Garage Sale Results

Wow, long time no blog!

Sorry it's been so long, but my goodness, it's been a busy/productive couple weeks! Since I last wrote, we had three days of garage sales, moved my grandpa to his new home, lead an Orphan Awareness meeting at church, lost a dear friend, did our last home study visit, completed a lot of paperwork, and worked our typical hours at work.

Needless to say, I'm glad to be back on the blog - I've truly felt like I've been neglecting a big part of my life by putting this post off for as long as I have!

So I'm sure you are wondering how the garage sale went, (or at least I hope you are)! Without further ado, here are the garage sale results:

With the donations of over 12 families/individuals,

and thanks to the help of 10 volunteers,

over the course of three days we raised about

$1,100!!

We feel so blessed to have had so many people donate and volunteer their time and energy to help us make this garage sale the success it was!

I just want to do a special shout out to a few people who's many hours helping us made it all possible:

•  Maurina & Blake Rondeau
• Kimberly Haugen
• Kaitlin Cormican
• Pamela Cormican
• Jill Ryder

Thanks again to everyone involved in the garage sale in any/every way!

There are many cool stories to share from the garage sale, and I plan to post them soon, so check back for some inspiring stories, soon!

Art made for Baby Cormican by Aunt Kaitlin

Ebola and Uganda

Dear, kind, concerned friends,


I have had many questions from you wondering if the recent Ebola outbreak is affecting our adoption, and the good news is that no, our adoption is at this point unaffected by the Ebola outbreak. Praise God!


Others of you ask if I am concerned that it will in the future affect our adoption, and the reality is that yes, there is that possibility, but no, I am not concerned. Uganda is on the opposite side of the continent of the affected region. (The last time Uganda saw Ebola in-country was in 2012, and the distance between the countries is almost 3,000 miles... that's comparative to our distance between Minnapolis to Alaska.)


Though I remain hopeful and fairly confident that the adoption is not going to be affected by the Ebola outbreak, I do ask that you consider praying for these people anyway - even though we have no connection. My heart is genuinely hurting for these West African brothers and sisters of ours who are dying, losing loved ones, and/or living in fear of contracting the disease.


Please join us in praying for those in the western region of Africa - that the sick are healed, the families who mourn will be comforted, and that the spread of this disease stops now.


If we have any concerns about our adoption, we will share our news and ask you to pray over it - as we said from the beginning, this is a journey we are all on, together. We made you a part of our adoption when we noted on our Pure Charity site: "We are already overwhelmed with the support we have received ... this is your story too! It's a story all of us are writing in the life of a child who is waiting for love and care. "


So please know that for now, all is still on track and the Ebola outbreak is not interfering with the adoption of Baby Cormican -  again, praise God!