What's That? A Match?

***UPDATE*** Since yesterday's post, one other envelope has come back, and funds for an item I sold have come in.  We now need under $3500 to be able to travel, so this $400 match will get us 25% closer!  The next $400 to show up in our FSP will be matched!!!

I mentioned in my last post that we need $4,000 more before we travel, and now, we could take care of 20% of that in one go!  We have a $400 MATCH!!!


Through this adoption, we will be able to show our children the truth of Jeremiah 29:11, that God has a plan to prosper them, to give them a hope and a future.  So, when YOU help us fill Envelope #29, our MATCH will fill Envelope #11!

All donations can be made to our grant on Reece's Rainbow, and no donation is too small!  $5 becomes $10, $10 becomes $20, and $50 becomes $100.  Please comment here if you contribute to Envelope #29 so I know when the matching challenge has been met.  (If you're working on a different envelope, let me know if a donation comes in for that, so our match completes Envelopes #29 and #11.)

Thank you so much for sowing seed into our adoption, and for the continued prayers for our family!

***I've shared about the ENVELOPES before, but to summarize the idea, there are 50 envelopes that people (like YOU!) can commit to filling.  Each of the large envelopes holds 4 smaller envelopes.  If each small envelope is filled with $100 (either cash or donations to our grant online), the large envelope will hold $400.  Having 50 envelopes filled with $400 each would amount to $20,000 toward our adoption expenses, getting us to the "Fully Funded" status.***

Thirty-One MATCH!!!

My lovely friend, Susie, who is holding an online party for Thirty-One Gifts for me, just sent me a message that 25% of all purchases will be going straight to our adoption fund! 

But she also shared that she has someone willing to MATCH her donation if we hit $1000 in sales!  That means that 50% of each order would head straight to our adoption fund!  FIFTY PERCENT!!!  

CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE PARTY!!!

If you were on the fence about ordering before, you now have the opportunity for your purchase to go twice as far with helping us to reach our fundraising goal!  Have you seen the catalog?  There are some great items!  Here are some of my personal favorites...

This is my must-have for the summer.  It goes everywhere with me... to the pool, full of towels and snacks for the whole family, on a day trip to the zoo or mountains.  And even after all the beach towels are put away for winter, it is a great bag for stacking Christmas gifts to take to relatives' homes!

I have packed this thermal tote full of frozen groceries in the summer, used it to transport hot and cold dishes (laid on its side), and filled it with snacks and drinks for summer days at the pool or days we've got a lot of errands to run!  

This bag is small enough to carry lunch for one, and big enough to carry enough food for two!  Ayden and I recently went on a day-trip with Girl Scouts, and this bag was full of snacks, lunch, and water bottles, without taking up a lot of room in a van full of girls!

While I don't personally own this wallet, one of my friends does, and I have serious wallet envy!  She can fit EVERYTHING in there, but it's not big and bulky! 

We have been ready to leave on vacation, and I've had to tell Scott "Hang on, we can't leave yet, my flat iron is still warm."  No worries, just slip it into this sleeve and toss it in the bag!  It keeps your other items from getting hot, or um, you having to hold your flat iron while you drive down the road, waiting for it to cool.  Ahem.

CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE PARTY!!!

So, please, please, please, if you were thinking about ordering before, make your purchase go twice as far, with HALF of your order total going to our adoption fund!  This party is only running through this weekend, so all orders will be sent directly to your home before Mother's Day!  Something for you, something for Mom!  And 50% for our kiddos waiting for us on the other side of the world!

Matching Challenge!!!

Hebrews 4:16 has been replaying in my mind the past two days, and I knew that I needed to "approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need."  If there ever was a time of need, it is now.  Our daughter lives in an orphanage in Eastern Europe, and we received an approval from her country in only four days, when we expected 2-3 weeks to fundraise before hearing back.  We now have FOUR DAYS left to raise the funds that are due to the placing agency!

It's only fair that, since we were matched with our little girl, and we have an anonymous donor matching the YMCA Giveaway donations, that we would have a MATCHING CHALLENGE for the Vacation Giveaway, too!

The next $2,000 we receive for the Vacation Giveaway (through ChipIn or cash/check in hand) will be matched, dollar for dollar!  So that $10 just became $20, and that $50 just became $100!  This is HUGE!  We are watching God move this mountain, in a way only He can!

In case you've forgotten how beautiful this vacation will be, here's a fresh reminder:

For specific information on each giveaway, you can see more photos and get descriptions HERE and HERE!  The first ChipIn button is for the 6-Night Pigeon Forge, TN vacation, and the second ChipIn button is for the One-Year Membership to the Martinsville/Collinsville YMCA.

Thank you again for all the support and encouragement, and thank you for getting us closer to our little girl!