Tax Deductible Donations

We now have a way to receive tax deductible gifts.  If you would like to donate this way visit our website at www.adopttogether.org/mooney.
We appreciate any help we can get.

Update

I just wanted to update on how things are going.  We now are working with an adoption consultant who is helping us navigate through this adoption.  With the help of our consultant we now have a lot more opportunities for our profile to be shown which is great news, but this also means that we have to have all of the money ready when we are matched.  As most of you know we raised 60% of what we needed at our fundraiser and from other funds donated, but there is still the other 40%.  We are in the process of applying for grants and seeking God to provide the rest of the funds needed. 

We trust God that no matter how long this process takes we will seek Him with all we have.  We are reminded of our favorite verse- For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 

Please continue to pray for us as we continue our journey to bring home baby He has for us. 

If anyone out there has any other adoption grant information please share. Just last week one of the ladies in our small group told me about a grant.  So anything helps.

God is Amazing

God is Amazing.  We have been blown away by the love and support we have been given.  Thank you to everyone who came out and endured the heat to attend our fundraiser last night.  It was great to see the great crowd.  Between the tickets sold, the 50/50, and the silent auction we are excited to announce that we  raised 60% of what we need for the adoption.
We continue to pray for our little one and for God to lead the right birth mother to pick us to parent their child.

Silent Auction Items Part 2

Here are some more silent auction items for Saturday night.  We can't wait to see everyone on Saturday Night. 

Heaven Scent Photography Package

Donated by Meredith Struebing                      Value-$325      Starting Bid-$75

Items included: 1 hour photo session, 15-20 image CD, Negative CD, and Print Release.

  

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Washington Nationals

Donated by Sheri Hartman     Value-$312      Starting Bid-$100

Items included-4 Redbird Club Seats in Section 258 Row 8 Seats 1-4 for Tuesday, September 24^th, at 7:15, and Parking Pass for Stadium Park West.

 

On the Go Pack

Donated by different restaurants and friends Value-$200      Starting Bid-$50

Items included:

$20 in Gift Cards to choice of Chili’s, Maggianos, Macaroni Grill, or On the border,

$20 in Gift Cards to choice of Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Longhorn, Bahama Breeze or Seasons

$15 in Gift Cards to Panera

$15 in Gift Cards to Steak n Shake

$25 in Gift Cards to Texas Roadhouse

$40 Gift Certificate to El Mezcal Mexican Restaurant

$15 Gift Certificate to JJ’s Restaurant

2014 ST. Louis Entertainment Book

2 Liter of Diet Coke

31 Picnic Thermal Tote

 

Hair Product Basket

Donated by Kensey Bachman and Susana Padilla   Value-$100      Starting Bid-$20

Items included: Gift Certificate for a cut and color at Lemon Spalon with Kensey Bachman, Biolage Hairspray, Matrix Hairspray, ProSelect Wet Brush,  Redkin Gift Set, Biolage Shampoo and Conditioning Cream. All items in a 31 utility tote donated by Sarah Roberts.

 

 

Kids Hair Basket

Donated by The Hairy Elephant                     Value-$50        Starting Bid-$20

Items included:  Gift Certificate to The Hairy Elephant for a child’s haircut, Chevron tote bag, hair clips, barrettes, hairbrush, head wraps, pony tail holders, circle of friends shampoo and conditioner.

Music CD Basket

            Donated by Janiece Wieschhaus and Gwen Garthe

            Value-$45        Starting Bid-$5

                                                       

Items included: Mandisa: What If We Were Real CD, Laura Story: Blessings CD, and Chris Tomlin: Burning Lights CD. 

St. Louis Rams Tickets

Donated by friends of the Mooney’s              Value-$60        Starting Bid-$20

Items included: 2 Rams tickets to game vs. Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, September 8, 2013 at 3:25.  Section 427 Row QQ Seats 16 and 17.

 

Elizabeth Ann Photography Gift Certificate

            Donated by Julie Scarpace    Value: $50       Starting Bid-$25

Items included: $5o Gift Certificate to go towards session fees, prints, or specialty products.

 

 

Peace & Love Bear

            Donated by Ken and Gwen Garthe    Value-$45        Starting Bid-$10

Item included: Build-A-Bear’s Peace & Love Bear with shirt and skirt, shoes, and a purse.

St. Louis Cardinals Basket

            Donated by The Wolfe Family and Grace Construction         

            Value-$150      Starting Bid-$60

            Items included: 4 tickets to Cardinals vs. Mariners on Saturday, September 14,

           2013 at 6:15 in section 233, row 3, seats 1-4. Cardinals cooler, gloves, hat, t shirt,

           mug, and a bag of peanuts.

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Gift Certificates

Donated by Lisa Troglio and Jackie Vick                   Value-$50        Starting Bid-$15

Items included: $25 Gift Certificate towards the purchase of Silpada Jewelry and $25 Gift Certificate towards the purchase of an 31 order.

