Funded!!!

I struggle with the adequate words to describe all that has transpired over the last 46 hours.

With every update, it became very clear that we have been treading on holy ground...

The presence of God has been a blanket...clearly telling us 'I've got this!!!'

The Lord has moved mightily...boldly...clearly...publicly...

He rallied the troops all for the cause on ONE beautiful baby boy...our precious son...

He united thousands and thousands...

He showed His faithfulness so all could see...

He showed His perfect provision...

His perfect love...

ALL...
EVERY SINGLE OUNCE OF PRAISE AND GLORY BELONGS TO HIM!

FUNDED...

FULLY FUNDED in less than 48 hours...

Oh, our sweet Simeon...just look at how the Lord used the body of Christ to bring you home...you are loved deep sweet one...very deeply!

To our precious friends...oh how I wish I could squeeze each of your necks and say 'thank you'!  We have read every comment, every share, every email...many tears of thankfulness have been shed these last 2 days. Without you, this incredible feat would have never been accomplished. Your love for our boy and our family is beautiful...we are honored and deeply humbled!  

Thank you doesn't even seem appropriate...thank you for being Jesus to our family...we stand in complete awe!

our little love...we love you so much...

*please continue to pray for the birthfamily...they love him soooo much!

Redemption!

I sit here at my computer in awe...in tears...

I'm not sure where to begin...
This has all happened so fast yet it was God's perfect timing...

We are honored...
proud...
humbled...
excited to announce....

the Lord has blessed us with a beautiful baby boy....
a precious little guy who was born on November 17...
an amazing little miracle that many of you prayed for but what you didn't know is that you were praying for OUR SON :)

his little face was plastered all over facebook...
all over blogs...
all over websites...
thousands upon thousands of people viewing his story...sharing his story...

many of you praying for him...
praying for his precious birthfamily...
advocating for him...

a gorgeous baby boy that we had the privilege of meeting yesterday...
the gift of loving on him and his birthfamily...

ohhh, the beauty of his story...
the beauty of how the Lord brought this to be...
the JOY ... the restoration ... the redemption as we still grieve our Zemirah...

Today, we received the most glorious news...
We have been chosen to be this little mans forever family...

INTRODUCING...

SIMEON MASON RICHARDS

We are confident God has called this one to be ours. His fingerprints are all over our Simeon's story (a post for another day ;).  Many of you have read bits and pieces of his story but there is so much more!!  Some parts we will keep private...some parts we will share.  But for now....

We have an URGENT need....

our sweet boy came to us as a surprise...

a surprise to us...

NOT a surprise to God!

We have an URGENT NEED to raise the funds to adopt him...

for him to be able to be placed with us...

The fees are $15,000....

the fees are due NOW!....deep breath...

God called him to us...we are trusting He will provide.  Our greatest need is your prayers for our entire family...for the birthfamily. If you feel led to donate, that would be a huge blessing.

We are honored that Project Hopeful has come alongside our family and has committed to helping us raise the funds. All donations can be made directly through the link HERE or on the DONATE button on the right bar of our blog.  All donations are tax-deductible and all funds go directly to adoption fees. Many hugs my sweet friends!

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And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. (Luke 2:25-26)