One Less April

What would the world look like if each of us made it our responsibility to see one less orphan without an education...one less orphan without a growling hunger... or one less orphan without a bleak future of poverty?

In the next 45 days, our goal is to find a sponsor for every single child who has yet to be sponsored at our school in Lifesong Ethiopia. (Gulp! That's a tall order! See below how YOU can help.) We are asking for an investment of just $19/month that will result in a future leader for the renewal of Africa from the inside out.

Invest in a life of a child. Invest in self-sufficiency. Invest in bringing hope to one more orphan.

Together we can get EVERY child sponsored! Will you help us?

How can YOU help each child find a sponsor:

• PRAY: Join us in praying for the 587 children who are unsponsored in Ethiopia. Pray for the thousands that will be given the opportunity to sponsor--that hearts would be open to helping a child in need. Pray that God will raise advocates to help spread the word!
• ADVOCATE: Maybe sponsoring a child isn't an option for you at this time but you have a platform and a voice to let the need be known! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram and share the One Less campaign with your friends & followers.
• SPONSOR: Commit to sponsor a students at Lifesong Ethiopia School long-term for $19/month to help ensure that they get the incredible education, spiritual mentoring and food that they need to break the cycle of poverty. To see the children yet to be sponsored, please visit: www.zatproject.com/oneless

To learn more about the Ziway + Adami Tulu Project and details of sponsorship visit www.zatproject.com.

Wonderfully Made Necklace

And we have another adoption fundraiser!! :)) 

Jubilee Jewels designed this necklace as an adoption fundraiser for us. I LOVE it!! It has the perfect words on it to describe our sweet M...."Wonderfully Made, "Treasured", "Miracle". 

Click on the link below for more information or to order:

http://jubileesjewels.com/treasured-wonderfully-made

Oil Painting of Quito

Our dear friends and missionaries in Ecuador, The Pineiros Family, donated this amazing painting for us to auction to raise money for our adoption expenses. The painting is a 25.5" X 40" original oil on canvas. It is a painting of Historic Downtown Quito. You can see the beautiful mountains and snowcapped volcano in the background. The pictures do not do this painting justice. It really is beautiful and full of detail. 

Here is the sweet story of the painting from Denise: "It's oil and canvas from a pretty well known artist in Quito. Every Sunday, there's a park where the artists take their work, and display it. The park is called El Ejido. When we went to find it, we had a budget of what we could spend on the painting. We fell in love with this one, but it was slightly out of our price range. When the man displaying the paintings heard M's story, he pulled out the amount of the difference from his own pocket and added it to our cash. He said "this is for love, this is for M."

The bidding will begin at $100.00. The auction will run from now until April 22, 2013 at 9:00 pm. To bid on the painting, you can comment on this blog post. If you have trouble commenting, you can email me privately. If the winning bidder needs the painting shipped, the bidder will pay the shipping charges. 

Added Bonus: We were recently awarded a matching grant from Brittany's Hope. The winning bidder can make the donation check for the winning bid to Brittany's Hope and it will be Tax Deductible!!!!

Thank you so much for helping us bring of son home!! 

Custom Necklace

This custom necklace was donated to our adoption auction by Heart & Sole Boutique in Smyrna. The necklace is a one one a kind by local artist Gene Soul. The retail value of the necklace is $75.00.

To visit Heart & Sole on facebook, go to:

http://www.facebook.com/HeartSole

The auction will begin at $20.00. To bid, comment on this blog post. The winner will be the highest bidder at the end of the auction. The auction will end Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 11:00 am. If you need the necklace shipped, actual shipping charges will be added to the winning bid. 

Thermal Tote

This auction is for a Thirty One Thermal Tote in Organic Poppy. This was donated by Angi Morrison. For more information Angi's Thirty One business visit:  www.mythirtyone.com/angimorrison

To bid on this auction please comment on this blog post. Bidding will start at $5.00 and the auction will end Thursday, March 14th at 11:00 am. If the item needs to be shipped, the winning bidder will pay actual shipping charges.

All In One Organizer

This auction is for a Thirty One all in one organizer in plum stripe. This was donated by Angi Morrison. For more information Angi's Thirty One business visit:  www.mythirtyone.com/angimorrison

To bid on this auction please comment on this blog post. Bidding will start at $5.00 and the auction will end Thursday, March 14th at 11:00 am. If the item needs to be shipped, the winning bidder will pay actual shipping charges.

Chris Nicholson Salon

Chris Nicholson from Chris Nicholson Salon and Spa has donated a $50.00 gift card that can be used towards a hair with him. He cuts my hubby's and our kiddo's hair. We LOVE him!! For more information about the salon go to:

http://www.chrisnicholsonsalon.com/

Bidding for the gift card will start at $15.00. To bid just comment on THIS blog post. The highest bidder at the end of the auction will win the gift card. The auction will end Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 11:00 am.