Good News!

We submitted our application to our adoption agency and on this past Thursday I received a phone call saying we have been accepted into their Ethiopia adoption program! Wahoo!!! This is not our official approval though. That doesn't come until we have passed our home study.


Speaking of home study....that is our next step. There is only one Hague approved home study agency in Nebraska so I will be contacting them this week to begin the process. I must say, I am nervous about this step for 2 reasons :  1. I have heard it is very invasive of your privacy and very time consuming (3-9 months), 2. We have not raised the money to pay for the home study yet (about $2000). Please pray for our peace of mind and continued fund raising.


Speaking of fund raisers...we have raised enough money to pay our application fee and our first payment to the agency! That's about $2500. Isn't that amazing!!! We have been so blessed by our supportive friends and family. We could not be doing this without you! God has continued to surprise us by laying it upon people's hearts to donate to our adoption. I want to share a few of our stories with you. There is a nice older gentleman at church who has given us a dollar or 2 EVERY Sunday since we told him about our "Just $1" fund raiser in December. It's the sweetest thing ever! All-in-all he has donated almost $20 dollars! Also, a college friend of Nate's saw our adoption story on facebook and sent Nate an e-mail saying she had dropped a couple dollars in the mail. When we got the check it was not a couple dollars...it was $500!!! I heard Nate literally yelp with joy from the bedroom when he opened it. :) My last fun donation story is that we have 2 relatives who are selling large items and have promised to donate 1/2 of the proceeds! Isn't it awesome when people respond to God and His children? - even to "the least of these." (Mt. 25:40)


If you are feeling God tugging at the strings of your heart to help us bring our orphan home there are 3 ways you can donate.

1. Right here on my blog. Just click the DONATE button on the right side of the screen.
2. Hand it to us. If we have the privilege of seeing you on a regular basis, just put it directly in our hands and you will receive a big hug in return. :) 
3. Mail it. Contact us at burnettfamily@mail.com and we will send you our mailing address.

Thank you all for reading this, encouraging us, praying for us and donating (even just $1 helps). I will leave you with my new favorite quote by a good friend.

"I thought about $30,000. Of all the money in God's kingdom, can He even count that low? Isn't it less than a speck of dust to God?" - Janice Beard