Blessed Beyond Words

Today was the day!  We had our pancake feed fundraiser that I have been bugging all of you about!  Ha!  It was so much fun to get to see everybody come and just hang out and eat breakfast with us!  So several people have already asked how we did today.  In our heads we were shooting for a total of like 500 dollars.  We thought that was probably a good estimate for a pancake feed and I really felt like we could maybe make it to $500.  Well....we didn't get $500, but don't worry we aren't disappointed....because the total was $1300!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  REALLY???  I mean REALLY!?!?!?! Why is this such a theme in my life???  Why do I get so surprised when God totally blows my expectations out of the water??  Tears come to my eyes when I think about the love that my community of family and friends have for us!  You all are seriously just making me speechless because it's not something that I can comprehend.  I truly pray that God blesses you all doubly for the blessing that you all have been to us.  Despite everybody's busy weekend activities we had an awesome turnout!!  I promise you all that as our child grows up he/she will know that this community is what made all of this possible.  It takes a village right?

So here we are...still waiting.  Our agency has contacted us twice within the last 3 weeks about 2 different birthmothers who are desperately trying to make a decision about choosing a forever family for their baby and we were asked if we would like to be presented to them and of course we said yes.  We aren't sure if anything will come out of it.  It may and it may not...we just wait and see.  These are the things that keep us going.  Just when we are getting weary of the silence....God knows just how to rebuild our hope/endurance/patience. 

Just keep praying for us!  Pray for patience.  Pray for hope to remain strong and for us not to want to give up.  Pray for this child that God has already picked out for us, and pray for that birth mother who is having to make the most difficult decision of her life. 

We love you all so much!  Thank you so much for coming out this morning and thank you to all my friends and family who volunteered their time to make this all happen!!

Love
The Nuzum's

 

Breakfast Anyone??

Hey friends! :)  My blog posts are starting to have a theme....waiting.  Ha-Ha.  I hate to not keep updating you all, but just assume when I know something...you'll know something :)  There really isn't a whole lot to update right now.  Like I said...we are still waiting.  It can be tedious sometimes.  It can be draining most of the time.  But it's going to be so rewarding and totally worth it in the end. That being said there HAS been some activity going on with our adoption profile...more activity than the USUAL activity.  It's very small, and I don't think that anything will come out of it, BUT it was something.  It was a little break in the silence.  And  it was enough to refresh us and help us stay excited about the end result of this adoption.  SO in the meantime while we are.....waiting :)  we are going to be having another fundraiser.  We still are needing about $3,000 or more to be fully funded.  You all have been soooo good to us in the past that I can't even begin to express our gratitude for our family and friends and our community.  We are excited about this upcoming fundraiser and we hope that you all will participate and come hang out with us.  Here it is:

On Saturday March 29th we are having a Pancake Feed!!  It's going to be at the Annex here in Pleasanton and the time is going to be from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM.  You can come anytime during that time and eat breakfast with us drink some coffee and just hang out and talk!!  There is no set fee we are doing everything based on donations.  :)  I hope you can make it!!!  Thank you all for your support.  We love you!

The Nuzum's :)