Purses with Promises........In A Car, bound for Joplin!!!!!

Hello sweet ladies,

First I have to tell you what the LORD has DONE! There is a lady that owns a shop in the Houston area called Bright Side Bags. Sherry went to her store a week ago to see if she would have any sample purses that would work for Purses With Promises. The lady was the sweetest, she said. She had a few, but she said that she wanted to do a special for Sherry. Her idea was to have ladies bring back there "Gently Used Purses and they would get 50% off their next purse purchase. Sherry went by yesterday.........now you know that they left this morning with purses in tow......I can see two little heads peeking out the front window and purses EVERYWHERE ON THE INSIDE! Hehee! Anyway.......the lady had 100 (some still in the plastic) purses........not only that.....they were filled with all kinds of things on the inside!!!!!!!!! That was a GOD THING (details, smile). Is that the sweetest thing??????? Sherry brought them home to add to the other purses. They didn't have Bibles.......... her sweet husband said, "well I am going to try something." He has been with the Gideons for years. He called............he was able to buy 100 more BIBLES..........in the purses they went........GOD IS SO GOOD! When He has a job to be done.......He makes it Happen. So this morning Sherry and Jim are on their way to JOPLIN........with Purses with Promises, 218 I think was the last count! They will need prayer please. I bet Sherry is so excited!!!!!!! Such a precious story......and you know you ladies were a part........but please don't stop now! They are continuing this until the Lord stops it. Feel free to take this idea yourself if you would like. There are other catastrophes and families in our nation that need encouragement!  

I just got an email from my friend Becky.......SHE SAYS SHE CAN ROUND UP SOME MORE!  Yes!!!!!!!!

Vitaly and Josh roughhousing!!! He loved Josh! It was so hard to send V back to the Ukraine. So close to bringing him back home!

Now to tell you about our Vitaliy for those who have been asking. It has been kind of mundane, just lots and lots of footwork and papers to be signed. God is moving and He really moved this last week. Please, please, pray for our family. Tonya and Josh had to get everything in by July 11th, remember I told you that if they didn't get all the papers done that they would have to wait up to another 5 months as the Adoption Agency will be closing down. Here is what my Tonya wrote me so you can see what is happening. Note, the lady that my Tonya works with, her name is Tonya also. Kind of confusing. 

I went to Topeka today & got the dossier documents apostilled!!  Praise God He helped me get there & back! :)

I (my Tonya) sent the dossier off to Tonya (the adoption person they work with) & she should get it tomorrow @ 10:30, then she'll look it over & forward it onto a gal that's going to Ukraine. So it will be in Ukraine next week to get translated then to the adoption offices before they close!!! Glory to God!  :)

Please pray for protection for all of the papers now. They are on an airplane right now......... on it's way to the Ukraine!!!!!!!!! We are so excited!!!!

So here is where you sweet ladies come in.........we need fundraiser IDEAS.  I know lots of you probably have someone in your life that has adopted, so any ideas are needed please! We need to raise 20,000 before October. Seems impossible.......not with the Lord leading the way. I will keep my eyes on HIM!

The Family Kitchen

We have some things that we are doing now, but we need more IDEAS, please!!! 

Here is one of our ideas we will do this 4th we are going to set up a tent and will sell iced bottled water and Cakes in a Cup! We started thinking about this last night. This morning we just got 250 solo cups.......donated freeeeee.......500 forks...........donated freeeeeeee! Yikes! We also have a business (a farm supply), that is close to the lake that we can use their parking lot to set up! Freeeeee! We are needing water bottles donated, so please would you pray that we would be having some donations brought in. Thank you so much. 

Just got on facebook and Tonya is getting donations and bottled water donated........makes me cry thinking of precious people caring about our family.........humbles this heart for sure! 

The girls and I will be making the Cake in a cup and will have so much fun doing so!  We are going to decorate the area real sweet! I will be going around the farm gathering galvanized tubs. That will be fun in its self! I will take some pic's for you all to see. We can't wait to start these fundraisers to bring our Vitaliy, HOME! What a fun day that will be. Thank you again for your prayers. You are such precious ladies!!!!!!!!!!

One more thing, I had a sweet friend write me on flag etiquette. As you are putting up your flag this will help to do so properly. It is a very good article. Flag Etiquette click here

Enjoy your weekend..........I will be praying for your safety!

Don't forget Sherry and Jim, please!

Blessings, Linda