This is the heart of Jesus!

Have you ever found yourself longing to make a difference in the life of a child? 

 
Christians have a clear command to care for orphans, and there are many ways to get involved—praying, giving, mobilizing your church or adopting. Whichever you decide, you can walk down this incredibly rewarding path. Our hope is that you begin to see the face of Christ in these children in one way or another! 

We have been blessed with a really great gift! We have a matching grant with Lifesong for Orphans. That's right----matching!!! Lifesong will give us $3,500.00 once we raise $3,500.00! And you know what?? We are almost there! We only have $1,300.00 to go! We are just about 2/3 there! That's only 13 people giving $100.00, or 26 people giving 50.00, or 52 people giving $25.00!!

The end of the year is approaching, and ALL of these donations are fully tax deductible!!  The donation just needs to be post marked by December 31st!!!

Would you be willing to make a difference and help us to meet our grant?

That would be awesome! Thank you so very much! 

You could give in one of two ways....

1.  You could donate through paypal online. You can find the link HERE. Select “Give to an Adoptive Family.” Complete the online form and fill in “Family Account Number” which is 5534 and “Family Name” fields which is Winslow. Note PayPal charges an administrative fee (2.9% + $.30 USD per transaction). Your donation will be decreased by the amount of this fee.

2.  You could mail them a check, post marked by December 31st!! 

Checks should be payable to “Lifesong for Orphans. In the memo, note “family name” and “family account number” (Winslow / #5534) to assure it goes to the correct account. Please mail to Lifesong for Orphans, PO Box 40, Gridley, IL 61744. Lifesong has been blessed with a partner that underwrites all U.S. administrative and fundraising costs (TMG Foundation and other partners). That means 100% of your donation will go directly to the adoption. 

Truly, helping the orphan and helping us to rescue our precious  AnnaBella (listed as Claire on Reece's Rainbow) is  the heart of Jesus! He says so in His word!!!

We sure do love you! 

Philippians 1:3--"We thank our God upon every remembrance of you!"

 

These Are The Heroes!

These are the heroes...

Just ordinary people....

Lying down their lives 

like angels in disguise.

They're weak but ALWAYS willing...

They dare to do the hard things...

And in the dark and desperate places

NO ONE else goes....

You'll find the heroes. 

These photos represent the real heroes! Let's love them, and support them! 

Want to know more? Want to help?

Help the Horton Family as they rescue their Victoria on in a few short weeks! 

They have a GREAT need! They need about $7,000.00 more to be fully funded! Their support page needs to read $25,000.00!

We can do this! I know we can! Let's be the hands and feet of Jesus and truly help this orphan in her distress! Please also pray without ceasing!

Stitched with Love Part Two!

And here they are...the first 5 quilts, machine quilted and binded and ready to go on our trip with us on Friday! Here is what Loree had to say when she sent me the photo of the finished quilts:

"Here are the first 5 completed quilts.  They will go with the Winslows onFriday.  The next 5 should be done by this weekend, then we have close to 8
more tops started.  When the Winslows go back we will send them- next trip!
These look GREAT!!  We are grateful to Jean B. who quilted the tops with the
long arm machine at Sanford Sewing.  Just thought you'd all like to see
these before they go out!  Ladies anyway... Blessings!  Loree"Would you like me to send you that pic bigger to put on your blog?  I’m hoping this will inspire some future quilters or sewers in our fellowship! "

So we got together again, the ladies young and old, and had a wonderful day of stitching and fellowship to piece together more quilts for the orphans in Bulgaria! What a blessing!

Our dear friend Vicki was able to join us this time! Great to have you Vicki!

As you can see, there were things to do for everyone!

Great to have you join us Sharon and Celina!

Dayna and Maddie had a great time!

So...it was really cool, because even Brian got involved by doing some seam ripping! Yay!

And when we were done, we enjoyed a wonderful pot luck supper of chili and cornbread! Thank you Christine for your amazing hospitality!

Just like last time, our littlest quilter got plum tuckered out!

We came upstairs from cleaning up to find Brian reading to the kids! Wow!

Sweet fellowship with mother and daughter!