**UPDATE: You GUYS! In less than 24 hours you have met the fundraising goal! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜I'll be posting an updated post in a few minutes with other ways to give if you still feel led to donate!
Hi wonderful people!
I am just loving summertime! It could be because I have resigned my teaching job and I’m not spending my days making plans for next year…
It could be because of vacations and having more time to see friends and family…
Or it COULD be because I’m looking at this picture all day, every day…
Hi wonderful people!
I am just loving summertime! It could be because I have resigned my teaching job and I’m not spending my days making plans for next year…
It could be because of vacations and having more time to see friends and family…
Or it COULD be because I’m looking at this picture all day, every day…
Sorry, I can’t show you the whole picture, yet!
In the meantime, we’ve mailed off our immigration request and are waiting for the approval. Also--after encouragement from many of you to open ourselves up to the opportunity for others to join in on our journey once again--we filled out paperwork for the grant and have officially been offered a $4,000 grant!!! That’s about $4,000 more than we expected.
The organization that is providing the grant is called Brittany’s Hope Foundation (www.BrittanysHope.org). Brittany’s Hope Foundation helps unite families and children through the gift of matching grants through their Seedling Gift Program. Brittany’s Hope Foundation has a mission for helping children with special needs both abroad and being placed for international adoption. They are able to accomplish these goals through corporate donations, the public’s generosity and their Seedling Gift Program.
In the meantime, we’ve mailed off our immigration request and are waiting for the approval. Also--after encouragement from many of you to open ourselves up to the opportunity for others to join in on our journey once again--we filled out paperwork for the grant and have officially been offered a $4,000 grant!!! That’s about $4,000 more than we expected.
The organization that is providing the grant is called Brittany’s Hope Foundation (www.BrittanysHope.org). Brittany’s Hope Foundation helps unite families and children through the gift of matching grants through their Seedling Gift Program. Brittany’s Hope Foundation has a mission for helping children with special needs both abroad and being placed for international adoption. They are able to accomplish these goals through corporate donations, the public’s generosity and their Seedling Gift Program.
The way the grant works is this:
We have to raise $2,000 to be donated directly to Brittany’s Hope. Once $2,000 has been raised in our names, Brittany’s Hope will send $4,000 to our adoption agency to be used toward our adoption fees and travel expenses. It will also enable us to save some of our adoption funds to use for surgeries Eliana will need after we bring her home.
It’s that simple!
So many of you have already called, texted, and asked us in person how you can help. Well, here it is! By donating to this fundraiser, you will be helping Brittany's Hope as they work tirelessly to bring awareness to these precious children who wait and wait and wait.
It’s that simple!
So many of you have already called, texted, and asked us in person how you can help. Well, here it is! By donating to this fundraiser, you will be helping Brittany's Hope as they work tirelessly to bring awareness to these precious children who wait and wait and wait.
Every dollar donated by you will be matched through the Seedling Gift Program, making your gift multiply and grow, bringing more children the gift of a “Forever Family”---including our Eliana Faith.
Ways to give:
*By check made payable to Brittany’s Hope. You can either give these to us in person and we will mail checks or you can send your check directly to Brittany’s Hope: Brittany's Hope Foundation, 1160 North Market Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022.
***After making a donation, you will receive a thank you note from Brittany’s Hope to use for tax purposes***
***After making a donation, you will receive a thank you note from Brittany’s Hope to use for tax purposes***
With our travel dates being so up in the air, we’d like to have our “ducks in a row” as soon as possible so that we can be ready to go at the drop of a hat. Because of the uncertain timeline, we’d like to finish up the fundraiser over the next month. If you would like to help us bring Eliana home, please make your donation sometime before August 12! I will update you guys every week or so on the fundraiser total so you can see our progress!
I can’t tell you how much your support over the years has meant to us. So many of you have already given so much toward this long and twisty adoption journey--both financially and through emotional support and prayers. There have been days when we were too tired to continue and yet God sent us encouragement in the form of YOU asking, praying, giving. It is humbling to look back on these six years and know that we could not possibly have made it to this point without the support system we have both near and far. There truly are not words to express our gratitude. I’ll have to stick with--Thank you.
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