As I was signing into to the blog this afternoon to start this I heard two amazing songs that I had never heard before that I wanted to share.
First I want to start by saying a HUGE thank you to all of you for sharing and donating to our adoption of sweet Beza these past couple weeks. During these last two weeks we have raised $2,460 towards our massive number of $16,995. So we were able to send our agency $10,845! Woohoo!!! Obviously we are still short of that BIG BIG number, but our agency is has been very kind to us and is allowing us a little more time to raise the necessary funds. I think they really love Beza as much as we do so they are really rooting for him! :)
As I had posted in the last blog about the grant we had received and not being able to access it till closer to the end of the adoption, well our agency is in contact with them about accessing it early to help with costs now. So please pray with us that they would find favor in letting us use it earlier then expected. So, if we are able to access our grant we are currently only $2,150 short of that BIG number.
We received an email right before Christmas letting us know that the investigation process (that they do for every child) could take awhile because he has been an orphan for so long. During the investigation process they have to go back 5 years and speak with the individuals who found him and so on. We really felt it could go either way, but we would never know till we dived in. So that wasn't a hindrance for us. Well, yesterday we got an email saying that Beza's investigation was complete!!!!! Praise God! So as you can see, we are just taking 1 step at a time. Our goals right now is to just complete Beza's referral fee, later we will work on travel expenses.
The title to this blog post Melkam Gena, which is Merry Christmas in Ethiopia's native language. Today is Christmas there and I can't help but wonder what Christmas must look like for him? Im pretty certain it isn't like ours, but my prayer is that his belly isn't hungry and that he gets some extra special attention today. This is the last Christmas he will have without a family and BOY will he be spoiled rotten next year!! :)
Kenny and I are so thankful for you all over this past year and a half. We would love for you all to pray for our sweet boy and this adoption process. Pray that it will go smooth and move swiftly. If you feel led to make a donation we would be forever grateful. There is a PayPal account attached to or blog. Also we have a way for tax deductible donations as well. You may make checks out to Ordinary Hero but please remember to put our names (Kenny and Taira Massey) in the memo line. There address is:
Ordinary Hero
P.O. Box 1945
Brentwood, TN 37024
You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see you good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:14-16
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