The Quilt Raffle is still on... but only for a few more days!

Whew!  It is official... fireworks season has begun!  Because of that, I have been super busy getting Pyro City's fireworks store ready so that we can open on June 25th to the public!  Woohoo! 

 I gotta say, going to work with this guy everyday really helps me get through the long hours!  (No, he is not squinting, that is a wink!)

But June 25th is not only the day we open to the public at Pyro City, it is also the day we hold the drawing for our quilt raffle!!!  Yeah!!

For those of you are just joining us, our wonderful family friend, Barbara Gaddy at bejeweledquilt.blogspot.com, stitched together this BEAUTIFUL quilt so that we could raffle it off for our adoption fund! She is amazing at what she does, and could easily have sold this quilt for hundreds of dollars; instead, she chose to donate it to our growing family!  Tickets for the raffle are $5 for one or $10 for three!!  We will pull the winning ticket on June 25th and will mail the quilt directly to the winner!  Yeah!  

But... there is a bonus now!!!

My VERY talented step mom has donated this beauty to the runner up!  So that means your ticket not only gives you the opportunity to win Barbara's beautiful quilt, but also this adorable sign painted by Mrs. Carma Patterson. I mean... isn't she so talented?  You can check out more of her beautiful artwork on her etsy page:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/carmascrafts

So... how do you purchase a ticket you say?  Email me at kami.fleener@yahoo.com with the amount you would like to purchase and I will send you directions from there!  It is really very simple!  And...

WAIT!  THERE IS ANOTHER BONUS TOO!!!

I have waited soo long to post about this puzzle... like WAY. TOO. LONG.  It hurt my heart too much to work on it, but I am ready....

Every single person that has helped our adoption process, no matter how small, has their name written on the back of one of these puzzle pieces that I will put together and hang on my little ones wall.  I want him to see how loved, cared for, thought about, and wanted he was before he even joined our little family.  So... that means if you participate in the raffle, you too will get to be a piece of our adoption puzzle!!

I am a little behind on thank you cards, but I will also be sending you a card with the outline of your puzzle piece :)

We are so unbelievably grateful for all of the people who have been supporting us through this journey... we hope to have some news in the next few months about our little guy, but until then I just pray that I continue to just enjoy this journey!  Thank you again :)

More than just a Quilt Raffle

I don't know why I am still surprised by the awesomeness of our God.  I mean sometimes it just hits me like a 2x4 in the head...  How can the God of the universe use EVERY aspect of my being to work together for MY good?  I mean it says that in the bible!  

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.  ~Romans 8:28

How can He care so much about ME to work within EVERY detail of my life?  Who am I?  What have I done?

But then I am hit by that pesky proverbial 2x4 (is proverbial right here?  I am not sure)... It doesn't matter what I have done or who I am... God's goodness, love, faithfulness, holiness, righteousness (I could keep going on here) is because of who HE is and what HE has done.  I fall flat on my face in awe of this awesome awesome God who continues to use so many things in our adoption journey to show Mike and I all of these things about Him.  He continually draws us closer to Him and I praise Him for the many things he is, and continues, to do in our lives.

With that being said, I would like to bring up this little quilt raffle that I posted about last week. (You can read more about it in my previous blog post)

So, as many of you know, a wonderful, dear friend, Mrs. Barbara Gaddy, donated a quilt for Mike and I to use in an adoption fundraiser.  Seems simple, right?  I post it on my blog, people buy tickets to help us with our adoption expenses, and then we go on our happy way!  But, God took things a whole different direction for us.  Yes, we are raising money and, yes, people are purchasing tickets, but this quilt raffle has created quite a stir!  How you say?  I have had strangers emailing me with sweet words of encouragement, people I don't know are sharing my blog to encourage their followers to purchase tickets, my friends are sharing my blog in their status updates on Facebook, and I have even had people offer to donate other gifts for runner ups in the raffle!

I mean, seriously God?  I fall flat on my face in awe of Your goodness.  The funny thing is I didn't want to do any adoption fundraisers.  Honestly I was scared.  Scared no one would want to donate, or purchase raffle tickets, or... I could go on.  Why?  Why do I short change myself when I know WITHOUT A DOUBT that God has lead us to this place, this moment and has blessed our adoption journey over and abundantly?  All I can do is sing praises to the Lord God Almighty!