Thursday, May 31, 2012
As promised and a day early :)
Goals
Day two of life with a family for Judah. My one goal for today......take pictures! Tomorrow I might get super ambitious and actually post them!
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Thank you!
Thank you for your donations we made it!!! Now back to enjoying our first full day home with Judah! I hope to post pictures soon if I can get him to slow down a little :)
Matching Donor for Alexis if..... Only 48 hours!!
$500 gift has been offered, but we need your help to get it!
BREAKING (middle of the night) NEWS!
We just heard from an anonymous donor who read about Alexis' story on our website. This donor has given to charitable causes in the past, orphans specifically, but ONLY if certain conditions were met. (And I know one case where those conditions were not met!) So here's the deal: If we can raise the Duval's Family Sponsorship Page from $3,044 where it's at now to $4,000 before June 1st then this anonymous donor will give $500 towards Alexis' adoption costs! If we don't reach $4,000 then no $500! This donor made it very clear that they won't be giving it unless we reach the $4,000 goal. I think they want to see who cares about this adoption. (Read all about adoption, living with arthrogryposis and Alexis herself in the posts below.) It would take 80 people giving their $12 gifts to reach this amount. We have 84 people following us on Facebook as well as many visitors on this site, but many of you have already given your $12!! Can we do it?! I told the donor we'd like to try and we are always thankful for the oportunity to raise these much needed grant funds.
Would you all please do me a favor and share this! We'd love that extra money for this family! (Our goal is still to reach $5,000, but with only two days left in Alexis' month, $4,500 would still feel mighty good.)
The Duvals just arrived back home with their son tonight (5/29). He's sleeping in his own bed and surrounded by family for the first time in his life. I can't imagine. It's a big adjustment, and for those who have known institutional living, well, being home makes little hearts full and heavy all at the same time. It gives me goosebumps to think of the unloved being loved and valued, needed and wanted. What a deep hole this love must fill!
The Duvals head right back out to get Alexis (who begs for a family) as soon as they are allowed. We would just love to step alongside this exhausted family and show them that they are not alone. For someone who has needed to raise adoption funds myself, it's very encouraging when others help in this way. It keeps us going.
To donate please go here. It's tax deductible.
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Note: Bring Hope to 12 in 2012 does not have a set list of donors. We rely on others! If you would like to contribute towards a giveaway or present a matching grant or gift, please contact us at bringhopeto12in2012 (at) gmail (dot) com. Donors are free to set their own conditions and deadlines. We are happy to facilitate you in any way we can. Thanks!
We just heard from an anonymous donor who read about Alexis' story on our website. This donor has given to charitable causes in the past, orphans specifically, but ONLY if certain conditions were met. (And I know one case where those conditions were not met!) So here's the deal: If we can raise the Duval's Family Sponsorship Page from $3,044 where it's at now to $4,000 before June 1st then this anonymous donor will give $500 towards Alexis' adoption costs! If we don't reach $4,000 then no $500! This donor made it very clear that they won't be giving it unless we reach the $4,000 goal. I think they want to see who cares about this adoption. (Read all about adoption, living with arthrogryposis and Alexis herself in the posts below.) It would take 80 people giving their $12 gifts to reach this amount. We have 84 people following us on Facebook as well as many visitors on this site, but many of you have already given your $12!! Can we do it?! I told the donor we'd like to try and we are always thankful for the oportunity to raise these much needed grant funds.
Would you all please do me a favor and share this! We'd love that extra money for this family! (Our goal is still to reach $5,000, but with only two days left in Alexis' month, $4,500 would still feel mighty good.)
The Duvals just arrived back home with their son tonight (5/29). He's sleeping in his own bed and surrounded by family for the first time in his life. I can't imagine. It's a big adjustment, and for those who have known institutional living, well, being home makes little hearts full and heavy all at the same time. It gives me goosebumps to think of the unloved being loved and valued, needed and wanted. What a deep hole this love must fill!
The Duvals head right back out to get Alexis (who begs for a family) as soon as they are allowed. We would just love to step alongside this exhausted family and show them that they are not alone. For someone who has needed to raise adoption funds myself, it's very encouraging when others help in this way. It keeps us going.
To donate please go here. It's tax deductible.
~~
Note: Bring Hope to 12 in 2012 does not have a set list of donors. We rely on others! If you would like to contribute towards a giveaway or present a matching grant or gift, please contact us at bringhopeto12in2012 (at) gmail (dot) com. Donors are free to set their own conditions and deadlines. We are happy to facilitate you in any way we can. Thanks!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Home!
Safe, exhausted and amazingly blessed by friends. Eight o clock our time and heading to bed. Thank you for the prayers!
Monday, May 28, 2012
Heading home!
We leave in less than twelve hours for home with our newest blessing Judah! Can't wait to see all my other kiddos. I'll post again in a few days. Prayers please for grace while traveling. Thanks!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Last days
We have been spending the past few days at the orphanage with Judah. There he's just a normal little boy happy to have parents. I believe he has finally introduced us to every single nanny in the building! He is so excited to have a mama and papa.
Yesterday he and his friend were playing in some water leaking out of the groundskeepers waterhose. We kept telling him to stop but were having little effect. Until, the groundskeeper picked up a rubber hose, started yelling, and chasing the boys....I have never seen Judah move so fast...hard to portray here but we couldn't stop laughing!
When we're at the orphanage all is normal, Judah knows nothing else, but outside the walls everything is new and exciting. It so overloads his sensory system you wouldn't know he was the same boy. The other day when we had him out for twelve hours he was completely undone. Tomorrow we are taking him out forever. It is going to be tough for awhile. I know God will give us the strength to get through this time. We are planning on spending lots of time outside, lots of time praying, and lots of time ignoring things that aren't top priority. I really don't know what life is going to look like at the Duval house for awhile. But God knows. He planned it! What an exciting adventure He has us on!
Tomorrow is Gotcha Day.....a new beginning......I can't wait to see what God has planned!
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