See this cute little girl? This is Anya! This precious princess is 4 years old and she is in Bulgaria. She has Down syndrome and is just a few months older than Nichole. Don't you just love her?
Oh yeah, by the way, we are not adopting her, our dear friends the Loraine's are! Ha! What, did you think I was talking about us? Well, I had to do something to get your attention!
The Loraine family adopted Nina's best friend from the orphanage in Ukraine. The connection that our daughters share brought our families together. Erin and I have been talking since before they began their journey to Ukraine and get Oksana. Last July ,we got to meet face-to-face for the first time and last Thanksgiving their family came over to spend a week with us. The Loraines have become dear friends of ours.
They are adopting again, and they just received an amazing matching grant through LifeSong for Orphans. The grant is for $4000, but they need to raise the other $4000 by March 13.
Here are the details of the grant:
100% of all donations go towards our grant unless paypal is used in which case 2-3 percent are taken out for fees. Donations are tax deductible and can be made by a check made out to Lifesong for Orphans with a memo that says "preference Loraine #2473 adoption" and sent to
Lifesong for Orphans
PO Box 40 / 202 N. Ford St
Gridley, IL 61744
Or donations can be made online through paypal at http://www.lifesongfororphans.org/donation.html with the same memo under "purpose" by the dollar amount.
You can visit their blog HERE.
If you can't give, you can pray!
Will you consider helping out our friends?
I follow Erin's blog too, and read that post earlier today about Anya. She is such a cutie, and I am just so thrilled for them! What a blessing both Oksana and Anya are - and what a blessing Erin and her family are to them. :)
ReplyDeleteShe's precious! I will visit their blog and talk to my husband. All children deserve to find the love of Christ in loving families!
ReplyDeleteWhat loving hearts you and your friends have. Thank you for letting Christ shine from you. She is a blessed little girl! Congratulations on your friend for this pretty little girl to their family.
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