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

And the total is ...

$ 3,205 

 Yes that is correct...

 We made over $ 3,000 at our garage sale fundraiser this last weekend.

Everything has been deposited into our adoption accounts. It is awesome to see such a good result of our first fundraiser.

 Thank you for all of our support! 

And keep watching... We are beginning planning for our next few events.

You can follow along on our fundraising progress by watching the thermometer to the left.
I know the goal number looks large, but we know that God's plan for our families is to adopt and therefore we trust that he will provide. It is exciting to see Him at work.

God Bless all of you!
Mandy & Chris


P.S. We plan to have breakdown of where all the money needs to go in terms of our adoptions for those of you who are interested. (once we have time to get it set up)

Last Day of the Garage Sale Fundraiser

It is Saturday ...
That means it is the last day for our first fundraiser.

 We have been truly blessed with supportive friends, generous customers, and great weather (except for the hail that caused us to close up an hour early yesterday) ... I think God knew we needed rest.

 We will have most items discounted today and there are still new items that were donated last night ....

 So stop by again or for the first time and see what you can find.

 Thank you all for your prayers and other support.

 Blessings!

It All Begins Tomorrow ...

In less than 8 hours we will be pulling things out of the garage, putting up signs and tents, and making sure all of our wonderful items are placed, looking their best, and ready to sell.

I guess I should be going to bed, but not sure if I will be able to sleep with all the excited of tomorrow and our first fundraiser.

Thank you for all the prayers and please stop by if you are in the area.

Mandy

Only One More Day.....

Until we kick off our first fundraiser!

Our Adoption Awareness/Garage Sales

Yikes!! Yay!

Scary! Excited!

We have been working on this garage sale forever since the end of May.  Wow.

We have had so much help and support from our sweet friends!

Thank you L, T, D, J, and S!!!  Y'all rock.

We have received so many donations....like a ton!!!

I have a three car garage y'all.....
And we still had to store items in my house!

We have had so much fun.

We have laughed.

We have talked.

We have priced.

We have hanged so many clothes.

We have folded so many clothes.

We have arranged and re-arranged.

Our kids have gone wild!!!!

For Real!


I feel God's hands all over this.
Our friends are learning so much about adoption.
They are telling other people about adoption.

Our neighbors are learning so much about adoption.
They are telling other people about adoption.

It  has been Mandy and my hope and intention to bring awareness about adoption and the world wide orphan crisis to our community.

Mandy and I want to inform and educate.
We want people to ask us questions.
We can not wait to share!!!

What a perfect platform God has given to us to do just that!

And so, in just one day.....

We kick off this first fundraiser.

This opportunity to tell others about adoption!

So cool!

So God!

So perfect!!!



"There is not fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear...."
1 John 4:18