It’s $5 Friday again y’all! We are so thankful for what the Lord has done for us, and for all of you who have been so kind to help us. Many of you have been such a blessing to us whether it be through praying for us or financial support or both.

When Jonathan and I got married we knew that there was the potential for us to have some struggles, but I have to say I never thought we would be facing IVF because it was our last option. When we were told the approximate amount that we would need for this procedure we were completely overwhelmed. To us the idea of having to come up with possibly $20,000 just seemed unfathomable!

When we started raising the money about 10 months ago we knew that people would help, but I’ll admit that I didn’t think it would be like this! I don’t take for granted that we have what we have. What a blessing it is!

When we found out that we were not going to receive the grant I told Jonathan that while it would have been great to have help from the Cade Foundation that I thought it would be more special and meaningful to receive the total amount through our friends and family.

For all of you who do not know us as well as some others do, I hope that as you read our blog you will see our hearts desire is to have a family, but first and foremost is the desire to please the Lord. After all… He alone is the giver of life.

Thanks again to all of you for your love and support. Please continue to pray for us and if you are able, give.

I can honestly say first hand that I 100% agree with the small and simple promise found in God’s Word… For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 1:37

Another week, another Friday. We’re still amazed at how God has used you all to help us in our endeavor! He has been so good to us in using your giving hearts to push us closer to our goal!

Though we’re over halfway, we still have a few thousand dollars to raise. Please share this post with your friends and encourage them to read our story. If some can give just $5, it would mean so much to us! If some are unable to give, we would certainly appreciate the prayers for us – this truly means more to us than you can ever know.

Thank you so much for your giving and your prayers!

It’s Friday again! This is the first $5 Friday we’ve had since we got the news from the Cade Foundation and their news of declining us the grant. Honestly, we were bummed. But we accept that the Lord has a ‘Greater Yes’! We’re still excited and anxious to raise the funds we need to be able to pursue IVF!

If you notice, I’ve made a small addition there on the right-hand side. You see our total goal of needing $14,030, and we’re currently at $6,665, nearly halfway there! God has been so good to us through all of you!

Please share this post with all your friends and ask them to share it with theirs. Every little bit helps, and for that we are so thankful. We are more thankful for your prayers as we continue to seek God through this whole process.

We’ve had a very busy day today, so we haven’t posted this until now. But it’s $5 Friday! Again, we ask that you share this with your friends and encourage them to share with theirs. I did some checking the other day, and with what we have received so far, we only need a little less than $1,300 IF we get the grant!

We would also like to thank all of you again for your financial help and support, and especially your prayers!

Hello everyone! Last Friday was our first $5 Friday, and we were able to raise some funds to help go toward our IVF procedure. As of this writing, we’re at $6,630 total raised. Praise the Lord!

Today is another Friday, so we’re asking you to please share this with all of your friends and have them share with their friends to spread the word.

We’re at about 2 and a half weeks until the time we find out if we’ll be awarded the grant by the Cade Foundation. If we do get it, we’ll still need a little less than $1,500 to make up the gap. We are so thankful for how God has provided through all of your generosity! We look forward to seeing what God is going to do moving forward!

If you can, we’d appreciate it if you can give just $5 today. If you’re unable, one thing you can do that will mean so much to us is to pray! Pray that God will help us to raise the funds, but most of all pray that God will have His will in our lives during this process.

While we’ve nothing new to report in the way of progress on our own new addition, I’m happy to report that my sister has had her 6th boy! Born on Monday, September 16 weighing in at 7 lbs, 8 oz, Gunner Magnum Crass is as healthy as they come. We’re excited to have another nephew, and excited for the family as they bring a new bundle of joy home!

For our part, we still need to raise some money. Since today’s $5 Friday, we’re sharing this out to all our friends and ask that you share it to your friends, and encourage them to share it as well. If all you can give is $5, that’s great! Every little bit helps, and if several of you and your friends are able to just give $5, it would go so far to help! We certainly appreciate it and pray God will bless each one of you! If you are unable to give, we ask that you please pray as we continue to raise funds to be able to have an IVF procedure!

As all of you know, we’ve sent off papers for a grant, which we’ll hear back on next month. In the meantime, we still need to raise some more funds. In the grant application, we estimated that we could raise an additional $1,500 ourselves, so that amount is being taken into account by the Cade Foundation if they choose to award the grant to us.

To help us reach that goal, we’re turning to you to help us get the word out. Each Friday, we’ll post and ‘advertise’ the opportunity to donate. Where you come in is that we ask you to share these posts in your social media outlets – Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.

We haven’t had that much to update on lately, besides patiently waiting to hear if we’ll be awarded the grant dollars or not. What we do promise though is to update with whatever we can on each Friday.

Thanks for your continued support, donations, and most of all your prayers!