If you are a Christian, you are called to help the orphans. You may not be called to adopt, but there are so any other ways that you can help out. You can donate to adoption grant funds or to families adopting, you can help spread the word about the 143million orphans in the world. Perhaps you can do foster care. Perhaps you have been called to volunteer at an orphanage. There are so many different ways you can help the orphans of this world. After all, we were all orphans until God adopted us into His family. What will you do? What need can you fill today?
Reeces Rainbow, the advocacy organization that we found Claudia through is doing their yearly Angel Tree fundraiser now through Dec 31st. Jason and I actually sponsored Claudia through this last year and now have a precious ornament with her picture on it. The Angel Tree has a few hundred orphans in need of families. The goal for the Angel Tree is to get each of these children $1000 in grant money before the end of the year. It has been very successful in years past but it takes a lot of donors to make that happen. If you donate $35 or more to any one specific child, you will receive an ornament with that childs picture on it.
Please consider donating to the fund of a child today, you can do so HERE
Need help finding a child to donate to, how about James? He is from the same country as Claudia. Often times the children from Latin American countries are overlooked for many reasons. Can you help fund his grant? Here is his page: http://reecesrainbow.org/31691/james-la
As for our adoption of Claudia, we are still waiting to hear back from USICS, hopefully we will get our pre-authorization tomorrow. We still need approx. $7500 to be funded for this adoption. It is a lot, but we have come such a long way! Thank you all for your donations, prayers and support. You really have no idea how much they mean to us.
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| This picture just brightens my day. I can't wait to have her smiling at me for real! |
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