  I realize that at the rate things have been going, the necessary funds could come in quickly.  However, the little voice in my head says, "don't count your chickens until they hatch".

    This statement is in contradiction to something we heard recently in a movie we watched - Facing the Giants.  It was a good movie with a great story.  The line I'm referring to was, "prepare the fields".  This is in reference to a story about two farmers who prayed for rain during the middle of a drought.  After praying, one of the farmers went out and began to prepare his field for the coming rain.  This act was a reflection of his faith that the Lord would answer his prayer.

    Maybe I've got the whole thing confused but I don't want to guess at the Lord's timing by mailing in the dossier and hope the the funds and the court date occur at the right time.  I'd rather have the funds in hand and say, "we're ready for court".  Is this a lack of faith on my part or being smart about money?  The pressure of the decision in my brain makes my head hurt.