If you have read our Christmas Letter, you would know that we bought a little apartment in our village. Move Day is 24th January!
So how’s the packing/moving progress? Slow :p
Can you guess which furniture shop we were at the most?
We have some stuff from the cellar shifted over and have spent the last couple of weeks shopping for a few new furniture items. It was fun shopping but not so fun paying for it … hehehee… but it will be worth it.
See our nice new beautiful white bookshelves?
So happy to see that first piece of furniture in the new living room!
i also wanted to take this chance to say that because of the craziness which moving homes usually entails, i will not be online as much and decision such as adding a new orphan to my Just Needing A Family’s Love advocacy and new items to Angel Crafts Shop will take a backseat. i will still be online and keeping up with advocating for JASON as much as possible and will still process orders for Angel Crafts Shop but just in reduced capacity.
Please also note that Angel Crafts Shop will not be taking custom orders from 15th January till 25th January. Normal orders of ready-to-ship items will still be processed, but may be delayed by a day or two.
Thank you for your understanding. See you on the other side of the move!
It’s time again for a look at how your purchases helped grow the adoption grants of some precious orphans.
In October, ADDIE was my Orphan of the Month. Unfortunately, no purchases were made in October so we were not able to contribute to Addie‘s grant. BUT… don’t worry… Addie will be Orphan of the Month in January, so please do make a purchase during this month and help grow Addie‘s adoption grant! Please also be praying for Addie‘s forever family to step forward for her – she has only 9 months before she ages out of the adoption system.
In November and December, i took part in Reece’s Rainbow’s Angel Tree Fundraiser. It is a big fundraiser for over 200 of the special needs orphans listed on their website. The goal was to raise US$1000 for each of those children. Everyone gets to pick one child to warrior / root / fundraise for.
Jasper has aged out! Please pray for him and his future.
My Angel Tree child was JASPER. My son and i have prayed for Jasper for over a year now, hoping and praying a family will come forward for him. These last 2 months was our last push for Jasper‘s family to come for him.
Your purchases in November came up to US$30. In December, they came up to US$48. And then there were the sales at the Christmas Market i took part in, which brought in US$147. So in 2 months, your purchases have contributed a total of US$112.50 to Jasper‘s adoption grant.
Unfortunately, Jasper has aged out of his country’s adoption system. Which means he would not be able to make use of this grant money.
However, it is not wasted – by no means! His grant of almost US$9500 was gifted to 2 boys who are also listed with Reece’s Rainbow. They are Erich and Benji. Both of these boys have just months before they age out too. Erich has 5 months and Benji has 7 months! So please do be praying for these boys, pray that their forever families would see them and step up for them asap! Click on their names to find out more.
Do also be praying for Jasper as he is only 14 and has to manage this wide world all on his own. He may be able to stay at the institute for a while more but i do not know what happens to him after that. i have been told that sometimes these special needs orphans get sent to another institute if they are thought to be unable to manage the outside world. Otherwise, he would be turned out into the streets with little education/skills to fend for himself. i will be praying that God watches over him always. Pray with me.
Thank you all so much for all your support in 2014!
i look forward to your continued support in 2015! Come and shop!
Keep praying for JASPER – he ages out on 1st Jan 2015.
The precious boy we have been shouting out for this year has run out of time… he has JUST 4 DAYS till he becomes unadoptable!
BUT it is not a lost battle – JASPER has been prayed for by so many and i know the Lord has heard and the Lord has a plan for him and whatever that plan might be, we may never know about it, it will be good because the Lord will go with JASPER always!
i am sad and very disappointed. However, i must keep the faith that what we have done is not in vain. That the funds we raised for JASPER, even though it will not be used for JASPER, it will benefit another precious child.
The Lord hears our prayers so please continue to PRAY for JASPER. Pray for his future, pray for the Lord to guide his steps and provide loving people to come into his life and care for him. Pray that the Lord would provide a family for JASPER, even if it is not the conventional family we would imagine for him.
i know first hand that a family doesn’t have to be a mummy, a daddy and children. i have lived away from home and know that family is whoever loves you and will put your interests ahead of their own. Labels don’t matter that much. It is the love.
And this is the prayer i pray for JASPER, that he will know love, the love of people in his life, the love of the Lord and that he will learn to love others in return. Because love wins.
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