FUNDRAISERS!!! And now comes that blood curling scream from horror movies!! Oh the very word makes your skin crawl and makes you want to hide under your bed!
I confess, I copied the above from another families blog (with permission;). She made some great points I completely agreed with. As I read it I chuckled, but by the end of the post I felt I should share my heart with my readers as well.
You have seen fundraisers from Christmas Wreaths, to our Adoption Yard Sale, to our Pampered Chef Benefit...and most recently a way to give a tax deductible donation through Village to Village. This is in NO way meant to be any kind of pressure from us on to you. We cherish our friends and family and would NEVER want to stress anyone. We have not sat and counted our friends, ticking off dollar signs in our heads, and won't we promise:)
The point of fundraisers is two-fold. First, with a fundraiser, you can have a lot of people do a little and accomplish much (many hands make light work!). Example: You may think it pointless to give $10 on our Village to Village donation goal, when we need $9,890. It's just a drop in the bucket. HOWEVER, if you give $10 knowing you are one of 100 people giving $10 than you have helped raise $1000 for your friends. EVERY penny counts!
Second, our time for receiving a referral is drawing near (hopefully in the next 6 months) when we will have only 2 weeks to come up with the $9,890. We have some of this, but as you can see we are not there yet, and we are chiseling away at that number a little at a time!
As I tell my children, when their "I wants" get too many to number, Guys, as much as I would like it we are not independently wealthy. And the very real honest fact of the matter is we do not have thousands sitting in the bank. As ridiculous as it seems, it costs over $20,000 to adopt one little girl. There are thousands of orphans around the world because of the very real financial wall that stands between them and their would be families. These kids deserve homes and how many more families would be willing if they didn't question how on earth they could ever afford it.
God has shown us from the get go that he would provide opportunities for us to climb that wall. We have prayed for provision and don't believe He waves a magic wand giving us thousands, but rather gives us chances to work in ways he can move. So, even though we don't have thousands, we are willing to fight, to save, to raise the money, to sell our stuff, to have faith that the money will continue to be there, and to know it will not be because of us. It will be because of MANY that we are blessed with the life of one little girl.
Please, as you see the fundraisers, or the reminders, do not feel like you should look away, or run and hide or hope that we don't think badly of you for not giving. We want everyone to do what their heart tells them to do. If that means giving, we humbly receive it. If that means sending us a word of encouragement or a prayer our way, by all means PLEASE do!. We could have not made it this far without what you have already done, and we know we can't make it the rest of the way without you.
We are so blessed for each and everyone of you. Thank you for your support as we continue our journey to bring Isabel home. God Bless.
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