It’s hard for me to imagine that it has been over a year since we started this journey of raising money for our IVF Fund. I have actually told several people that it was about the second week in December when we started our blog, but when we looked back to find the date I was surprised to realize it was November 22, 2012! Boy was I way off! LOL
When we first talked with our doctor about doing IVF we had many questions. He told us in the beginning that we could need as much as $20,000 for this procedure. To us this was a MAJOR giant, and we had no idea where we could ever come up with such a huge amount of money. He gave us some suggestions and information to check into for help and we left the doctor’s office that day with a stack of papers, and to say the least we were very overwhelmed. We began praying hard asking the Lord to show us if this was the direction He wanted us to take. Even now as I look back over how far we have come I still feel amazed we would be where we are now and facing IVF. I never dreamed that it would be so hard and we would be facing our last option to have a child on our own.
Throughout this past year we have watched the Lord take that major giant and turn it into reality for us. We saw something impossible, but I have come to know personally that with HIM all things are possible. When we decided we would pursue IVF we had a grand total of $0 saved for this procedure, but today after…
- 1 year
- 1,594 puzzle pieces sold
- 1 fundraiser
- 30 bracelets sold
We have a new total of $8,520!
I stand amazed! Why I doubted that the Lord could handle such a task I don’t know. He somehow understood my weakness and very little faith. He didn’t scold me for not trusting Him. Instead, in this past year He has made Himself real to me! He not only worked a miracle in helping us to where we are, but He has worked a miracle in my heart! HE is SO good to me!
It has been through Him and your generosity that we are making progress toward our goal. The end is finally in sight and it feels so good. 🙂 May God bless all of you for the blessing you have been to us over the past year!