BBQ Plate Sale a Success!

The BBQ Plate Sale was an awesome success today!! YIPEEE! We had so much wonderful help from our Church family and things went off very very well. The day did not begin so good when Bobby's Van broke down on the way to the sell. We had to leave it on the side of the road, squeeze Bobby and as much as we could fit in the car with Celeste and I and all the stuff we had and go on to the Church. A dear friend loaned her van for Bobby to go get the rest of the stuff in his van and then also for him to use for his route of BBQ plate deliveries! :) We sold a total of 279 Plates and delivered the marjority of them with 7 drivers! :) Yipeee :) We ran out of beans and had to go to the restraunt that had donated them and buy some more and so that was kinda a kink but worked out and we also ran out of desserts and a friend ran to a store and bought some more. Not quite sure how it happend but there ya go :) We had quite a few donations so we did not have as many expenses coming out of the proceeds! :) The baby fund is growing and growing, praise God!! We still need continues prayers for it to continue on and on. We have a long way to go but God is faithful! Thank you Jesus! :) Praying for other fundraisers to keep the money coming in and just prayin in general that God will send it one way or another! I know that my God is Able!

Thanks so much to all my friends and Church family who helped us today. We could NEVER have pulled this off without you guys! :) May God richly bless you for your help and love and care of us and our sweet baby boy Noah! NOAH, mommy and Daddy are gettin closer and closer to you sweetie! :) Catch my kisses in the wind little man! WE LOVE YOU!

BBQ PLATE SALE IS HERE

Well, the BBQ plate sale is here tomorow, well actually it is today since it is after midnight as I write this. I am up working on the routes and directions and though I should send out a prayer request! :) Please keep the sale in your prayers. It should prove an interesting day. The water is out or messed up in Shreveport and some places are closed because of it so I am not sure whether everyone who ordered will be there! Anyways, I do not have the total final numbers just yet because I have not added in the newest batch but I believe it is over 250 plates sold. We had some donations of food and supplies and then I got some good deals on what I did buy so I prayerfully did not loose too much of the profit towards the baby fund. I should have more info on the amount raised tomorow night. Anyways, I best get back to work so I can get a little sleep :) I am excited and a bit overwhelmed and nervous at the same time :) Noah Baby, this is one HUGE step closer to coming to get you my prescious baby boy! I am blowing you kisses in the wind sweet baby! :)

Prayers Please for BBQ Plate Sale Fundraiser and donations and such

Hi everyone,

PLEASE be in prayer for us this whole week. We are preparing for our BBQ plate Sale fundraiser this friday (January 11, 2008). We are trying to get as much food and supplies donated as we can and that is not goin as well as we need so far. Also we need to sell tickets. We are selling for $5 a plate which we are told is a very good price by some friends why buy lunch each day. We have a few friends who are also trying to sell. Please keep it all in prayer, the donations, the ticket sales, and also the physical help to box up plates and to deliver. One friend who works at a hospital has had several coworkers as if we were goin to do alot of these sales, so please pray it works out well this time and maybe we can do a spagetti plate sale or something the next time, but for now we just need to get through this one. I KNOW that I KNOW that God is blessing us with Noah as our son and I KNOW that God can do this, HE can provide all the money that we need. This is so overwhelming to me but to God nothing is too much. I am praying for God to show off somemore :) Please also be in prayer for the things we are trying to sell to sell, and for donations, and for us to sell all this World's Finest Chocolate we have to sell so we can pay the invoice that has come due. Anyways this is a crazy week with Celeste and I running all week trying to sell tickets and get donations. Thank You Jesus Celeste is home to be a part of this :) Please also be in prayer as we have to take her back to Dallas January 13 for her 2nd semester. As always please keep our sweet baby boy Noah in your prayers. Feels like forever we have been waiting and I know we have a long way to go still. Thanks for all your prayers and help!

in His Love,
Tami

We got NEW pics of Noah!!!! :) YIPEEE :)

Well, we got new pictures of Noah! :) They sent 3 pictures :) They were taken on December 20, 2007! Noah was 8 months and 1 day old! :) He has grown and changed in 2 months time since the last pictures were taken! :) Here is one of the pictures :) Isnt my little man a doll? :)

GUESS WHAT...GUESS WHAT...GUESS WHAT

HI ALL :)

I had to write and share!! GUESS WHAT I HAVE??????

I have the rough draft of our APPROVED homestudy!!!! :) YIPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEe!! I am so crying!!