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Parents Night Out

Donated by Lauren Simms     Value-$50        Starting Bid-$10

Items included:  4 hours of evening or weekend childcare arranged in advance for up to 3 children at your home with TLC Nanny and Wilott Christian Academy Teacher, Lauren Simms. 

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We also have a variety of sports memorabilia for auction for various amounts.

 

  All winners must be present to win.

 

Silent Auction Items

Here are some of the baskets.  More to come.



Scentsy Basket

Donated by Brook Gavlick   Value -$160     Starting Bid- $50

Items included:  Scentsy Buddy with Scentsy Pak, Purple Scentsy Warmer, 5 Pack Love Story Bath Tablets, Possy Peach Room Spray, Luna Shower Cream, Scentsy Bars-Hellow Yellow, Garden of Love, Havana Cabana, Flutter, Sizzlin Coconut, and Sweedish Massage Gift Certificate at Avani Day Spa.

Starbucks Gift Pack

Donated by Starbucks on Mexico      Value-$75        Starting Bid-$20

Items included:  1 lb. Breakfast Blend Coffee Beans, 1 lb. Pike Place Seattle Roast Coffee Beans, Starbucks Refreshers in the following flavors-Very Berry Hibiscus, Cool Lime, Valencia Orange and $25 Starbucks Gift Card.

 

Greeting Card Basket

Donated by Friends of the Mooneys  Value-$30        Starting Bid-$10

Items included:  An assortment of 30 handmade cards.  Some include-birthday, Christmas, sympathy, thank you, and just because.

 

 Samsung Galaxy Tablet

Donated by Sheri Hartman     Value-$235      Starting Bid-$75

Items included: 8GB Samsung Galaxy Tablet, stylus, and 31 organizing tote.

 

Passion Pack

Donated by Mark and Cindy Donnelly           Value-$67        Starting Bid-$15

Items Included: Crazy Love by Francis Chan, Rude Awakening by Mark

Donnelly, Passion for Jesus by Mike Bickle, Kaldi’s Organic Coffee, Bromley Organic Tea, Ghirardelli hot chocolate, and Mug.

Homade Good Basket

Donated by Curtis and Miranda Brennecke   Value-$25        Starting Bid-$10

Items included: Marinara sauce, Dill Pickles (lengthwise), Dill Pickles (chips), Hot Salsa, Mild Salsa, Pepper Jelly, and Rhubarb Raspberry Jam.

Pamper Basket

Donated by Curtis and Miranda Brennecke   Value-$150      Starting Bid-$25

Items included: Cranberry Oil Burner, Spiced Vanilla Home Fragrance Oil (x2), Tea Light Candles (9 pack), Electric fragrance oil Diffuser, 5 oz. Cranberry Candle , Pink bath lilly, Apple Ale Candle, Peach Bellini hand wash, Mistletoe Kiss foaming hand wash, Raspberry Body Butter , Satsuma Body Wash , Essie Spring 2013 collection mini nail polish (4 bottles), Essie Summer 2013 collection mini nail polish (4 bottles) Revlon Nail clippers, Green Tea & Lemon Room & Linen Spray.

 

Gender Neutral Baby Starter BasketDonated by Curtis and Miranda Brennecke   Value-$130      Starting Bid-$25

Items included: Carter’s Snoozysung Blanket, Baby Gear 6 pc teddybear set (size 0-3), Carter’s Handprint & Footprint plaques, Chickpea monkey print hooded towel, Baby-gami Book, Gerber 5 pack onesies (size 0-3), Carter’s crab print onesie (size 6 mo), Rabbit stuffed animal, Carter’s Frog bib, Munchkin Rubber Duck/temperature , Baby themed picture coasters (set of 6), Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature Bottles (set of 3, 5oz bottles), Carter’s Finger Puppets, 9 oz Elmo Bottle, and Sassy teething toy.

Movie Goers Basket

Donated by Friends of the Mooney’s             Value-$100      Starting Bid-$30

Items included:  An assortment of movie candy, $30 AMC Gift Card, 4 AMC Movie Passes, 4 Small Popcorn Coupons, and 4 small soda coupons.

Hand Soap Basket

Donated by Friends of the Mooneys  Value-$50        Starting Bid-$10

Items included:  Foam Hand Soaps in Lemon Daisy, Island Margarita, Apple Mango, Warm Vanilla Sugar, Apple Blossom, Strawberry all in a 31 carry all caddy.

Sassique Jewelry Basket

Donated by Kristin Collier       Value -$60       Starting Bid-$10

Items included:  an assortment of Sassique jewelry.

Kids Pack

Donated by Jessica Farmer and The Painted Pot                 Value-$50        Starting Bid-$10

Items included: 31 Butterfly Cinch Sack, and 2 gift packs from The Painted Pot in O’fallon, Missouri.

 

Mizzou Basket

Donated by Stacia Gwaltney  Value-$80        Starting Bid-$20

Items included-31 Utility Tote with 2 Mizzou shirts and 2 cups with straws.

