Beautiful people who do beautiful things.

The Mexican meal fundraiser was a HUGE success! In fact, it went over so well that we ran out of food! Thank you, thank you, thank you Leonard & Tracy Hernandez, Aaron & Rachel Ramirez, Erin Calcara, Jenelle Hernandez, Jackie Castillo, Tina Rothe and Marie Hernandez for all your hard work! This amazing group of people worked tirelessly making homemade salsa, tortillas, meat, beans, rice and over 700 enchiladas!!! What a labor of love!

 We also want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who came out in the cold and snow to purchase food! It was so great to see everyone and your support blesses us greatly!

 Most importantly...thank you God for continuing to meet our needs each step of the way! We were joyfully in shock when they told us the grand total raised that night was $2448.82!!!

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21

Let us make you dinner!

Some long time friends of ours, the Hernandez/Ramirez family, are putting on a fund raiser for our adoption costs, this Friday night! They are making authentic Mexican meals with homemade salsa! Oh, it's so delicious!

Here's how it works.
Place your order TODAY from the menu below then come to our church, Crossroads Church on 40th & Superior, this Friday between 3pm-7pm to either pick up your order or stay and eat at the church. You can order by emailing me, rburnett511@gmail.com, or by leaving it in a comment on this post or facebook.

MENU SELECTION

Chicken Enchilada Dinner - $7

2 chicken enchiladas, beans, rice, tortilla, salsa

Beef Enchilada Dinner - $7

2 beef enchiladas, beans, rice, tortilla, salsa

Cheese Enchilada Dinner - $7

2 cheese enchiladas, beans, rice, tortilla, salsa

Burrito Dinner - $7

Beef & Bean burrito w/lettuce, cheese, sour cream, side of beans, rice, tortilla, salsa

10-Pack of frozen Enchiladas - $20

Choose Chicken, beef or cheese. A combination of choices is also available. Just indicate the qty of each so it equals 10.

So, let us make you dinner this Friday night and help us bring baby Burnett home!!!

Paper Pregnant

I am excited to say that I mailed our completed dossier on Monday! I asked the FedEx lady to take this photo of me with the package before she took it from me.....she looked at me like I was crazy...but it was so worth the awkward moment.

For me, this photo of me holding our dossier is like that very first sonogram you get when you first find out your pregnant. You know, the one that looks like a little bean. You don't know if your precious baby is a boy or girl, you can't see their face or really even tell that it is in fact a human being. This is a shot from Moses' baby book. He was only 7 weeks into existence here. Looking at this, I cannot believe he was ever this tiny!

Adoptive moms refer to the process of adopting as being "paper pregnant." I like this! It feels so right. Although I don't have morning sickness or a growing abdomen (I hope it does the opposite actually!) I am excitedly, nervously, happily, anxiously awaiting the day when I finally get to see my baby's face and hold him/her tightly in my arms. Just like I did while pregnant with Moses and Grace, I will purchase a baby book and put this photo in the spot for the first sonogram. We want this baby to know how much we want him/her and how excited we grow each step of the way!

This is so cool!

I didn't even realize it last week when I was writing the blog explaining the I-600 and how long it would take to get it but at that very moment the approval papers were sitting on my kitchen table in a pile of mail! I could not believe it when I called our adoption coordinator later that day and said, "what is this pink paper?" And she said, "That's it! That's the approval!" So, when God told us "by this time tomorrow" he wasn't jokin'! We were told it would take 90 days to get the approval but it only took 43! This is so exciting for us! We will be putting all the final touches on the dossier papers this weekend and mail it on Monday!