Sunday, August 19, 2012

Update on our Puzzle fundraiser!

I posted two weeks ago about my Birthday wish to have people donate to our adoption puzzle fundraiser instead of receive gifts this year.  More than anything what I want or my birthday is to be closer to bringing our little one home from Uganda.  Well, it is here.  Today is my Birthday!!  In the first week of our fundraiser we received 18 pieces.  The second week our church surprised us with a $1,000 matching grant.  Until September 8th they will be matching every donation up to $1,000!  So far we have had 64 pieces donated since we our grant was announced (so 82 total including the first 18).  We only need another 36 pieces to receive the entire grant!  We are so thankful for everyone who has donated up to this point and remember, the next 36 donations will go twice as far with our matching grant!  Just use the paypal donate button in the upper corner or leave me a message for my address if you would prefer to send a check.  Please continue sharing the blog link to our fundraiser on your facebook pages, twitter or blog.  You never know how many donations you sharing our story will bring!  A friend recently purchased 2 pieces and shared our link on her facebook page causing on of her friends to be inspired to purchase 3 more pieces and then her husband then featured us on his blog bringing 6 more pieces from total strangers!  You can read his blog post featuring our adoption story here:   http://manvdadhood.com/2012/08/18/guest-post-one-less/
I will post an update tonight after we get home from celebrating my birthday with our family this evening.  Thank you to everyone who is helping us make one less orphan in the world and bring a lonely child into a family!!  May God bless you fro being such a blessing to us!
A few recently purchased puzzle pieces on top of a picture of what the puzzle will look like when it is completed.

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