Fundraising Friday ~ Lifesong Grant Update

It's probably about time that I update you readers on the status of our matching grant that we received from Lifesong for Orphans.  On January 28, we found out that Lifesong for Orphans had approved us for a matching grant of $3,000!!!!  What a blessing!!!

The matching grant works like this.  Friends and family send monetary donations for our adoption to Lifesong and Lifesong MATCHES the donation, dollar for dollar, up to $3,000.  These donations are tax-deductible for the donors and help us raise the money we need to bring our children home.

We have been soooooooooooooooo very blessed over the past one and a half months!!!  The first blessing came in that our Soup Supper & Silent Auction was scheduled for just a few weeks after we had been approved for this grant and we were able to have all the money raised from that event doubled!!!!

The second blessing has been in the number of family and friends since then who have additionally sent in money on our account to be matched by Lifesong!!!!!  Thank You!!!!!!!!!!

We have seen $2,298.07 come in of the $3,000!!!!!!  That just leaves us with $701.93 left of the grant to raise.  We have until April 15th to raise this additional money and we are confident that God will work in His time and way!!!!

You may have also noticed that we have just $1,252 left to fill our Referral Thermometer!!!!!  So..................  If we are able to bring in that $701.93 by April 15th (and it will be doubled to $1,403.86) we will have FILLED our thermometer + MORE!!!!!!!!!!

If you would like to help us finish raising the rest of our matching grant, you may.........

*Make checks payable to ~ Lifesong for Orphans
*Memo Line ~ preference Maxwell/#1731 adoption
*Mail to ~ Lifesong for Orphans, PO Box 40 / 202 N. Ford St., Gridley, IL 61744
OR
*Pay online via PayPal ~ click HERE
*Make a note ~ preference Maxwell/#1731 adoption

All donations will go 100% towards our adoption expenses and are tax deductible!!!

Special Note ~ You may be wondering, based on my post from this past Wednesday, what our plans are based on the recent goings-on in Ethiopia adoptions.  Well.........we are going to continue praying and moving forward.  This news does not change our desire to adopt from Ethiopia, nor does it change the direction that we have felt God leading us.  We will continue to work hard to save the money we need, and we are trusting that God will take care of all the little details.  Maybe God will allow us to have ALL the money saved before we move forward.  The wait may be longer and harder than we had planned, but we are going to continue planning, preparing, and learning through this possibly extended journey.  Thank you for continuing to pray for us and the country of Ethiopia!!!!

"Blessings" by Laura Story

Pam ~ I have to admit that I am in tears after listening to this song.  It was officially announced today that Ethiopia adoptions will be decreasing by possibly 90% for the present time (click here for the "Ethiopian Adoption Alert").  We are hoping and praying that this is a temporary decrease, but our adoption future is a little uncertain right now.  While we were hoping to have a referral and be bringing our two children home within 2011, it may now take much longer.  It is all in God's hands, where it has been all along, and all we can do is pray.

Please pray with us!!!!!!