Goodbye Comfort Zone!

It seems lately that life is happening way out of our comfort zone!  We are in limbo in most areas of our life right now!  Bernadin's job of 13 years will most likely be ending in the next few months.  We are close to submitting our dossier and then will be placing our adoption in the hands and timeline of the Haitian government.  We are making plans to add two children to our family.  Two children will become ours, yet we have never met them and have no way of knowing how they are or if they are safe from day to day right now,  And it feels like 90% of this adoption process is begging for money, something I am not at all comfortable with!  Here are the amazing things that have happened though- our prayer from the start has been that we have enough money to progress to the next step when we get to that step, and so far, that has been happening!!  We have gotten through the fees to get our file to Haiti and now have some time to raise the rest of the fees we will need to bring the boys home.  We have lots of fundraisers going on, as listed in our How You Can Help entry.  We are still doing our Puzzle Piece fundraiser and have lots of pieces still available!  Like hundreds!  We are still selling soaps, and our newest endeavor, that is putting me WAAAYY out of my comfort zone, is that we are partnering with Trades of Hope in our fundraising.  This means I will be selling the work of artisans around the globe to help them earn an income and to raise money towards the adoption.  I am not much of a salesperson, but I believe wholeheartedly in the cause.  You can check out my website at www.mytradesofhope.com/elizabethjoseph or email me to learn more at www.tradesofhopebyliz@gmail.com.  If you can't afford to give financially at this time you can help me grow my business by hosting a party in your home, at a restaurant or coffee shop or even online!  Hopefully soon we will get out of this uncomfortable phase of begging for money, and in the meantime, if you know any millionaires looking for a worthy cause to donate $25,000 to, send them our way!