Gathering Goodies!

Thanks for stopping in! My family is on a journey to adopt two little ones from Ethiopia and though we are on the waiting list for them, we don't know their faces or their little personalities yet, but we love them dearly already!!

Praising God that our expected budget funds have been raised we are now working on donations to take to the orphanage and gifts for the nannies and staff that are right now caring for our precious children! Read Here and Here to see what the Lord has brought us through!

A couple weeks ago my daughters and I worked on gift bags for the near 35 nannies! Here is what we made:

We found a great deal on little perfumes and lotions then we added a cute notebook, nail clippers, nail file, and hair ties too. I hope they like it! Functional and cute right? For the gentlemen on staff we found a gift box with a nice neck-tie. Looking forward to the day we load these up on the plane!

Join us to pray for those who are caring for children in orphanages all around the world! Join us to pray specifically for the main care-givers to our Tarik and Elsa! Thank you!!

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