TULA BABY CARRIER FUNDRAISER!

Operation Bring Nikolai Home is a go! 

Since getting the news that we did, indeed, get our dossier deadline extension *insert happy dance*, we have been brainstorming fundraiser ideas to raise the money needed for our Dossier, which is where we got this idea!  Now, we're not the first to do a fundraiser of this type, but it looks promising so we're gonna give it a shot! :) 

SO! We're going to have a giveaway, and the prize will be...*drum roll* A Grey & White Chevron Tula Standard Baby Carrier!  These retail at around $150, but you could win this carrier for $10!  Great deal, right?  

How It Works: 

Entries are $10 each.  

A $10 donation to our Youcaring (located at the bottom of this post, as well as the right hand side of the blog) will get you 1 entry into this giveaway. 

So if you were to donate $50 you would be given 5 entries.

We will not draw a winner for this carrier until we reach or exceed $500. (Our Youcaring will read $7,328)

This means we will need at least 50 people to donate $10, or people to purchase multiple entries.

Once we reach $500 we will give a "grace period" for a few days to allow other entries to be bought.

You can purchase as many or as little entries as you would like, naturally the more entries you purchase, the greater your chance at winning the carrier will be.

When you enter this giveaway you will be supporting our adoption of Nikolai, and we're so grateful for that!  We still need $2,767 to reach our Dossier goal, before the end of November, so we're praying that this fundraiser is a success, as it will help cover some of that $2767.

Once we've reach and/or exceeded $500 we will draw winners using Random.org.
Please be sure to include your email with your donation, we will be using email to contact the winner! :)

You can receive one free entry if you share this fundraiser on your Facebook.  You must comment on this blog post stating that you shared this post, or it will not count as a free entry. 

Please, share with your friends and family!  Encourage them to enter, and participate! 

We are so grateful for all of you!  Thank you, for playing a part in our journey! :) 

Adoption Update

Exhausted.  It's a good word to describe how we're feeling.  We have already had so many bumps in the process, and we're not even half way done.  We were hoping to travel in November, but our first homestudy agency backed out, very last minute, like, the day we were supposed to have our completed homestudy in our hands, last minute....we were upset, and devastated.  Luckily, we found another homestudy agency, and our new homestudy is just a few weeks (a month max!) away from being completed.  Whew!

We do have a prayer request.  I think it's important to be transparent with those of you who are supporting our adoption, either with your donations, or with your prayer, you should know everything that is going on.  We want to be real. So.  We have requested a dossier (the packet of documents that has to sent to Nikolai's country) deadline extension.  With our first Homestudy agency backing out, and our second agency saying the quickest they could complete our HS was in two months time, we knew we wouldn't meet our Dossier deadline.  Our deadline was on Saturday, the 13th, Our request was put in a good two weeks before our deadline, but we haven't heard from the team in Nikolai's country yet, so we're still waiting to hear whether we will get an extension or not. We're told the silence is a good sign.  Will you pray that we're granted an extension?  I'm trying to keep the mindset that God has brought us this far, He's provided funds when we needed them, provided another agency when we needed it, and I'm believing that He's using these bumps to show His power and glory... He's brought us this far, He'll carry us the rest of the way, right?   We're anxious, but hopeful, and God is still good.

Adoption is not for the faint of heart, but if you're willing to endure the trials, to receive a priceless gift, a sweet life, then I urge you to step out in faith, and fight the good fight.

We love you all!  Thank you, for sticking with us on this crazy journey!

The Goodhue Family

So. Where Are We?

So where are we at in the process? 

Well we've had our physical exams done, our finger prints done, and we're raising the last bit of funds for our Homestudy.  We raised nearly $500 through our Mother's Day t-shirt fundraiser, we raise over $300 through The Apparent Projects bracelets, we raise $140 through a Yard Sale, we have a t-shirt fundraiser running, and are planning/opening a giveaway with some AWESOME items.  We've hit some mountains recently, but God is moving those mountains! 

I must say that we have really seen God work in and through this adoption.  He has tested our faith, trust, and hope in Him, He has shown His greatness multiple times and we're not even finished with our adoption!  We love seeing God work, we love seeing the people around us care and donate, we are so thankful for every single person who has helped in some way! :)