Abbott's Teamwork Tuesday

My Abbott was chosen to be this week's Teamwork Tuesday child!  That means that several others will be posting about him and sharing the different ways that people can help him.  Also, to celebrate his $200 matching grant, at least 50% of each purchase made at Hooked on Hope will go into Abbott's account.  So far he has met one $100 matching grant during Angel Tree. Can we get this one met before Saturday the 17th?  His account needs to read $2985 for the match to be met.

Here's links to the posts about Abbott:

Flip-flops, Aprons and Pearls
Love Leaving Legacy
You Will Go Out With Joy
Tripping Differently
Once Child One Voice
Molette26

Abbott Has A Matching Grant!

My dear Abbott.  He's been waiting SO long!  Five year ago, a tiny boy was born in Eastern Europe. I imagine his momma had been waiting eagerly for him.  When he was born, the doctors were quiet. They examined him....they noticed his almond shaped eyes, the creases in his palm, his little toes.  They told her sadly that he was defective.  They encouraged her to cast him away. I wonder if she held him. I wonder if she whispered her love into his tiny ear before handing him over?

Whatever happened, he ended up at a baby house. An orphanage.  He lay there, just one of many other babies.  He spent his days laying in a crib, staring at the walls and ceiling, with little stimulation and no mother's love. Later, he was moved to an institution.  Some institutions are better than others.  I have no idea how Abbott's life is now.  From his profile: "Recently he has been transferred to an institution and nobody knows how he is now." How very sad.  I PRAY someone will visit his institution and get an idea of how he is doing,  Even better, GO GET HIM!  There's a darling little girl in the same region, maybe in the same institution!  The very best of brothers and sisters, I think. Someone go get them out of there!

On the first night of Angel Tree, I was blessed to be able to announce a matching grant for Abbott.  $100 automatically doubling to $200 as soon as it was raised!  I went to bed, praying that my boy will find a family in these two months, and that I could help with some of the financial burden.  I woke to find the grant MATCHED and $200 offered as a new matching grant!

So if you donate to Abbott, using that handy little widget on the right sidebar or the donate button on his profile, your dollars will DOUBLE!  $5 becomes $10, $10 become $20, Slowly, slowly, $50 becomes $100 and $200 becomes $400 more dollars to help Abbott find a family to call his own! When his grant reaches $2985.00, this matching grant will be met.

Angelina has almost $5000 in her grant, which will be $6000 very soon, because she was one of the children selected to benefit from the Cultivate Wines grant!  Her advocate is working tirelessly for her, and has some mighty big fundraisers planned for Angel Tree.  Much of these children's adoptions are paid for in advance.  The Lord want to place the lonely into families!  Will you pray for Abbott and Angelina?  Will you share some of your blessings with these that have nothing?  Will you pledge to pray for them; that they would be protected in their health, their spirits and that a family would choose them SOON?  Please?

Donate to Abbott HERE    

Donate to Angelina HERE 

It's the LAST Day!!

It's like the last mile of a marathon....the last hours of a fast....the last few minutes of giving birth!  IT's the last day to vote for Reece's Rainbow in the Cultivate Wines $50,000 grant contest!  Please take a moment and go vote.

For Asher, Angelina, Tara, Kyle, Dawn, Kai and all the rest.  Their lives will be forever changed.

All it takes is a click, a share, a word of encouragement.  VOTE!

VOTE HERE FOR REECE'S RAINBOW

Persevere!

There's only a week left in the Cultivate Wines contest.  Reece's Rainbow is in the running for $50,000!! Fifty THOUSAND dollars!  Advocates beg and plead for $5 and $10 dollars....just think what $50,000 will do for the ten selected orphans!  They will find families much easier, those families are likely to choose siblings to bring home, too, and their entire communities, both physical and the online ones, will be touched! People will be inspired to begin praying about adopting  More advocates will be born.  More families will be created.

Have you voted yet?  Please vote and share the link.  Any adult with a facebook account can vote once a day.  PLEASE!

VOTE FOR ORPHANS HERE

Angel Tree Season

I'm gearing up for Angel Tree season.  Angel Tree is Reece's Rainbow's biggest fundraiser of the year! Each child, 0-5 years old, is eligible to have an Angel Tree Warrior. Sadly, there are some children still not chosen.  Go choose a child to fight for for yourself!  The children who are available are those without a badge to the right of their profiles.

Angel Tree Boys
Angel Tree Girls

Once you've chosen a child or three, go to this page to request to be a Warrior.

My little guy is Abbott. I can't wait to see his little face smiling because his mommy is there with him, but for now, he remains forlorn and frightened.  We haven't received a new picture for some time, and I rather fear it when we do.

Will he still have pudge in his cheeks, or will he be gaunt like Sasha?

Will he be bitten like Archie?

Starving, like Lina?

Forsaken and forgotten like Ekaterina?

Perhaps he'll be well cared for still.... like Kai, but still longing for a family of his own?

Maybe the next time I see a new picture, it will be of his family celebrating having found him, like Lyla!

