I feel all Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams this morning. I remember this voice in my head (not as deep and awe-inspiring as James Earl Jones, mind you) as I contemplated the exact steps necessary to retool this website, secure a post office box, map a domain, create a PayPal button, start a Facebook group. Part of me kept saying, 'what if I build this and no one comes?' while an equally nagging part said, 'yeah...but what if they do?'
I was going to have to throw myself into it and then put myself out there (one of my least favorite things to do!) to ask people for some assistance. I much prefer to be the one offering and executing the assistance than asking for (or even needing!) it. But, for those of you who knew of our journey prior to us announcing it to the free world and gave us five, I appreciate the inspiration to go global. (grin)
As of last check, we have had the equivalent of 102 people 'give us five' which means we've had a jump of the equivalent of 39 people in the past day alone! Amazing. I say 'equivalent' because some of our individual high-fivers chose to do so in multiples and that is okay by us! We've also had lots of families sending fives for each of their members and that is really cool too!
We are less than $100 away from the first benchmark--the $600 necessary to apply for and start our homestudy (the $550 balance isn't due until the homestudy is completed). On Sunday, this goal seemed further away than I could imagine and now, it's RIGHT THERE...thanks to you.
Thank you.
M3's album will be chock full of names documenting those who helped make her dream of a home come true. You should feel really terrific about the part you're playing in that. I think there will be lots of people walking around with a little extra Christmas spirit in their hearts thinking about the goodwill they have sent our way.
We'll keep you posted so check back often!
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