Opened the mail and WOW what a birthday surprise!

Yesterday was my birthday.  When I went to the mailbox there were no birthday cards but one single envelope addressed to Matt and I.  It was from the organization "Show Hope".  Back in October we applied for a grant from them.  I really figured it was just a long shot and maybe we would get a hundred dollars or something so it was still worth applying for.  So when I opened the letter and read this:

You can imagine my surprise!  $5500.00!!!!!!!!!!  Wow!  That will pay for a huge part of the adoption.  It was completely unexpected and we are very humbled by it.  It was furthur confirmation to us that we are exactly where God wants us to be.  We have five kids and live off of one salary so it wasnt like we exactly had $20,000 plus sitting around.  We felt strongely that things have always worked out in the past and if we waited until we had enough money to do what our hearts desired we would never end up doing anything!    Of course adoption isn't for anyone, but obviously some people still feel strongely about adoption that they gave generously to the Show Hope fund.  Now we await our referral!