Forty to Forever Lent Journey starts in 2 days!! Come join in on the Sharing Party!! Remember we are focussing on what God/Jesus has done for us and what He would have us do for those who have less, those who are needy, those who have no voice, those who can’t stand for themselves… Join Us and Make a Difference!
We made it!! Thank you so much to everyone who shared and participated. We are so excited for tomorrow!! What a marvelous group of friends we have that are going to be joining us on our journey!! I am super duper excited to announce our winner….
NIKI ELLIIOT… Niki picks Abigail and Jennifer for the LANZ Family!!
Forty to Forever was born out of a desire to help Lina, a special needs orphan grow her adoption grant and more importantly, help her find her forever family. God moved the hearts of two wonderful ladies and now they are doing more than just fundraise for Lina… they (along with other advocates and families) will be fundraising for 40 orphans, growing adoption grants and praying and hoping that this extra exposure would help the waiting children find families and help the families on their way to bring home a special needs child.
This fundraising effort is centred around the period of Lent. (For a short explanation of what is Lent, see here.) During this 40 days of Lent, everyday will feature a different child with a fundraising goal, a giveaway, a daily Lent devotion and discussion.
As we spend time reflecting on what the Lord has done for us by coming to this earth, living among us and dying for us, let us also reflect upon His Heart, upon what makes His Heart beat; His Heart beats for the lost, the poor, the widowed, the orphaned.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. – James 1:27
The Lord wants us to be involved in acts of kindness to the least of us, to care for those who can’t care for themselves, to help those who can’t help themselves. Just as God looked at us and had compassion, let us also have compassion as we come to know these precious children who have no voice to speak for themselves, who need families to love and care for them. Let our compassion move us to help them in practical ways.
Forty to Forever starts on Feb 13th, 2012, Wednesday. Do visit Forty to Forever to find out more and join us on this very special Lent journey as we work to help 40 precious ones. Get to know the children/families who would benefit. You can make a difference, see here. You can check out the amazing giveaways we have here. You can learn how Forty to Forever can help you in your Lent journey here.
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PS: my sweet Wesley will be featured on Day 17, Monday, March 4th.
… if you have been around me for some time or if i think i would be in constant contact with you on a regular basis, i would eventually tell you something about me by starting with, “You need to know something about me… i have a hole-in-my-heart, a leaky heart. You need to know in case i get into an accident and you are with me, you need to tell the medical people about this if i can’t. It is called a VSD.”
A VSD is a Ventricular Septal Defect, which in layman terms means i have a hole in the wall of my heart between the two ventricular chambers. How does this affect me? Practically, it doesn’t affect my day-to-day life but it does mean that my heart does have to do more work as my blood is never fully oxygenated as the de-oxygenated blood and oxygenated blood mixes with each pump of the heart muscles.
But i am fortunate – my hole is considered medium-sized but with a flap of flesh covering it, it does not need to be operated on. i am also blessed to have parents who care so wonderfully for me; taking me to the specialist every year, to doctors who treat me and measure my heart’s performance to make sure all is well, even though it costs extra and they did not earn much.
Sweet Lilly awaits a family to help her through life.
Little Lilly is not so fortunate. She is an orphan; given up for reasons we can not be sure of. But i suspect that one of the reasons would be her need for medical care and the family’s inability to provide that care; she has Down Syndrome. And like many children with Down Syndrome, she has a heart defect (we are not told what exactly is the defect). And it seems that it is serious enough to need medical attention but she is not getting it where she is now.
Lilly needs a family who would love her, just as she is; not mobile, not speaking BUT with a precious smile. She needs a family who would make sure she gets the medical care that she needs so that she can live life to the fullest. Click on her name or picture for more details.
Are you her family? If you believe you are, do contact Reece’s Rainbow for details. Right now, Reece’s Rainbow can only help Canadians with agencies working in this child’s region at this time.
You may not be her forever family but you can still help.
You can share her story so that her adoptive family might find her.
You can pray for her. Pray for her daily needs to be met; pray for her forever family to come and bring her home.
You can also contribute to her adoption grant at Reece’s Rainbow so that her forever family’s journey to her would be easier (International Adoptions are just so very expensive). Click on her name or picture to donate.
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