Dec 11 weekly update

Once again this week 3 children were matched with forever families.

another great giveway

head over to geartegang.blogspot.com and check out a great giveaway from a wonderful lady on Etsy. http://gaertegang.blogspot.com/

Baby Emma

our friends Aaron and Cacey will be meeting their baby girl in Ethiopia on Christmas morning. What an awesome present from God. Congrats Aaron and Cacey!

This weeks update

3 referrals this week, 2 girls and a boy. Congratulations to those families.

During the month of November there were 23 referrals.

As of today there are 85 families waiting to be matched with a child.

An update on us, we are so close to being done with this stage of the process, we sent everything down to Indy to get State certified and there was a problem with 2 papers so we are redoing those then we will be done and waiting to be notified of our number on the waiting list. We really don't know how long we might have to wait for a referral, it could be like 6 months it may be a year or even longer. But our hearts are encouraged with the speed things are going, we have to keep reminding ourselves that all of this will happen in God's perfect timing.

Have a great weekend!

Thanksgiving thoughts

As you sit down to your thanksgiving dinner with food a plenty, please remember the mothers around the world who may be struggling,

remember the children who are living in orphanages,

living on the street,

maybe crying out in hunger,

or maybe so hungry that they can not cry.

While no one person can help all these children, you can start by helping one.

This week from Ethiopia

our agency placed 6 children this week with loving families.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Orphan Sunday

Sunday November 8,2009 is Orphan sunday

Isaiah 1:17 — to “seek justice, encourage the oppressed, and defend the cause of the fatherless.”

Steven Curtis Chapman will perform a live concert, anchored by presentations from several leaders in the adoption and orphan care movement, among them Jedd Medefind, who prior to his leadership of Christian Alliance for Orphans worked in the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives

We need to be working on ways to start raising awareness about the dramatic need that exists among the world’s children. Over 143 million of them have lost a parent; some 87 million have lost both parents. Most of them live in poverty and have very few chances to succeed in life.

Whether it’s supporting foster care, domestic adoption, international adoption or supporting overseas orphanages and shelters, there is much that we can do as the richest country on earth to support these 143 million children who need help.

The Orphan Sunday live webcast starts at 2:00PM Pacific Time this Sunday, November 8. I hope you check it out!