Sele Enat Fundraiser, We Need Your Pics!

WOW! What an incredible couple of weeks this has been! I can't believe how busy this summer is. Summers are supposed to be full of down time, you know, lazy afternoons...HA! And we only have a few days left. AHHHH!!! A couple of weeks ago God sent a might-ily smite-ily of a hail storm that turned my sweet suburban neighborhood into a war zone. Since then we have been lost in a sea of debris and insurance claims. We have finally gotten control of the mess, but are just now getting a handle on the cost of repairs. One simply amazing thing that has come out of all this is that Ryan's 2004 Honda Civic was declared a "TOTAL LOSS" by our insurance company. First of all, I love that term. So many times I have declared the stuff in my life a "TOTAL LOSS" when really it was just minor damage and all I needed was a little TLC....Okay, well because his perfectly usable and fine car is totalled the insurance company will be sending us a nice little check to us for the value of the car. Not the total value mind you (oh no, they would never do that, unless you want them to take your car). BUT, probably just enough to finance our plane tickets to Ethiopia with one extra coming back. You have heard the saying "when God closes a door, He opens a window". Well, this time He smashed a few windows and opened the door. That's just how He rolls, folks.





Our next big thing coming up is our fundraiser for Selah's orphanage. Just so you know, she is actually no longer at the orphanage, but is now in the transition home.


Here is what we are doing:

Ethiopia

A Night of Prayer and Worship

Saturday, August 22

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Light and Life Community Church, Lakewood, Colorado

Please join us for a fun night of music, Ethiopian coffee and dessert

My very wonderful and talented husband, Ryan, will be sharing some of his piano compositions, and we are going to sing our lungs out in praise to the God Of The Universe!! It will be soooo good! But, I do need some help. I am putting together a couple of videos and would love to have some pics from families who have adopted. Some of you have already shared your beautiful photos with me and I so appreciate it. It think it is going to be very powerful. No names will be used, of course. Please let me know if you can help out. I understand that searching through your photos and emailing them to me can be time consuming. If you like I can simply use the photos you have already posted on your blog. I just need your permission first. If you prefer to email them, my address is: annabo_99@yahoo.com. I would be glad to send a copy of the finished product to you. The program I am using offers the videos for sale if you would like to purchase one.

And lastly an update on Selah. I recently received a short video of her (thank you again Hannah) and she is beyond beautiful. We have fallen totally in love with her big brown eyes and tiny little mouth. She truly is tiny. She looks to be about four to six months, but may be as old as eleven or twelve. Sadly our case in on hold indefinately. Courts will be closing on August 21 and reopening the first of Oct. We have not received our court date, which means we may not even get one until after courts reopen. What does this mean? We may not have our sweet girl in our arms until November or later. I am trying not to think about it too much. It is difficult to even say. Please continue to pray for her. She has been struggling to maintain the little bit of weight she has. We just need her to get a little stronger. Please also be praying that God will do a mighty miracle and we can go get her sooner than expected.

Thank you friends, we love you!