Intake Interviews

Ben and Ashley headed down to Bethany in Modesto for our first round of interviews (Ethan stayed home and played with Mimi and Papa!).  The "intake interview" was the two of us with our social worker, Rhonda (who is fantastic!), for about 2 hours.  Rhonda is so relaxed and open - we are truly blessed to be working with her.  After talking about everything from "why adoption" to "how did you meet," we got our next round of paperwork to complete (fingerprinting and a personal survey are the big things).  Also excited because we scheduled our next round of interviews (individual) and our home safety check!  After these two visits are done we can get our names in "the book" and wait to be chosen by a birthmom!

The big things to pray for:
1.  We need to $2500 by December 11 when we go in for our individual interviews.  The Lord IS providing and we are excited to see how and where He continues to brings the funds in so we can meet our new little one!
2.  Clear heads and time to complete the last big round of paperwork.

3.  Our birthmother and our unborn child - safety and strength.

Ongoing Fundraising

We have two ongoing fundraisers.  First, we are collecting recyclables...its amazing how quickly a few bags of bottles and cans add up!  If you have some recyclables you would be willing to donate, we would be happy to come by and pick them up for you!  Secondly, 100% of the profits from our photography business are for our adoption.  Check out Ashley's photo blog for more information:  www.cainphotography.blogspot.com  If you'd like to schedule a portrait session, contact us at iamacain@gmail.com!
Thank you for your continued support, prayers, and encouragement!

Yard Sale Success

THANK YOU to everyone who donated items to our Yard Sale or came by to encourage and support us. We are so thankful for the extended network of friends and family we have! The yard sale was a great success. We now how a little over $1200 in our adoption fund!

We are brainstorming about our next fundraiser as we wait for our interviews at the end of October. Please continue to pray for us, our birthmother we have yet to meet, and our unborn child!

Yard Sale/Fundraiser

Tomorrow is the yard sale! So many families in our area have donated items for us to sell and help us inch closer to bringing home the new member of our family. Thank you for everyone for your donations!!!

Pass the word and come join us tomorrow for the yard sale:

Cain Family Yard Sale
Adoption Fundraiser
Saturday, Oct. 10
8:00AM - 1:00PM
2721 N Shingle Rd, Shingle Springs

References & Interviews

Bethany has now sent out forms to our personal references.  We are so thankful for friends who are willing to fill out these forms for us!  On Oct. 30, we will drive down to Modesto to have our first round of interviews with our social worker, Rhonda.  In the meantime, we're still planning our fundraising garage sale on the 10th!