Where do I begin...

So most of you know that we've begun the addition on our house with the goal of adopting a deaf child. Ever since we began courting in 2009 Brice and I knew we wanted to adopt a deaf child one day. It wasn't until last summer working with Camp Summer Sign  (8 week deaf childrens camp I've been involved with for years) and in seeing so many adoptive families that God seemed to be lining things up for us to begin this journey. Brice and I prayed then began the research in contacting various adoption organizations and we had come to the conclusion that until our house was done we really couldn't move forward. We felt like this must be our first step of faith in the adoption process. Resigning ourselves to the fact that we must focus on our house, we haven't been focusing as much on the fundraising. This past Wednesday all that begin to change. God has worked in ways I couldn't begin to imagine and so now we need your help.

This past Wednesday we got a email from an agency that we'd contacted almost a year ago inquiring about a deaf child. They said they had gotten a call from the Dominican Republic and had a deaf toddler who needed a home and they remember that we were interested specifically in deafness and contacted us to see if we were interested. We briefly prayed and quickly replied yes we are definitely interested in a deaf child but you need to know that we don't meet several key requirements one of which is that our house is under construction and so we can't pass a home study. the other being that we haven't been married for 5 years it will only be four years as of May 22nd. After much prayer and deliberation we've decided that God has opened this door and we're going to walk through it as far as He takes us. We know we are called to adopt and rest assured I've checked and if God halts this then the money does transfer to another adoption, but we desperately need help, support, for you to host fundraisers for us! We will need roughly $50,000.00. This our homestudy, legal fees, our required 4 to 6 month stay in country and other misc costs. While that is our goal and a safe estimate. We need $10,000 to move fast and $2,500 to even begin!

We are holding to the fact that if this is the child God has for us then its going to happen! We ask for your prayers and support!  Please share our blog...pass it on!

 It has been a crazy past week with some wonderful God moments that have absolutely taken our breathe away and of which I will share very soon, but first a quick update on the house.

The weather has once again given us a fit with tornados and storms the beginning of last week, but thankfully we are still moving forward. Brice's Dad came over this weekend and with his expertise we are hopefully gonna be ready for our rough in inspection in about a week! Praise God! Then we can move forward with the insulation and drywall. We found out that septic is ready to go and just waiting on the dumpster to be removed then we are in business.

In the midst of it all our beautiful little girl turned 2! As of today she has begun those terrific twos and this past Saturday she had a few friends over at the park and played and enjoyed her time with her friends! It was some beautiful weather and we were both glad to have a short break from the house. We are so blessed to have friends that we can so easily communicate with and I am VERY grateful to my most amazing husband who helped me run errands, load and unload the car and juggle everything then took us out for Mexican afterwards!

 I am blessed beyond words with my wonderful family and cannot wait til we bring our son home and God grants us even more love to go around!

 Jessie

How you can help...

We are just beginning our journey but we know we are going to need at least $35,000.00 if not more because of the in country stay required. Having already borrowed everything we can to do our "adoption addition" to our house as well as desiring to be debt free..fund raising is a must and so it begins...we currently have several small fundraisers braclets $2 ea or 3/$5 and car decals $10 (these can also be stuck on books, furniture, walls whatever...)with the phrase "Support Deaf Orphans".

We have set up a savings account, but are working on some other options as well (will update soon).

So how can you help..pick up a jar...We currently have jars that we want to pass out to family and friends. We call them the loose change laundry jars....you know how men never clean out their pockets and there is tons of loose change. We are asking you to collect that for us!

We are also checking into making a cookbook and having a massive garage sale! So send us your favorite family recipe, go through your closets and donate us the junk you don't need!

Host a bake sale, craft sale, or have an awesome party and sell tickets letting people know the the money is going to help bring a child home! Get creative and please share our blog with everyone you know! We will be updating progress of our house, our life and the status of our adoption process!

  If you feel God leading you to help please don't hesitate. So many of our friends are talented in so many diverse areas so we are asking you please use your skills and help us reach our goal to bring our son home! This is more than we can accomplish alone but together I know God will unite us as the body of Christ to help the fatherless. Help us give a child the forever family he so desires and share the love of Christ!

Thank you for being willing to make a difference!

The Pruyns

Car decals $10

Buy a decal for your car, books, or wall....many different uses. Made from vinyl thanks to Megans monograms in Dyersburg, TN! Additional shopping charges may apply...In red, blue, white with "Support Deaf Orphans" also some white with just the ily hand.

Buy for that interpreter friend you never know what to get, or a family member who loves sign!

Busy spring

Framing done, roof on and all but a small part of siding done. Brice and I have worked almost non-stop with a toddler the past few weekends and have almost finished all the electric thanks to our handyman Dad whom has been willing to teach us. Shopping and errands with Grandma and grandpa hayre to gather supplies as well as help from neighbors in keeping the toddler busy has kept everyone involved. Hoping to move forward with septic and HVAC this next week as weather has once again delayed our plans slightly....learning to patiently rely on God!
Pray with us in these next few weeks as we try to pass our rough in inspection and begin insulation and drywall! 

January freezing

January started off freezing. We have called the contractor several times but seems the weather only allows for limited activity in regards to construction, so I am trying to wait patiently while I would love to just scream! The cold weather has allowed us to catch up on some work outside and see other things we needed to get done around the house but mostly we are just trying to wait out the cold so we can begin making progress on our lovely addition so we can move forward with our addition we have raised almost $300 toward the homestudy need another $1200 for the homestudy then begins the hard part of raising 25K for the actual adoption.

Please keep us in your prayers as we begin this massive addition and prepare to being home our son!

Don't freeze in all this cold weather!

This chilly December

Woke up to another cold drafty morning. About two weeks ago the construction crew came and tore down the back room to our house. They left the laundry room, praise God because they haven't showed back up since! This leaves the house a little drafty although or good friend and neighbor came and helped me try and insulate as much as possible...sigh. Pray that a have patience. I know that Gods timing is perfect but patience especially with the house is not my strong point especially since a were planning on working allot on it over break. Guess we will spring break!

Life has been a blurr as we keep up with our crazy schedule working, Christmas parties, friends and church events. Brianna has had a blast and enjoyed these past few weeks.

I have as well until we came hinge to no washer and dryer yesterday! My first thought was " yeah! They working on my house." Followed by..."oh crap I can't wash and dry the tons of clothes I planned to do Friday!" Such is my life!

One of my closest friends is in the waiting stages of her adoption (lega4jesus.WordPress.com) so a have been in touch all week keep her in your prayers!

Well it's time for us to put up chickens and head toward bed. So good night and pray for a speedy addition!