So What's Next?!?!?

Well....we raised the money we need to submit all the paperwork for the adoption. This let's the Knox family "get in line" for a court date. They will need to travel to Addis Ababa for that date. There, they'll get to meet the children for the first time!!!! ****sorry, when that video is posted you'll have to provide your OWN kleenex**** They'll be in Ethiopia for about 7 days and then come home to wait for the rest of the paperwork to be finished so they can return to bring them home.

So - while we've jumped the most major of the hurdles - they're still needing to fund 2 trips to Ethiopia.

Time to pray people!!! We need some REASONABLE (like less than $1500 each) plane tickets!!! Their agency is hoping for a court date in January. Their in-country cost will be about $1700 for that trip. Two months later (hopefully shorter!!!) they'll return for 5 days to bring the children home....so 2 more adult plane tickets and 2 CHILDREN'S tickets and an in-country cost of about $1500!!! WOO HOOO!!!

We're guessing we'll need a total of about $10,000 to finish this up!!!!

The Knox' are continuing to fill out as many grant applications as they can get their hands on....and No Longer Orphans is continuing to take donations!

I can't even BEGIN to tell you how this whole experience has grown my faith! Watching Craig & Caylene step out in absolute obedience & total confidence that where God leads He will provide. If you've been sitting on the fence about taking a risk for God...SIT NO MORE!!!! He can do AMAZING, ABUNDANTLY more than we can ever ask or think!!!

Thank you Lord for letting me be a part of this incredible ministry.

Jill Ross

The JUMBO list of THANK YOU's!!!!

If you could only see the CRAZY jumping up & down going on over here!!! God has OVERWHELMED us!!!!

So in no particular order....the GIGANTIC list of INCREDIBLY generous people that are bringing these babies HOME!!!! WePay donators, check senders, t shirt buyers, fun run runners, friends, family, people we don't even know! 126 all total....$17,945....unbelievable.....the last $3000 in less than 4 days....miraculous!!!

Andrew Lawrence
Sallie & Brent Lumley
Jim & Betty Loosemore
Eileen Koehler
Heidi Hawley
Hillary Weeks
Peggy Lyle
Anna Engle
Jana Brietsprecher
Lynn Haug
Kelli & Steve Katke
Stephanie Brazil
Women of Steele
Rockelle Ruiter
Lisa & Kirk Christensen
Benjamin Ross
Robi & Lance Warwick
Poppy & Granddaddy
Raylene Lawrence
Micah & Allison Johnson
Scott & Michelle Stevens
Virginia & Jesse Cheney
D'Anna Jones
Mary Jean & Jeremy Inman
Angela & Blake Buri
Rachel Napier
Brittney Ruiz
David & Kathleen Honcoop
Peter & Julie Bishop
Jessie Honcoop
Karen & Scott Finkle
Joy Hill
Kim Gibson
Kerrie King
Kelli Cox
Renee Thomas
Myndi Stout
Shellee Lenssen
Eric & Heather Meyer
Janice & Todd Stires
Gina & Rick McCarthy
Beth & Roy Moxley
Sue & Kim Mellor
Jamie Anderson
Darcell & Brett Meyer
Jim & Lisa Retzer
Cheryl Birks
Cody Wuestney
Jamie & Todd Kinley
Ashley & Brody Teare
Brian & Jolene Jacobs
LeVenna Cai
Becky Elfers
Duane & Tammy Drader
Chris Mathis
Shirley Cornelius
Audrey Largent
Ashley Kisor
Ashley Drolette
Edward & Connie McBride
Edith Kennedy
Tiffany Dixon
Kayla Thomas
Scott & Lori Ackerman
Rachel Kovanda
Becky Pfeifer
Todd Vanek
Rachel Olson
Heather Lively
David Ledbetter
Brenda Gingerich
Mary Baldridge
Tatum Weed
Bridgett & Justin Morgan
Jennifer Booker
Kara Riebold
Donald Kackman
Jay Rubin
Risa Parker
Heidi Kerr
Trina Hayes
Lori Brown
Mike Edstedt
The Rubin Family
Valerie & Kevin Branson
Diane Fanning
Laura Fanning
Nicole Capato
Terri & Mark Anderson
Andrea Farmer
Vicki Hopkins
Kelli Krogh
Marjorie Nelch
Stacey Pommerenck
Corey & Adrienne Ries
Jason & Christie Rees
Curtis Scholtz
Tarri Steiger
Crystal Senigo
Rebekah Spotts
Kendra Trump
Lindsey Stoval
Jamie Anderson
Tabitha Green
Becky & Tommy Phelps
Karen Heston
Debbie Gagon
Margaret Downs
Nancy Schwartz
Alex Baldridge
Debra Albanese
Barbara Haas
Jean Flis
Adrienne Berquist
Susan Inman
Kim Osantowske
Cheree Alsop
Krystle Donald
Shauna Clark
Zachary & Danielle Fudge
Mary Ellen Furman
DesaRae Janszen
Larianne Austin
Hope Sherman
Amanda Snyder
Adika Colston

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU doesn't even BEGIN to be enough!

Thank you for giving these children a HOPE & a FUTURE!!!!

Thank you for helping an INCREDIBLE family do something so TOTALLY beyond themselves!

These children will have a LIFE because of YOU!

Thank you.......

2 down....147 million to go!!!!