Paying it Forward

Remember, I announced the winner of the camera was my friend Sonia? She'll be embarrassed that I posted this because she's just humble like that, but I want to shout praises to the Father for the work He does in the hearts of His faithful followers!

As cool as the camera is, Sonia wanted to pay it forward by donating it to another fundraising family! After a few days of prayer, she let me know who to ship it to.

So without further ado, I'd like to announce a camera fundraiser/giveaway for another precious Treasure: please go to Robin's site to see the details!

Robin and her husband have been fundraising to bring precious Caelyn home and are currently waiting on LOA.

I love the adoption community, and I praise my Father in heaven that one little ol' camera can help two Treasures come home!

Beautiful Pendants..for a Purpose

We are so humbled by our sweet friend, Gayly, and her generosity! She is making these beautiful pendants and donating the profits to help fund our trip to BG Center (the guys leave early Sunday the 13th and return late Wednesday the 16th).

She's set up a website with all the details, order and payment information here.

This beautiful brass pendant with freshwater pearl charm will be given away after the fundraiser which ends November 17.

There are several ways you can enter to win this beautiful pendant:

For every necklace you buy, you get 5 chances

For posting on your blog, you get 1 chance

For posting on Facebook you get 1 chance

For being a follower on my blog you get 1 chance

Here are samples of some of the pendants available.


It's no coincidence that these pendants say HOPE! The Lord has given Dr. Gindis the skills and experience to equip families, and we are praying for HOPE to be restored to our Teen Treasure.

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for joining us in this journey of HOPE. And, Gayly, we thank you for your sweet and generous heart!

The pendants are available from today to November 17th, and the website is here.

Please leave a comment or email me if you've shared this on your blog or Facebook.

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

Heb 10:23

Sweet Surprises!

Today's mail had a beautiful surprise for me!

This canvas bag and tee from my friends at Katelyn's Fund! I've been on the blogging team at KF for a little while (although I haven't carried my weight through the whole China venture). Talk about a godly group of women! And the tee, well, it's made by my peeps at Wild Olive!

Thank you so much, Sheila! Just in time to wear to Falls Creek!

Surprises! $5,000 Matching Grant and new pix!!!!

These two Treasures are the reason we must cast our pride aside and ask for help.

***Updated with new pix on Monday!!!!***

I had planned to write a post today with this title...and right after church the Lord changed the surprise!

We launched the "Xoom to the Finish" fundraiser on Friday, admitting we still need $17,000 to bring Kasidi and Kennah home.

We have been praising God that He will fully fund this journey. We have no idea how...but if we knew, there would be no need for faith.

And if this journey had a title, that title would be "Faith."

Faith that this precious little girl who is in need of surgery will come home...

(Kennah in April ~ look at those pink hightops!)

...faith that this precious little girl with a potentially frightening and unknown medical need will come home...

(Kasidi in April)

...and faith that God would provide everything to get them here!

So what's the surprise?

After church today a family wishing to remain anonymous told us the Lord has led them to give a $5,000 matching grant to help bring our Treasures home! $5,000! Do you know what that means? Any gift of $10 turns into $20, a gift of $50 turns into $100 and so on! We will keep the ChipIn up until May 15th.

We never know how the Lord chooses to provide, and we have been constantly blown away throughout the course of this journey! We can never forget that He loves our girls even more than we do!

If you wish to participate in the matching grant, please see the ChipIn on the top of our side bar .

Father, we praise You for your boundless provision and for those who are sensitive to Your Spirit.

Prayer Warriors Needed!

Something amazing is going to happen tomorrow! The enemy has heard about it and is fighting it, but I claim he will not be victorious! Here's where we need your help~

You've heard the saying 'three sheets to the wind.' Well, we are currently '30 shirts to the wind.' Actually, it's 40, but that doesn't fit the saying (I'm trying to laugh about it so go with it).

On the day of Kinley's surgery, February 15th, we received an incredible email. My friend Laine connected us with her friend Kristie. Kristie lives in Georgia and is a member of a ministry which hosts an annual women's luncheon. Kristie has been burdened for the orphan and for fundraising families, and the Lord led the group to our family! Awesome, I know! The Lord works in the background, touching hearts and moving people we don't even know.

There are over 300 women expected to attend tomorrow. Kristie and I have spent lots of time on the phone sharing our testimony and coordinating the 'focus.' She will speak on behalf of our family and show our "Make a Difference" video. She wanted to help with our Wild Olive tee fundraiser and asked if we could purchase tees to sell at the luncheon. After much prayer and coordinating with the amazing WOT team, we decided to purchase 40 tees.

20 of these~

and 20 of these~
The tees have been ordered and shipped, due for delivery yesterday. BUT somehow they have been 'misrouted' by the USPS, and we still haven't been able to locate them!

I have refused to worry about this. As God would have it, my devo verse this morning was Luke 12:25-26 ~

"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?"

Will you pray expectantly with us that this 'lost' package will show up in Kristie's mail today? God is sovereign! He already knows the hearts He will touch tomorrow! And He will repay the funds we've expended for the shirts, and then some! Because this is HIS journey!