I don't think I ever gave an update about a praise that happened the other day. I can't reveal too much yet since I know my team Celine probably are reading this, but I can tell you the other day I recieved an facebook message from someone who loves Celine like I do & wishes she could be theirs but she can't. The Good news is I knew this person had said they would be fundraising so I kept hoping to hear an update well, she had sent me a message asking how to address the check so to make sure it gets to her grant. The amount she told me just blew me away!! I had never gotten close to raising that much & when both checks (mine & hers) arrive & I reveal the totals made from her fundraiser & mine you will know GOD ALWAYS PROVIDES when you least expect him too. It blew my mind how a simple "task" taken on by this person could raise that much & I have tears running down my cheeks as I write this miracle that happened. We have become such a family, that dearly wants whats best for Celine. To Celines family, whomever that might be know that you will have a host of support 100% to help bring her home. Lord we thank you that you have continued to provide for Celine & have turned $3,033.00 to over $8,000. Please continue to raise up the funds needed for her to come home to a loving family. I ask that you reopen Region 2, that you may fling the doors open to make the process faster for the families & for the kids who don't have families. Amen!
Another praise I would like to share is we raised around $47 plus some from the Auction I did for Brandi! Its not much but praise God as I was getting tired of seeing her grant stuck at $10! Little by little I pray her grant will get to $1,000.
Its been very hard trying to figure out if I should write everyday or every few days as I keep getting stuck on how best to share whats on my heart & how to advocate for these orphans when I feel like I am on repeat all the time. I know I have improved & will continue to as I try to get my thoughts into words & let God lead to what I should write about. Already I am debating whether or not to do another Giveaway in a few months as this past time was crazy insane, but I really want to repay some of the families who have willingly blessed me in ways more than words could describe. My Reeces Rainbow family has meant so much to me & I don't know what life would be like had I not come across this wonderful ministry. I may not meet all of them in real life on this side of heaven but I know that all this family has been so much to me through the ups & downs through life & this crazy world of advocating & fundraising. Love you my friends! You all mean the world to me! Please continue to pray for me in the Good times & the bad times! That I will be able to minister to New people through my blog so that others will know the plight of special needs orphans & about Reeces Rainbow. Pray I can share my testimony/story so that other parents faced with a prenatal diagnose of Down Syndrome who have a child without special needs that siblings won't feel burdened & that they can choose Life. Thanks so much for reading my blog. I may not be the best writer or have the coolest looking blog or write every single day or have lots of pictures (cause I don't think my pictures would be of any interest to you cause I am not an adoptive family) but I do Love & care for these kids as if they were my siblings or my own kids.
Whoa!! Not at a loss of words on this post! Good job, Leah! How wonderful to hear that someone is putting large amts. of donations into Celine's fund! Wish I could do so much more...very frustrating, but the Lord will allow me to do what I can, with the time that I have. :) HUGS!
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Thanks Rochelle! You have done what you can, sometimes I wish I could do more too.
DeleteI love your heart...as a parent of children with 2 DS and 2 typical children..I can't help but pray that they will one day have the heart that you do for these children.
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aww thanks Stephanie!
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