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Day 14: Lance for the Schmitt Family… Forty to Forever…

Today we are helping the Schmitt family bring little Lance home. This is a family where adoption has always been in their heart and they have worked to help many others before. Now God has led them to their very own little Lance, they are definitely jumping in with both feet. Let’s help them get funded.
Today’s Lent devotion is about not letting man-made traditions which are usually not part of the Bible limit the practical expressions of your faith. Have a read and think about it… syc

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Our Goal is to raise $500 for Lance and Lina… Goal Met!

Lance 2Today’s lovely family is near and dear to my heart.  Of all the friends I have made on this journey, Melissa is one of my closest!  In fact, she was the one who suggested we do a fundraiser for Lina in the first place.  You can read that story here.  Forty to Forever would have never happened if it were not for the heart of gold God has blessed Melissa with.  And I will be forever grateful that He saw fit to cross our paths!  Melissa and Todd are bringing this beautiful boy home, and he needs to get home quickly!  Let’s tackle these fundraising goals today shall we?

Melissa writes… “Todd and I were married after a whirlwind courtship less than a year after we first met.  I am so grateful for God’s mercy in…

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Having a Whole Heart…

If you have read my posts over the last few Tuesdays and Wednesdays (when i am late in publishing my Teamwork Tuesday posts), you would know that i have a CHD (Congenital Heart Defect)… i have a VSD (Ventricular Spital Defect). i always tell people i have a leaky heart, my heart isn’t whole; it has a hole (very poor pun is fully intended).

Colby is a cutie who needs a family today!

Colby‘s heart isn’t whole either. He has Patent Ductus Arteriosu, a heart defect in which the fetal blood vessel connecting the aorta and the pulmonary artery does not close during birth. It can lead to all sorts of complications later in life, including CHF (Congestive Heart Failure) and pulmonary hypertension. Colby is fortunate that his condition hasn’t impacted his life in a big way yet.

When it does, i pray and hope that he will have a loving family to support him. Colby is an orphan and he also has Down Syndrome. He needs a mummy and a daddy to love him, just as he is. He needs a brother and sister to hold his hand and show him about the fun things in life.

Colby is an active boy who smiles often and loves to dance. He also enjoys games and cartoons. But he has nothing in his adoption grant; zero in his grant. Would you help change that? Would you put in a little something so that a lack of funds would not be a reason he does not have  a family? Click on his name or picture to go to his profile page to contribute.

Maybe YOU are his Forever Family?  Find out more by contacting Reece’s Rainbow.

You can also pray for him; pray for his condition to hold stable, pray for his daily needs and most of all, pray that his forever family come for him real soon.

Thank you.

syc

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Day 13: Copeland for the Buhman Family… Forty to Forever…

Copeland’s story is like a little fairytale in itself. When he was added to the Forty to Forever campaign, he had no family and then just weeks before the start of the campaign, his forever family found him! Today we are rallying around the Buhman family to help them bring Copeland home. Please contribute generously. Thank you.
Today’s Lent devotion looks at humility in fasting. It cautions us against prideful fasting. Have a read and think about it… syc

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Our Goal is to raise $500 for Copeland and Lina… $373 to go!

CopelandI love happy endings!  And today is no exception.  When I first assigned Copeland to our campaign, he was an orphan… he had no mommy or daddy.  He was all alone in the world, with just a small handful of advocates and prayer warriors that might give a glimmer of hope.  He is such a precious boy, with a lifetime of potential.  But without a family, his life’s prognosis was short and bleak.  I expected to have to write a different story for this sweet boy… one pleading for you to share his picture in hopes that his family would see him and know.

Instead, I have the great honor of introducing you to that very family.  Meet Darrel and Haley Buhman.  The delightful people who committed to Copeland just weeks before our campaign started.  I…

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