The Cost of Adoption

Okay friends, its time to get honest.  Adoption is expensive.  We do not like asking for donations, its hard, and not natural for either of us.  It's harder to imagine Elijah spending the next 5 years of his life in an orphanage and then to be turned out on the street to try to survive alone and without a family.  The truth is we need your help and Elijah needs your help, we can't do this alone.  The truth is Elijah will probably wait longer than necessary because we need time to save and earn extra money.  So far we have paid our home study update $250, WACAP application fee $500, and USCIS Visa fee $890.  Before our dossier can be resent to China we need to pay over $5000 for our agency and country fees, and then additional agency, country, travel, and orphanage fees.  Elijah is worth it and we know we need to trust the God has this.  So we are asking; will you help give a child a home, a family, and a chance to know the One true King?  We have many ways you can be a part of living out the words of God and caring for orphans.

Look at these two pictures the first is Gabi on Gotcha Day on May 13th the second is four short months later.  Can you believe the difference the love a family and a church can do for a child.

How you can help:

• T-Shirt Fundraiser: We will be submitting the order at the end of this week.  We still need to sale 25 more t-shirts.  They are $20 shipped to you or $15 if you are local.
• Origami Owl: I am selling these beautiful living lockets.  Every dime made is put towards bringing Elijah home.  You can buy jewelry directly from my website or host a party and share this jewelry with your friends: www.oneless.origamiowl.com.
• Puzzle Fundraiser:
• Are you the missing puzzle piece???
  We are starting our Puzzle Piece fundraiser with a twist.
  We are asking every person we are friends with on social media, who followed our journey to bring Gabi, our family, and everyone else who wants to support us to donate $10 to our puzzle piece fundraiser.  We will then write your name on the back of a puzzle piece.  The completed puzzle will be placed between glass and hung in Elijah’s room so he can see everyone who prayed from him, loved him and supported him even before he came home.
  We have a large goal: 750 puzzle pieces, so we are offering an incentive.  For every 100 puzzles pieces we receive donations for we will have a drawing.  The first will be a Kindle HD.  So not only are you supporting orphans, but you have a chance to win a new Kindle.
  Please considering donating $10 (or more if you feel led) to help bring Elijah home.
  Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. Isaiah 1:17
  Ways to donate:
  Email: aclaw99@comcast.net and we will send you our address
  Paypal – click the paypal tab on the right side
• Please pray for our family, for Elijah, and for all orphans.