Richardson Family Update

We are continuing to wait on a new referral. While doing that, we having been praying, fundraising, tackling things around the house, raising kids, supporting my brother and sister in law in their job hunt, and getting healthy.

Prayer:
Prayer is never ceasing. We invited people who wanted to be prayer warriers for our family to email us. Family is our ministry. Helping orphans is our mission. God is center in all of it.

Fundraising:
Donations are coming in slowly, and we are grateful for every single donation. We have the donate button on our blog to encourage donations of every size - even little ones.

I am also continuing to paint, and sell my paintings to raise money for the adoption. I have even been honored to paint some custom pieces of art, and continue to welcome custom orders by size subject and color. The amount of the donation for a custom piece is negotiable. If you are interested, please email me at richardsonstudios@charter.net.

We started listing some things on Craig's List for the Inland Empire to sell things we don't need and raise more money for the adoption. Look for 'Jennifer Richardson' in the title.

Of course, we are also saving every penny we have of our own towards the adoption as well.

Around The House:
We have this one closet which we doesn't really work for clothes. We started a project to fix it up and turn it into a shelved area for kids toys. It was part of the house when we bought it and the "closet" had all kinds of boards that didn't make sense. So we took out all the extra wood, and stripped it down to the bare walls. We just finished painting it, and already it looks so much better than it was. We painted it a light mocha color. The wonderful thing so far is we haven't had to spend any money on fixing it up because we already had all the supplies. It will be really nice when it is all done.

Raising Kids:
Michael and Gabriela have been off track for school and go back on Monday! They are both looking forward to homework again. Shawna recently learned what a cow was and that cows say moo. So, she is sitting on the floor with the animals right now, saying moo moo.

Others Offering Support:
For our friends and family who truly support us, truly love us, truly are there for us, we are ever so grateful.

Health:
The smoke from all the fires this week really got everyone congested. We are all finally on the mend and slowly feeling better. The air is actually clearing up slowly too as the fire fighters get containment on all those fires.

Blessings,
Jennifer Richardson
www.richardsonstudios.blogspot.com