Picnic Basket

Donated by Stacia Gwaltney and Sarah Roberts     

Value-$120      Starting Bid-$25

Items included: 31 Rolling Cooler, 31 Around Town Blanket, 12 Pack of Bottled Water, $20 Gift Card to Walmart, Paper Plates, and Paper Towels.

 

Premier Designs Jewelry

Donated by Kelly Brueggemann                    Value-$90        Starting Bid-$15

Items included:  Necklace and Earring set along with a 31 Zipper Pouch.

 

Been working on the donations for the silent auction. Keep watching for a complete list this week.

Be sure to get your tickets for our fundraiser event. Ordering them ahead of time will save you money. You can order them ahead of time and pay for them the night of the fundraiser, August 31. Email me at mooneysadoption@gmail.com. Can't make it to the event, but still want to donate? You can donate online on the blog or you can mail a check made out to Mooney Adoption to 304 Willott Square Drive St. Peters, Mo 63376 Be watching for a post with silent auction items.

Adoption Fundraiser Information

Please join us for a night of fun to help us raise money for our adoption. You can't beat this for $10 in advance you get to have dinner and see a game of baseball. We will have a silent auction and a 50/50, with a playground for kids and balloon animals.If you would like to purchase tickets in advance email us at mooneysadoption@gmail.com. If you can't make it and would still like to donate check out the side bar on this blog.

Fundraiser Info Coming Soon

It has been a while since we have posted. We are still waiting to be chosen by a birth family. In the meantime we are planning a fundraiser on August 31st at 5:00 p.m. at TR Hughes Ballpark in O'Fallon, MO. Put that date on your calendar. We need your help. We are trying to get donations for items for our silent auction. If anyone our there has something they would like to donate, we would gladly accept. We are looking for gift certificates, sporting event tickets, weekends away, products, items to put in baskets, or anything else you have to offer. If you have anything you would like to donate please email me at mooneysadoption@gmail.com.

Answers to Questions People Have Asked

Many have asked where we are adopting from. We are adopting an infant of any race or gender from the United States. Our agency mainly works in Missouri and Illinois. Others have asked what agency we are working with. The name of our agency is Christian Family Services. It is a small agency in Webster Groves. We are happy to be working with them. Continue to pray with us for the baby God has for us. Everything will happen in His time.

Waiting

We are still trying to finish our profile book. It is almost there. Once we get it turned in the waiting really begins. We know God has the child that He wants for us and that He will make this known in His time. During this time we are in the process of working on a fundraiser to help us in raising he funds we need. In the end we will need $15,000 to $20,000. This is a huge amount and we are not sure how this is going to happen, but know that it is in God's hands. If you are interested in donating please feel free to do it here on our blog or send me a message at mattandliz@charter.net and I will get you our address. Please keep praying with us during this time.

We Had Pictures Made

Home Study

Our home study is finished. It ended up not being anything to worry about. Now we move on to finalizing our agency. We had 2 agencies that we were looking at, but found out that one is not taking any new families. Maybe God was closing the door. We have a meeting with the other agency tomorrow. Pray for us for clarity and His leading.

Our Story

Matt and I's key verse since we were dating has been Jeremiah 29:11-For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. We did not know how God was going to work in our marriage and lead us to where we are today. We have always know that we wanted to have a family. We thought when the time was right we would get pregnant easily. Well God had a different plan. We have gone through many test and procedures to find out that having biological children is not in His plan at this time. In the meantime God has placed adoption on both of our hearts. We met with a friend who has an organization that helps Christian couples with the adoption process. When we first met with her we were just exploring our options, not really sure what God was leading us to. God just kept bringing it back to our hearts. About a month ago we decided we were going to begin the process. So we began filling out the big stack of paperwork. I remember during this time thinking, we are never going to complete this. Well again God stepped in and gave us two snow days where we were stuck at home. It was just what we needed to get the paperwork completed. So that next week we had it done and in the hands of J. She contacted us the end of that week giving us a list of things that we needed to work on(gather more paperwork, get fingerprints, physicals, background checks, etc.) to have for our fist home study visit. We also had to read books and articles on adoption to prepare us for what is ahead. Matt is not a reader so I read the books to him. It was a great experience for us to really discuss what we were getting ready to experience. We had our first home study visit scheduled. So I spent a little time each night making sure the house was clean and ready for inspection. The day came, the house was clean, snack were made and J showed up. It was a time for us to go over the paperwork that we had already submitted, look at our home, and ask any questions that we had. All in all it was a great visit. J made it very relaxing and calmed our nerves right away. After that visit we will have one more where she will meet with us individually and then together again before she is ready to get to work writing out our home study report. We have our second visit on Friday. We know that it will be just as good as the first one. We are more than confident that we are following the plan that God has in store for us. We ask for each and every one who reads our blog will take time to pray for us as we travel this journey.

Matt and I wanted to start this blog to be able to share our journey of adoption with our family and friends.