Seriously...

So this week started off amazingly as we had our homestudy. Learned that we can go on hold if we don't raise the funds needed to continue to process and that we love our agency as they prayed with us and helped us know what we needed to get finished without freaking out about what wasn't done. We feel like we are in a good place! This morning started off somewhat on a more sour note as I called to ask a few questions about hanging drywall in regards to hvac and instead got yelled at that our hvac had to pull the permit instead of us despite me doing the electricity. Good grief....I hate the politics of things. Tmw we go and get fingerprinted to make sure that we aren't criminals. Just pray everything goes well. Never done anything outside of take my brothers candy when I was a kid but so afraid we will be the freak case who gets flagged because there was a mix up in the system and it will delay things. Sigh....knowing its all in God's hands. I know He has a plan but after watching the documentary Stuck with my BFF its so hard to think of all the MILLIONS of orphans that are suffering around the world and in need of LOVE! Bless the poor social worker. I just broke down crying on her telling her my biggest fear is that we will be so close financially to meeting our goals but not enough to complete the adoption. Trusting God can be such a hard walk of faith! Off to drive the bus for camp SummerSign today. May God bless you all !

Trusting while in action

So today the drywall arrived, the hvac is almost completed and if we get a few days straight of sunshine then my yard will finally get covered back up and not be torn to pieces! I have cleaned house (always more to do on that end) and am making some crafty things to sell at our yard sale. natural bug salve to ease those itchy bug bites, Bath salts, and other neat craft stuff that will all be for sale.
Brice and I are so tired. We had such a time getting out of bed this morning. I have been up to almost midnight most nights, working on adoption paperwork, grants, cleaning house, or playing with Brianna. He is working every spare minute on the house, but we are taking breaks to just enjoy life so no worries, but our goal is to get as much accomplished over summer before I go back to work as we possibly can!


 We finally got most of our supplies in and this weekend will pickup the remaining things we need to really get things moving so that we can work all next week on drywall! I am going to call the HVAC inspector Tuesday morning and have him come out. Be prayerful that we pass otherwise it is quite a bit of additional work and expense that we will encounter fixing the problems I foresee.


Keep us in your prayers specifically for strength and energy, so tired as of late.


Please share our story with your friends and churches. We are doing everything possible on our end to prepare for this little one to be ours and as of now we are the only family pursuing him. Keep us and him in your prayers as we have our first home study done June 23rd!


Thank you!

Blessed not stressed ;)

Wow time flies and quickly becomes a blur. We have been working steadily on our house. Made these wonderful plans that included drywall delivered on Monday, adoption agency call on tues, then wed-thurs Brice and a friend were gonna hang drywall somewhere in there they were supposed to cover my septic system too. Well it has rained and rained the ground is so wet they wont deliver the drywall, so we had to postpone that until next week and of course cant cover septic with mud everywhere...sigh. My dental work from last week is having issues so I return to the dentist this Thursday and Hvac is coming tmw instead of next wed like I thought (Praise God) so we rushed to pull permits this morning before driving an hour to a Video Phone so that we could take the agencies phone call. It has been rather hectic and my emotions have been all over, but I praise God for the network of supportive and loving friends who have walked this road of adoption before me, have a heart for adoption and children and just guide me through this time! We called today and set up the time to officially begin our first step in the homestudy process. Knowing that this child we are pursuing and the other child we desire but have no idea yet their identity need a forever home and someone to love them just breaks my heart! We KNOW that God has a plan and are trusting that He will work out the details throughout this adoption process. He has shown Himself faithful over and over again and we know that He alone led us to this time and place! So off we go on our fundraising endeavors!


 Several friends offered some great ideas and I am currently working on a chili cook-off for this fall to include a silent auction...if you know of a location big enough(free)...that is my first hurdle!!! Email me at jesspruyn@gmail.com


Also working on a painting fundraiser...painting party class with friends!!! So keep your eyes open! In the meantime get your coffee and shirts on!


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Check these out and look for other ways you can help!!!


Thank you!
Jess and Brice

Today has been a fabulous and productive day. We poured concrete so that HVAC can begin soon. We also got both BLUE stickers for the electric and septic so we are READY to move forward. Our new goal is to have the Final Inspection the end of June, meaning all drywall hung, light fixtures and receptacles in place (hopefully pa int done as well). That would just leave the minor detail and flooring for July! Please pray that we meet these deadlines as well as have successfully Fundraisers as we don't want anything hindering us in our journey to bring home two orphans. We have started even MORE paperwork for the adoption process and are arranging our schedule so that we can begin the needed trainings required for our home study.


Keep us in your prayers. SO excited to see where God is going to take us!


Jessie Pruyn

Homestudy here we come....

Application and tons of paperwork mailedas of last Thursday. Praying we pass our rough in inspection today then we can start insulation and drywall. Would love to paint by July! This momma needs some coffee...driving two miles to make a phone call at 7 am is ridiculous! Alas I am going home and at least should have a productive morning filling out grants and preparing for inspection and to bring our sweet kiddos home! So excited to be on this journey with my best friend....love you Brice Pruyn!

Application pah

Took us about a week but finally got our application submitted and paid. We have officially took the first step of faith in bringing our son home. Now we wait a week while they review our info and then we shall see. Keep is in your prayers as we begin preparing all the way around. Check out our Facebook or other fundraisers below! Check out how you can help us raise money to bring our son home!

Busy weekends

Yesterday was a fabulous mothers day. We went to church, saw family and friends then came home to work on the house. Brother Aric had a great sermon on not worrying. Certainly hit home with Brice and I as he had been filling me in on everything related to the Dominican Republic in regards to their history, culture, economy.He also helped come up with ideas for us to rent out our house when we move to the DR! We prayed for our son (wherever he is) then went home and threw ourselves into working on the house yet again. We had hoped to schedule the electrical inspection this week but now it might be better to wait until a have the bugs worked out.

  So much left to do and time is moving quickly. We are constantly praying and preparing for this adoption. We are almost completely done with our application and have raised $50 toward the first portion of our costs.A far cry from the $2750.00 more we need.

Please pray and share our story as we seek God and prepare to give one of His orphans a forever family.

Thank you!