I know it has been awhile since we began this puzzle fundraiser. It has been a busy few months (we will get to that in a little bit).But first I want to tell you all thank you for your prayers and donations throughout our journey to bring home our son.
On 10/20/12 I made a plea for donations to get us to 20% of our goal before we left for court on 10/27... we made it to 19% (95 pieces - $950). This helped tremendously on our 1st trip.
Now, on 11/13/12, we are at 44% of our goal (218 pieces - $2180)
WOW!
It is so much fun to see everyone's names filling up the puzzle ... your have all blessed us greatly by your support and love.
God is Good!
We will be traveling in the next 3-5 months to bring Silas home.
That means we have 3 months to get the rest of our pieces sponsored
... that is 282 more pieces.
So, if you didn't get a chance to help already, please see the Puzzle Piece post for details.
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Last week we got to meet our son. He is an awesome little boy with a great smile and catching laugh. He is such a boy ... he walks about 10 steps, falls down, and gets right back up to walk again. It doesn't matter if he bumps his head or if it takes him five tries to get across the room (complete opposite of Kiera, who would not try to walk alone until she could do it perfectly. I don't remember her even falling at all once she started walking).
We were able to spend 2 days with Silas and then went on a tour to his birthplace, Harar Ethiopia. You can read more about our trip here.
Thank you again and God Bless!
Joel and Mandy
