Big Weekend for the Weimer Clan

This has been a great family weekend. We celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary, Lauren's 12th birthday, and Jim's birthday!!! It was good to have fun as a family of four. We are anxious to get Eli home but also realize that our life will be different then. I am so thankful for a great husband and father. 17 years has brought a ton of adventures and I wouldn't want anyone else by my side. It is fun to look back and see how perfectly God puts people together. I am blessed to have someone who is perfect for me. Love you Jim!! We also celebrated the joy Lauren brings to our home. She constantly amazes me with her tenderness and heart for God. I love to see her mind working and watch her develop in to a beautiful, young woman. It is sad to think our time with her is going fast but fun to see her grow in wisdom and independence.

A God story.... a few weeks ago I received an email from a gentleman who is the director of Seeds for the Fatherless. It was one of those friend of a friend emails. He was wondering if we had raised all of our support or if we were still in need of funding. Their mission is to honor Jesus by helping care for the needs of orphans. One of the ways is to help adoptive parents get to their adopted child. This was an encouragement to us because most grants you get you have to fill out lots of paperwork and get your friends and family to give references. God just brought this to us!!! Each day we wake up excited to see what God will do. He has brought so many people to help us bring Eli home. Thank you Jesus for being so generous to us.

Some current prayer requests....
That we would get our court date SOON!
That ticket prices would drop at that time.
For Eli as he will be moved to the transition house.
For our children as we will be seperated from them while we are in Addis.
For our Pool Party, that the weather would be great and lots of families will be able to attend.

We appreciate your prayers for our family and Eli. We are seeing again how big our God is and it is exciting!!! Thanks for sharing our story with others and helping us Bring Home Eli!