UPDATE: A few people have contacted me, asking me for more specifics about our financial needs. We need to see a monthly increase of about $300-$500 CDN. We know this is a large chunk, but between multiple donors, it is quite achievable. If you are interested in supporting us, whether it is monthly or with a one time gift, please click here for more info (or use the PayPal option on the sidebar). Any help you can offer, be it finances, prayer or advocacy, we would appreciate it. Thanks all.
As you might have noticed, while I have been trying to have something posted regularly I have not had much of substance of late. The fact is that I haven’t had the strength or the time to put much energy into things. Over the last few years, our missions support has dropped substantially, so I have been trying to make some extra money through writing internet copy. While it has been a big help, it makes for very long days (followed by long evenings) and it simply has not been enough.
Add to that the fact that after 5 years of saving Aeroplan points so that we could go visit Kim’s family in Australia, we found that despite our many points, there were no qualifying flights. We would have to pay full ticket price to go. Since we haven’t been back to Kim’s home in half a decade, it was important for us make it happen. Unfortunately, it more than cleared out our meager savings. And not quitting there, what little we had saved was ear-marked for adopting a child. It has been difficult enough dealing with our unexplained inability to start a family, but now losing the funds we saved (and then some) his felt as though we have been kicked while we are down.
So many people- family, friends and even some of you blog readers- have been so generous to us, so we are not only grateful, but confident that God will provide. However, as you can imagine, it has been extremely discouraging. When our attitudes get worn thin, we sometime wonder at the justice of having to choose between our vocation (which we know we are being obedient in) or having a family (which, at this point, will exact a heavy cost, one way or another). Please pray for us at this time, as we are really tired, disillusioned and uncertain about the future.
Thanks all. We’ll keep you posted.
