ACTIVELY WAITING!

These last few months have been very difficult for us.  Throughout this adoption process, every time we have been given a task to complete, we have completed it quickly, believing that our efforts would help speed up our adoption process.  Unfortunately, we are now at a place where everything is out of our hands.  We are waiting for one last approval on the India side and then waiting for our case to make it to court (and there is no timetable for how long it will take for our case to be finalized).  We have now reached a place where all we can do is wait.  Thankfully, we are waiting and hoping in a God who is sovereign over all governments, government agencies and court systems.  We are completely confident that, “…none who wait [on the Lord] shall be put to shame” (Psalm 25:3). 

As we wait, there is one thing that we must continue to do: raise funds!  We are so amazed by how God has provided over the last year.  By His grace, and through so much support from others, we have raised over $26,000.  We still have around $5,000 to go, but we know that God will provide.  Yet we must thank all of those who have supported us through prayer, words of encouragement, sharing in our tears and giving for the sake of our son.  We have been so blessed in knowing that we are not walking through this alone.

We are excited to introduce a new fundraiser - one that we have been waiting to introduce for a while, but we wanted the timing to be right.  Although we are still waiting, we want to actively wait.  Therefore, we are starting a T-shirt fundraiser through FUND THE NATIONS.  This amazing company helped us design our shirt and ALL proceeds will help bring little “M” home from India. This shirt is unique to our journey because it has a heart in the area of India that we are adopting from and it also says the word adoption in our son’s Indian language - Marathi. 

You can order your shirt either unisex or ladies cut.  The shirts are $20 for adult regular sizes (small to extra-large); $21 for youth sizes (medium to large); $22 for adult plus sizes (XXL and XXXL).  There will also be an extra $3 charge if you need them shipped to you. If you need more than one shirt shipped, we may be able to combine shipping, so please ask.

To order, you can Pay-Pal the amount of your order to micahstrickland@comcast.net with your size and address or you can see us directly and pay by cash or check. Deadline to order is December 6. 

Just so you know…These shirts are soft shirts and are a tad less generous of a fit than a normal t-shirt…they’re a nicer, softer t-shirt…but if you are between two sizes we would definitely suggest choosing the larger! 

Again, thank you for standing beside us and praying with us throughout this journey.  We can't wait until all that we have hoped for and worked for becomes an absolute reality!  #ADOPTIONISREDEMPTION