Please consider making a donation to Abbott's fund, in honor of his family to come....to lighten their burden, to let them know that they are not alone in their love for him. And please, say a prayer for him. It's the most important thing that can be done and it costs NOTHING but your time!

Missy's Triumph!

For so long now, Missy has wanted to crochet!  EmBlem, Polly and I have been crocheting as much as possible lately to help a certain friend raise the fees needed to commit to the child they want to adopt, and Missy has felt rather left out.

Polly sat down with her again this last week and helped her try to hold the yarn and manage the hook correctly.  This time MISSY DID IT!! See the chain she is holding?  She did that all by herself!  She can even start the chain by making a slip knot by herself.

Missy even helped on her very first crochet project for Reece's Rainbow.  She made the foundation chain for this cute little guy:

He's up for grabs right now, for a very limited time.  Only eight entries are being accepted, at $10 each. Paypal dannovit@gmail.com if you want to participate!!  This should be the last time I send you to that paypal address.  My friend Colleen should be able to officially commit to her daughter this week and she'll then have a tax-deductible account to use!

Bald and Beautiful

"The Stars Aligned" is guest blogging here at Loving the Crew. Please look carefully at these girls and really *SEE* them. Pray that their needs are met, their hearts are comforted by THE Comforter and that all of them find families, not just one!

Beautiful is an understatement.

There is no getting lost in their cute little pigtails,

You get lost staring into their soulful eyes

The ones that have a story to tell

Yes beautiful is in the eye of the beholder,

When I look at the bald yet breathtakingly beautiful girls on the page, my heart skips a beat.

You don't have to meet them to hear their story, stare into their eyes, there is a story to be told.

Almost every single one of these children areliving surviving life in a mental institution.

Almost all of them are confined to a crib.

Almost all of them are left unnoticed.

And almost none of them will be the chosen ones.

But what if I told you that one was chosen?
What if I told you that there is a mommy out there that found her daughter among the bald and beautiful?
Could you look at the photos and decide who? Could you see more worth in one than the others?
They are all worth it, they all need families, they will all make amazing daughters.

There's a story to tell, let these girls be heard today. Make a stance that the bald and beautifulare worthy.

Do you want to meet the mommy of one of our bald and beautiful?
We need your help to get there.

It costs $1,000 to commit to her.

Will you make a stance and prove that the bald and beautiful are NOT overlooked?
That they are loved and worthy?
That we will help bring her home?



Oh and did I mention that they have a matching grant right now for $500?

Let's bring the bald and beautiful home!

Adopting Mabel's Adoption Chip-In

Mabel is on "My Family Found Me", which means that there's is a family working toward adopting her!  Praises to the Lord!  However, before her family can officially commit, they need to pay for a home study and initial commitment fees.  Once they get this done, then Mabel can be moved onto "New Commitments" and a tax deductible account is set up to help her family with the costs of the adoption in the latter portion of the process. For now, all the upfront money has to come from their own pockets or from people who are willing to come alongside of them as they seek to follow God's command to minister to the orphans.  Donations directly to the family are NOT tax deductible.

I have pledged to help as much as possible to bring Mabel home.  I've set up a Chip-In Account that will be used exclusively for helping Mabel's family with these up-front costs.  I will also be blogging about various fundraisers and auctions that will be occurring to help raise these funds.

If you are on facebook, there's a group called "Adopting Mabel's Adoption" that you can join to keep up, in an up-to-the-minute manner.

Please pray for Mabel and her family, as they race to get her home as soon as possible.

Battle Time

There have been some epic battles around the Crew's home lately.  We got these out in preparation for many children visiting during the crochet class I am teaching to local homeschoolers.  Troubles, Jack, Missy and Polly have all been spending their free time engaging in warfare.  Imaginative play makes a Momma's heart happy!

Angel Tree Season

Angel Tree is here!  Angel Tree is here!  The Christmas Angel Tree is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Reece's Rainbow kids.  Children listed on Reece's Rainbow who are aged 0-5 and have Down syndrome are eligible to have an Angel Tree Warrior.  I was assigned to my dear Abbott!  If you've read here for very long at all, you know how he has my heart.  I began advocating for him last year with the goal of getting his fund over $2500 and getting him onto the Moving Mountains page.  We met that goal!  The new financial goal is $3650, which is about $1000 from where he is now.  The ultimate goal, though, is finding his family.  He needs to be out of the institution he is in.


I am still going to be advocating for dear, sweet Mabel.  She, too, desperately needs a family and a large grant find will help them to bring her home as quickly as possible. 

I've set a personal goal of getting her fund up to $3500.  That will get her to the next Moving Mountains step.  I have some interesting things planned to help raise funds and awareness of my two "heart-babies".  Will you please commit to praying for them?  Please download their pictures, print them off and hang them where you will see them often.  As you walk past, say a word of prayer for their health, their safety, their hearts to be prepared for a family, and most of all, for a family to find them, claim them and GO GET THEM!