Concert Tomorrow

Please pray for us tomorrow...

Our benefit concert is tomorrow night.
I am nervous.
I am excited.
I get to play bass in the band ... sing a song that was our theme for our first adoption (that until a few weeks ago I could not even hear without crying) ... and I have get to speak in front of people.

Yes it is exciting and nerve racking, but it is something I am passionate about and I want others to be passionate too.

Please pray that ...
1. People come :)
2. The band rocks it (like we know we can)
3. God gives us the words to speak
4. Lives are impacted (those in the crowd and the children they will touch through adoption or support of those who are adopting or prayers for the orphans)

Now I better go get some sleep!

Blessings,
Mandy

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Concert in T - 10 days

Please mark your calendars for the FREE adoption awareness concert on next Sunday night the 16th of Sepetmeber. 

The band has been practicing and it is looking to be a fun time

...with a few "surprises" up their sleeves. 

So come on over to Trinity Lutheran Church on Stewart Avenue at 6:30pm 

See you There!

New T-Shirts Available

As we are gearing up for our next event ... Walk be Faith Concert on September 16th ... we want to remind you that there awesome T-shirts available through Wild Olive Tees (Code: BERINGER524) and now Adoption Bug (with some options for men).

Take a look and share your support for our adoption with some great tees.

Thanks!
Mandy & Chris

Answered Prayer!

God answers prayers!!!

I am totally convinced of this.

As I posted a few weeks ago, we accepted a referral of a baby boy in Ethiopia. The referral fee is $10,000. This payment was required to be sent along with our referral acceptance form.

But...Joel and I don't have $10,000 to pay all at once.

So, what did we do?

We prayed!..

Then called our agency and asked if we could pay it in installments.
There response...
We could pay $5000 now, then the rest would be due by the end of August.

A little more time, but not much considering we still needed $5000 and would need another $5000 in less than 1 month.

But anything is possible with God!

Yesterday we received an email from JSC Foundation stateing we had received a grant for $10,000 and the check was already on the way to our agency.

What? Really?

Thank you God for answered prayers!

Now we wait to be assigned a court date (probably in late fall) so we can go meet our precious little guy.

Thanks for all who are praying for us and supporting us through our fundraising efforts. We are so humbled and blessed by all of you!

Joel and Mandy

10% of Goal

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to shout out that after I made a deposit today, i noticed ...we reached 10% OF OUR GOAL amount of $40,000.

Thank you everyone for your support and prayers.

Keep watching for new events...
*There is still time to sign up for the photography sessions
* and watch for information on the free concert coming up in September.

Blessings,
Mandy & Chris

P.S. Joel and I accepted a referral of a beautiful baby boy in Ethiopia. We are so overjoyed. Stop by our family blog to follow along on our journey as we wait and prepare to bring our son/baby brother home to our now family of 4 ---Mandy

Next ... Photography Fundraiser

Thanks to our friend and amazing photographer, Lisa at Bluesixteen Photography and Design, we have scheduled our next fundraiser.

Check out the { Photography Fundraiser } tab at the top for details...

And don't forget to book your spot!
(there isn't much time, and limited availability)

Did you notice we get 50% profit?... and you get the digital rights to all the pictures?

I think this is such a great deal for you (and blessing to us).

Thanks!
Mandy & Chris

Happy Summer!

I hope you all are having a summer full of God's blessings!

We have been having some family time and rejuvination time these last few weeks, but hope to get going on some more fundraising/planning as we move into this month.

Keep checking back for new events and updates.

Meanwhile, ponder this ...

Acts 1:8 says:

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

We are called to be witness (missionaries) at home, in our city, state, country and world. Enjoy being where God has called you and doing His work.

I am enjoying seeing His work and plan through this adoption ministry that He has set on our hearts. I cannot wait to see where He leads us next in this. Thank you for joining us in this exciting time.

Blessings,
Mandy