Yeah! I finally got to paint a closet! I have primed the boys room and soon hope to finish painting there and lay flooring! I have finally done a good mudding job so that means maybe my sweet hubby will let me do more! I am LEARNING!!!! It has been a whirlwind of a summer and some serious hard work. I am about ready to start back to work and my normal routine! Pray for our finances as the house has eaten more than we expected and thus we are having to COMPLETELY rely on fundraising from here on out to bring our son home! Please consider helping by sharing our info with all your friends and churches too! Http://www.adopttogether.com/ourdeafadoption
Shirts www.adoptionbug.com/ourdeafadoption
Thank you
Jessie
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Juniper oil anyone
So today has been almost a repeat of Tuesday in the amount of stress hormones I've experienced also if you factor in last Fridays emotional upheaval then yes I'd say some essential oils are in order for this woman! My most amazing brother-in-law came and stayed with us a week, spending all his time tiling our shower for us which looks amazing I might add! He got in some time with his namesake and we had the pleasure of his company while the poor boy worked on our house all week! Its a mess! We are working diligently and ask for your prayers as we seek to finish our addition these last few weeks of summer. We have reached the money has run out and we are running on elbow grease portion so its been tough, but with family and friends we are making it! Shout out to Dad for all his experience and help. He has been a wealth of knowledge and help, we are eternally grateful! Pray for our boy daily and pray God would lead this walk. Sometimes the hearing world at large doesn't understand the Deaf world in which we operate and that is proving yet again a challenging road for me to navigate so prayers on that end! We are at home depot yet again then back home for more work tonight. Thank you again for your prayers and support!
Jessie Pruyn
Jessie Pruyn
Monday, July 7, 2014
Busy times of preparation!
Wow this past week has flown by in a blur! Brianna and I were blessed to have Brice off for a week from work and how did we celebrate as a family you might ask? We all hung drywall! All day, everyday! We did finally stop about 5pm on Friday and celebrate our country's independence with some friends and family.
This past week has been super busy. Brice's Dad has been a gem! He taught me how to pour our own shower liner, and then today taught me how to do tile! I LOVE it! Like I am going to miss this a lot, but I will add that this past week has been hard on Brianna so I know its better that we finish all this before our new kiddos come home as they will have an even BIGGER time adjusting to a new home, new country, and new LIFE!
Some exciting news on the adoption front. We finally got approved to begin our non-profit online fundraising! This means that you can share our website with anyone and everyone that you know and their gifts are tax deductible! So please tell EVERYONE! My biggest fear is that we won't have the money needed to proceed with this adoption and Brice as well as myself know that the God we serve can indeed do mighty things through his people. So we are asking that you please SHARE! Share this blogsite...share our facebook page, and even better share our adopt together page.
http://www.adopttogether.org/ourdeafadoption
We have a little less than one year to raise the needed funds and have just a little over 2-3 months to raise our the money for our next agency payments to complete homestudy and begin dossier (roughly $6,000). We appreciate all your help as we spread the word!
Don't forget to tell people about our coffee http://www.justlovecoffee.com/ourdeafadoption
or our shirts for sell http://www.adoptionbug.com/ourdeafadoption
Lots of ways you can help us reach our goals as we begin saving every dime we have for the estimated $23,000 in travel costs alone to go get our kids, be in country, and then the cost to bring them home!
This past Sunday we learned more information in our adoption education classes about some of the issues our kids might face as older children. Just like Brice and I are nervous and scared to be moving with our young daughter to a country we have never been and leaving the beloved home we have poured so much of ourselves into for the past few months and years even, our kiddos will be leaving everything they have ever known for something and someone they will have barely known. For that reason alone I am glad that we will have the long stay in their country to learn their ways, their food, as much of their culture and rituals as we can so that we can better meet their needs, but I won't lie it is downright nerve wracking when I think about it sometimes. While I can't speak for my better half, I tend to be a creature of habit. I like my comfort zone, I like normalcy, routine, while an occasional adventure is great this will be one of the biggest and most definitely for the longest duration of any adventure I have yet experienced.
I ask for your prayers. That our hearts would be prepared for whatever God has in store, that HE would guide every step of our way, that HE would provide the needed funds, and that HE would be glorified through it all!
So say a prayer and SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!
Jessie
This past week has been super busy. Brice's Dad has been a gem! He taught me how to pour our own shower liner, and then today taught me how to do tile! I LOVE it! Like I am going to miss this a lot, but I will add that this past week has been hard on Brianna so I know its better that we finish all this before our new kiddos come home as they will have an even BIGGER time adjusting to a new home, new country, and new LIFE!
Some exciting news on the adoption front. We finally got approved to begin our non-profit online fundraising! This means that you can share our website with anyone and everyone that you know and their gifts are tax deductible! So please tell EVERYONE! My biggest fear is that we won't have the money needed to proceed with this adoption and Brice as well as myself know that the God we serve can indeed do mighty things through his people. So we are asking that you please SHARE! Share this blogsite...share our facebook page, and even better share our adopt together page.
http://www.adopttogether.org/ourdeafadoption
We have a little less than one year to raise the needed funds and have just a little over 2-3 months to raise our the money for our next agency payments to complete homestudy and begin dossier (roughly $6,000). We appreciate all your help as we spread the word!
Don't forget to tell people about our coffee http://www.justlovecoffee.com/ourdeafadoption
or our shirts for sell http://www.adoptionbug.com/ourdeafadoption
Lots of ways you can help us reach our goals as we begin saving every dime we have for the estimated $23,000 in travel costs alone to go get our kids, be in country, and then the cost to bring them home!
This past Sunday we learned more information in our adoption education classes about some of the issues our kids might face as older children. Just like Brice and I are nervous and scared to be moving with our young daughter to a country we have never been and leaving the beloved home we have poured so much of ourselves into for the past few months and years even, our kiddos will be leaving everything they have ever known for something and someone they will have barely known. For that reason alone I am glad that we will have the long stay in their country to learn their ways, their food, as much of their culture and rituals as we can so that we can better meet their needs, but I won't lie it is downright nerve wracking when I think about it sometimes. While I can't speak for my better half, I tend to be a creature of habit. I like my comfort zone, I like normalcy, routine, while an occasional adventure is great this will be one of the biggest and most definitely for the longest duration of any adventure I have yet experienced.
I ask for your prayers. That our hearts would be prepared for whatever God has in store, that HE would guide every step of our way, that HE would provide the needed funds, and that HE would be glorified through it all!
So say a prayer and SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!
Jessie
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