carly's first guardian angel

there is one important story i haven't told. it's not only important that i tell it as part of Carly's story, but it's important because it is God working in this adoption journey.

on a sunday in february i went to sunday school ready to share with the members about an idea i had for a fundraiser. at the beginning of the class there were only 2 of us there, me and a man i'd only met a couple times. we used the time alone to get to know each other a bit. after awhile another couple came in and i shared my fundraising idea and told them i only needed to find $200 to start the application process. we brainstormed a bit longer and class was soon over. two weeks later after sunday school the same man i had been talking to handed me an envelope and told me it was a thank you for letting him borrow some dvd's and about something we'd talked about a couple weeks ago. i didn't think much of it as i walked away to check on my kids. after making sure the boys were where they were supposed to be i opened the envelope, even though it was addressed to dave and i both. i'm not known for having any patience. inside was a cute card and another envelope. my first thought was that he had given me some gift certificates for stuff from swiss colony to use for the fundraiser party we had talked about. but, then i realized it was a bank envelope and he had given us the money we needed to start our search. i was freaked out, hands shaking and nervous stomach. i practically ran to dave to tell him before the service started. he was blown away too. i sat in the pew with tears running down my checks as the service began. i was most amazed by this act of faith because i hardly knew this man and he believed in me and what we were doing so strongly that he chose to financially get involved. our first thoughts were that we couldn't accept the gift, but then we realized that the gift wasn't from our new friend, it was from God and it wasn't for us, it was for Carly. it was another nudge from God that we were headed in the right direction, and by the way hurry up and get moving!