I remain confident.

I remain confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.  Psalm 27:13-14

First, I need to let you know how our Valentine's Day event went!  It was such a great evening filled with laughter, tears, yummy treats, band and super fun photo booth.  We had some amazing volunteers who spent countless hours helping prepare the evening.  I also wanted to let you know that all your generous donations added up to be $6,700!!!!  Kenny and I are so thankful for each one of you that came out to hear our heart for adoption as well as the Spitzack's and Bullock's.

As of now, we have completed our dossier and it is currently in Washington DC.  Our agency said it will take about 2-3 weeks to get the final seals, then off to Ethiopia.  Once in Ethiopia it will take around 4 weeks to get our paperwork translated into their language.  Then, we will just be patient and wait for our referral.  Our agency has shown there excitement for our age parameters.  Age 0-5, boy or girl.  They have let us know that our referral will come quickly.  Of coarse that makes us excited, BUT, we know we have to take it slow. Gods timing, not ours I keep reminding myself. 

This past fall, Kenny and I had made a deal. We did that childhood deal making of spitting on your hand, pinkie swearing type of thing! Ha ha!! Our deal was, Kenny would do the paperwork and I would do the fundraising! I thought I was getting the better end of the deal, until the paperwork was finished and the fundraising wasn't.  But, some of you may know, my main squeeze is away for a bit.  I won't elaborate, especially on such a public page.  But know it is not that long, thank goodness.  To many it seems like forever, but when you have spent probably 50% of your marriage apart, this length of time seems like a piece of cake! So during this time I know that The Lord is calling me to focus on my kids, myself, my home and my small group.

We get asked all the time, "why does it cost so much?"  Well, I don't have a great answer for that, but I wanted to give a visual of where the money goes.  The adoption fees part one, is completely paid! Thank you so much, we couldn't have completed that without you!  Currently, we are raising funds for the part two as well as our travel.  As you can see, that's still around $20,000.  BUT, we are confident that God has all the details worked out!  Just like He has called me to be a mom and a wife, he has called us to adopt.  If you click this link it will take you to our fee schedule.  My goal was to already have it where you could see it, but my computer skills are not up to par!
http://www.illienadoptions.org/doc/Illien_Ethiopia-Fee-Schedule_2013.pdf


  If you feel led to donate there are a few different ways that can be done. We have a PayPal account attached to our blog.  You can make a tax deductible donation by sending a check to:
                                Ordinary Hero
                                P.O Box 1945
                                Brentwood, TN 3702
 *Please make sure to put Kenny and Taira Massey in the memo line.

You may also email me for my address as well.  Tairamassey84@gmail.com

We also have several T-shirts still available.  Both colors, teal and grey in sizes L and XL only.  $15

Thank you for all the wonderful people who have and continue to pray over this journey we are on.
                                                                                   
God Bless,
 Taira