Sunday, October 21, 2012

AUCTION TIME!!

We are so overwhelmed by the outpour of support for us in this adoption journey. We have been blessed with 114 items that are being auctioned off from now until 10pm on November 3. Every penny earned will go directly toward bringing our precious girls home from Ghana!

After reading the auction rules below, please visit our auction by clicking HERE and considering bidding on items that peak your interest.

Thank you so much for your support!

AUCTION RULES

* Auction begins at 8am EST on October 21, 2012.

* Comment on the auction listing with your bid.

* Email address must be included with EVERY bid for contact at auction close.

* All items have a minimum starting bid. Please be attentive to it.

* All bidding should increment in $1 intervals. For example, if an item you want has a current bid of $8, your minimum bid is $9.

* Auction ends at 10pm EST on November 3, 2012. Bids with a time stamp after 10:00pm will NOT be accepted.

* All payments are expected within 48 hours of auction end and will be made through a secure website.

* All items up for auction have been generously donated to help the Schrecengost family bring their daughters home. PLEASE patronize the small businesses who've supported us for all your holiday shopping this season! Donor websites are linked in each listing.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Modern Technology

While there are still many people who will argue that technology has given us too much access or too little personal interaction, I - personally - am beyond thankful to live in the era I do with regards to technological advancement.

Yesterday, my friend Janet visited our soon-to-be daughters at the orphanage they currently reside in. Janet took her iPad and told me to have my computer on at 1pm EST. I did. And for the very first time, I got to see MY GIRLS in live action! We skyped for the better part of an hour! I talked to them, and they to me. All 4 of the kids here got to "meet" their new sisters and laugh and make silly faces at each other!

And then our girls in Ghana started singing...in perfect harmony...one of my favorite praise & worship songs! I Will Rise. It brought tears to my eyes as the lyrics are just so moving...and then (I still get teary thinking about it) the girls began singing Chris Tomlin's version of Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)...and all four of the kids around me joined in. I was surrounded by a chorus of all six of my children singing in perfect worship together. I can't imaging there will be any greater moment in my life until all six are physically together singing out praise.

Thank you God for bringing us together through technology.

I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High. ~Psalm 7:17