2nd Fundraising Attempt

I'm very excited about our next fundraiser! I think it will do well for us. We are running a recycling of cell phones campaign. If we can collect enough cell phones from friends, neighbors and good samaritans and we could raise enough money to complete our adoption. For each cell phone we could earn from .25 to $300, depending on year/make/model.

I'm hoping that people who hear about the campaign will share it with their friends, family and co-workers and create a viral campaign to get the cell phones to us.

We can be contacted at debrez64@msn.com to make shipping arrangements.

So if you're reading this, please pass it on!

Thank you.
Jeff & Debbie

A Mother's Love

Have I mentioned before how lucky I am to have such a wonderful mother? I have been blessed with a loving, kind and caring mother who stepped out in faith in the friends she has made over the past 50 years. She wrote a letter to her friends sharing our story of how we're trying to adopt due to the fact that I haven't been able to have children of my own, and asked if they could make a donation to our adoption. I have been amazed and blessed in the responses I've gotten from her letter. Many of her friends are just as kind, caring and loving with their donations, prayers and words of encouragement. Thank you mom's friends, each and every one of you. And thank you mom, I love you.

“The family is the first school of living, and the influence received inside the family is decisive for the future development of the individual,” said John Paul II.

Just liked the sentiment...

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If orphan children never experience a family's love, how can we expect them to comprehend God's love?

Not all are called to adopt, but anyone can love and minister to orphan children by helping other families adopt.

1st Fundraiser - CANCELLED

We're about to launch our first fundraiser on June 8th. We'll be holding a murder mystery dinner with a luau theme. Besides being able to participate in solving the mystery, we'll also be having a 50/50 drawing and a few other activities.

I can't say enough how grateful Jeff & I are to our friends here in Colorado who are helping us with these events.

Check back after the 8th to see photos...

Campaign

If just 1,499 people donate $20 each, we will achieve our dream of becoming parents.

Dossier

Our dossier has been sent to Poland for translation and approval. Once this is done our last hurtle will be fundraising and waiting. They'll start looking for a match for us and set a date for travel once we accept a referral.

We are meeting with several very special and wonderful ladies on Thursday 2/21 to have a discussion meeting on holding a silent auction. As this will be our biggest fundraising attempt, so we're asking for prayers for success and abundance.

Stay tuned for more info....

Exciting Step

We just sent our "dossier" packet out to PA today, which means in a few weeks it will go to Poland for translation. How Exciting! Pretty soon it will just be a matter of waiting for our match. We can't wait to bring our son & daughter home!