How you can help!

Dear Family and Friends,

We want to share our exciting news with you! We have decided to expand our family through adoption once again. God blessed us six years ago with a wonderful and sweet little boy and we are now ready to begin the process to welcome a second child into our family! Clayton has been praying for a baby for a while now and we are excited to be able to begin the process to make him a big brother.

The bible tells us that, faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. _{Hebrews 11:1} We do not know exactly when this will happen or how it will, but we know it will. We truly believe that God is leading us this way once again and believe our family will be completed through this process.  We know that this process is not easy, and it will take a lot of prayer on our part and the prayers of those around us. We do not wish to depend on man, but to depend and have faith in God to lead us through this process.  Because we know, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. _{Mark 10:27}

As many of you know, our first adoption was processed internationally, a somewhat predictable and estimated process.  We have made the decision to process a domestic adoption, which is more unpredictable. For us, the difficult part of this process – other than the waiting – is the expense. As some of you may know, adoption expenses include agency fees, legal fees, document preparation costs, travel expenses and much more. We are working on a number of fundraising ideas, but our hope is to raise as much money toward the adoption as possible.  We have been and are saving but are still seeking ways to raise more funds for our wonderful venture. We need your help to make this adoption possible.

ONE WAY TO HELP! You can help make our dream possible by making a tax deductible donation to our agency on our behalf. Your donation can be made out to All Blessings International and mailed to us. When your donation is received, we will collect it with other donations received and present them to our agency and obtain a receipt for your donation. Receipts can be issued for donations over $25 only.

In the coming days and weeks, I plan to post a number of fundraising ideas and ways you can help.  We will have very limited information for a while, but plan to keep this blog updated for our friends and family. Please check it soon and often.

The above is just one way you will be able to help us. If you are unable to support with a donation at this time, we understand and ask for your prayers.   Thank you in advance for your support.

Love,

Matt, Mandy and Clayton

For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him; Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.  

1 Samuel 1:27-28