trippingdifferently

June 30, 2014October 4, 2014

It Has Been 3 Months…

Yep… Angel Crafts Shop has been opened for 3 months now!

Thank you all for your wonderful support and encouragement! It has been my honour to have you all as customers and supporters.

Today i just like to take a quick look again at the precious children (our special needs orphans) whose adoption grants you have helped to grow over these 3 months.

Angel Crafts Shop was launched on March 25th 2014, which left only 6 days till the end of March so i decided we will simply have 2 kiddos from the launch date till the end of April.

Jasper needs his forever family to step forward ASAP - he ages out in a matter of months! — Jasper ages out in a matter of months!

Our March/April kids were Jasper and Jason. We sold US$52 worth of items so 50% of that – US$26 was divided equally between the 2 boys’ grants. They each received US$13.

Jason is waiting for his forever family. Are you his family? — Jason is waiting for his forever family.

Jasper and Jason are still waiting for their forever families to step forward so please do continue to pray for them and share their stories. You can click on their names or pictures to find out more about them.

Pray especially for Jasper who has only 6 months till he ages out of his country’s adoption system and becomes “unadoptable”.

Andrew is shy but will do well in a loving home.

Our May Orphan of the Month was Andrew. We sold US$81 worth of items so Andrew’s adoption grant received US$40.50. He too is still waiting on his forever family. Do say a little prayer for him and share his story too. To read more about Andrew, click on his name or picture.

Mollie needs a caring family to help her reach her potential.

Our June Orphan of the Month was Mollie. We sold US$83 worth of items so we were able to grow Molllie‘s adoption grant by US$41.50. We continue to hope and pray for a forever family for her. Please remember her in your prayers and share her story. Click on her name or picture for more information about Mollie.

It has been wonderful to watch how people get behind these children and support them through a little online shopping. i hope to be able to continue to work with you all to make a difference in more children’s lives, through growing their adoption grants and sharing their stories.

Thank you so much. We would not have been able to give to these children without your continued support.

syc

June 24, 2014

#happyhandmade sixty-nine…

This week’s #happyhandmade theme for me is Nature-crafts – crafts which are inspired by or which reflect the nature all around us.

Here are my six picks for #happyhandmade sixty-nine (please note that pictures are copyrighted by the creators of the items and i’m using them just to direct you to their shop – click on the pictures to see more):

Looking at, observing nature always gives me a sense of awe – it is truly amazing, so amazing that it is what makes me 100% confident that God is our Creator 🙂

syc

June 23, 2014

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate…

A few weeks ago, we visited the Frey Chocolate Factory with some friends and had a wonderful time.

Now we have visited a few chocolate factories already – all throughout Switzerland but this one has to be my favourite!

For me and for the boy, it was probably the most comprehensive journey through the entire chocolate production process, from the cocoa beans to yummy dark brown bars of chocolate, which we all love.

Each group of visitors was given a batch name and can enter the factory when your batch was called – ours was named Lucky 🙂 We each received a headset attached to a device which gave us a choice of languages and all we had to do to listen to the description of a particular exhibit is to point the device at the infra-red spot and push the button.

Most of the exhibits have a hands-on part. One of my favourites is this one which shows chocolate packaging design through the years, from the 1900s onwards. We could also take home a sample of the current packaging of one of their current popular chocolate.

There was also a cute giant box of chocolate where people could get in, dress up as a praline and take photos.

The kids liked the little digital game where they threw bars of chocolate via a motion detector.

And no visit to a chocolate factory would be complete without the tasting of the delicious brown stuff 😉 There was a whole conveyor belt full, along with 2 chocolate fountains where you can cover fruits with liquid brown gold – YUM!

i did not order it but there was the option get a photo of yourselves taken and printed on a chocolate bar. There was also a short quiz on a computer we could take to find out our chocolate type. We each got a computer print-out of the results and a custom chocolate recipe for our chocolate type.

Tobias got The Stylish and a Chocolate Cupcake recipe. i got The Curious Gourmet and a recipe for Fig and Chilli Chocolates 😉

There was one down side – they played this video which was screened on their big wall in the room about every 20 minutes or so and that messed up things if you were in the middle of listening to an exhibit.

Other than that, it was a great visit. i highly recommend visiting the Frey Chocolate Factory. The plus is that all their chocolates are fair-trade!

syc