They said they like us!! :) They approved us!!! :) So now they make corrections we needed them to make, and they send to the international agency and they tell them if they want anything else and they fix that and then we have it notarized!!! :) YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I am so so so so happy! I am sure you cant tell can ya??? :) heehee

Lookie:

"
Bobby and Tami Sisemore are a warm, loving Christian couple who has a loving, caring and stable marriage. They are intelligent, open minded and compassionate people who care for others. They are wise and loving parents to Celeste. They have excellent family support as well as many loving friends and a supportive church family.
I approve Bobby Lynn Sisemore and Tami Carol Sisemore for certification as adoptive parents. They present an excellent level of maturity, marital stability, individual strength, financial security, and with positive attitudes regarding the adoption. They have a close family and an active family lifestyle with a real commitment for the adoption.
I approve Bobby Lynn Sisemore and Tami Carol Sisemore for the placement of one child of either sex from Taiwan between the ages of new born and twenty-four months, preferably as young as possible and preferably in good general health or with a treatable or correctable medical condition. This family has experience in dealing with special needs children in their own church. This examiner feels that Bobby and Tami Sisemore are adequately prepared for this task. I hereby approve Bobby and Tami Sisemore for a special needs child in addition to my previous approval."
I have asked them if we should put more than 1 child, so that this can be used at another time in the next 2 years if God brings another one along :) I am waiting on word back for that :)

Can you believe it???? :)

PRAISE \o/ Praise \o/

November 27, 2007
Hi all :)
Well, I wanted to update yall. Today Bobby and I went and had our individual interviews with our local agency. :) It went very very well! :) He said that as soon as we get our references to them which anybody who feels led to write one can but I need them by tomorow night! :) Anyways, we need to get those to him, and our short physical paperwork and a financial record thingy and give him all that on Friday when he comes for the home visit. He said they are already workin on writing the homestudy and the way he talked they are approving us, so as long as they are ok with the house and all and with the financial things then it shoudl be done and we will have an approved homestudy good for 2 years in Louisiana. Then they will send that to our international agency and they will add whatever they need for Taiwan and then on and on we go :) God has so moved. We were able to pay the entire $800 today when we went in :) It was so good to be done with all homestudy fees now. We had already paid the clearance fees and sent off the application fees. It is amazing to me what all God has done so quickly. :) On top of that the application and the fees FINALLY arrived at our international agency just minutes ago and they called and talked to me! Noah is OFFICALLY matched with us so long as the homestudy goes through :) based on what was said today and all by our local office :) I am so excited :) They said that within a week or so I should get some updated pics and information about Noah! It is so strange how I am so thinking about him all the time and wondering if he is ok and such! :) They are mailing us more paperwork to fill out and more things to get done :) There is so much to do and so many fees and it seems things have slowed down but we are BELIEVING and waiting on God to show off some more :) If I let myself thing about that we need thousands and thousands of dollars I get very overwhelmed but if I can just go day to day and work and think of ideas and such and do ALOT of praying I do better. PLEASE be in prayer with us and ANY ideas you have for fundraising please let us know. We have 25 boxes of chocolate bars that we are trying to sell and we have to get them sold soon so we can pay the invoice. Please pray God blesses that. Also we have the homeschool books for sale and other books. We are working on getting some subway punch cards to sell. I am tryin to organize a Christmas Eve Dinner Plate Sale to shut ins and such but I have to make sure I have enough help to deliver and all :) And I have to figure out how to cook and all and get it ready around a family Christmas at 2 at Bobby's eldest sisters house. Anyways, not sure if that one will work out or not. Also several have said they will help with a bbq plate sale at some point and I thought of a spaghetti plate sale too. Anyways, any ideas are most welcome :) Anyways please keep it all in prayer and remember the homevisit Friday at 1:30 and also pray that I can get things around here the way I want them and all :) And please pray that I can find support group or and more resources for babies with Fragile X Chromosome Syndrome. :) And as always remember Noah in your prayers :)
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Merry Christmas!!!!
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. :)
TamiJoy~Helpmeet to Bobby :)
Mother to Celeste (19) and adopting Noah (6 months, FX, Taiwan)
and the children of our hearts to come!
Please pray for our Noah in Taiwan!
I will bless you and give you many children; I will keep my part of the covenant that I made with you. Lev 26:9

update on homestudy appt 1 on Nov 16 at Noon.

Hi all :)

I wanted to udpate yall on the first visit of the homestudy. Bobby and I went to the social workers office on Friday at noon and met with them! ;) We began filling out paperwork and such and all went incredibly well :) We were very blessed. The social worker and his wife are just lovely. They act almost as if this is just a formality. We are praying all will go well and they will like all they see and we will have a favorable answer. We gave them copies of marriage liscence and birth certificates and such that we had with us. We filled out our paperwork for the criminal background checks and the child abuse check and such. We brought home papers to be filling out and the mom's had to fill out background check paperwork. I have an idividual interview on Nov 27th at 2:30. Bobby is suppose to have on that day as well, unless he is still on jury duty, in which case it will be rescheduled for his. The home visit will be Nov 30 at 1:30 pm. PLEASE pray for this to go well. We are tyin to fundraise the 2nd 400 for the hometudy and of course funds for the actual adoption and travel to taiwan and such. PLEASE be in prayer that God wil speak to hearts, pray that we can come up with ideas for fundraisng and such. God has so moved already and I am sure he will continue to do so! :) Thanks so much for all the prayers and support :) God Bless,
Tami

http://sisemorebabyfund.chipin.com/mypages/view/id/51b554aacb9e6a22 http://tillgodbringsthemhome.blogspot.com/ TamiJoy~Helpmeet toBobby :) Mother to Celeste (19) and adopting Noah (6 months, FX, Taiwan) and the children of our hearts to come! Please pray for our Noah in Taiwan!
I will bless you and give you many children; I will keep my part of the covenant that I made with you. Lev 26:9 "Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will."