Angel Tree 2012

UPDATE-CELINE IS AT 29 VOTES, I NEED 18 VOTES OR MORE TO BE IN TOP #2!
Angel Tree 2012 has come a little early this year. And a little princess has something to say about how she can be on this years angel tree!

PRETTY PLEASE?

I USUALLY DON'T GET TO BE A PART SINCE I AM OLDER BUT I DO THIS YEAR IF I AM ONE OF THE TOP TWO VOTED OR SOMEONE CAN CHOOSE ME IF THEY WIN THE DONATION DRAWING. 

SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE WITH SUGAR ON TOP GO VOTE FOR ME TO BE ON ANGEL TREE 2012!!

SO FAR 9 VOTES HAVE BEEN CASTED IN MY FAVOR, IF I NEED TO BE THE TOP TWO I NEED AT LEAST 15 VOTES AS OF NOW! YOU CAN ONLY VOTE ONCE EACH WEEK SO VOTE FOR ME! ONLY 1 VOTE PER PERSON

My warrior would love to be my christmas warrior this year but she needs YOUR HELP BY VOTING!!! She has decided to throw in she will do a special blogpost for the orphan of your choice for anyone who shares the link to vote even if I don't win!

Have I mentioned to VOTE? Click on vote highlighted above & scroll all the way to the bottom to VOTE!!!

Family

Family can be anyone, whether your related biologically, adopted, or by the blood of christ. I want you all to know that I appreciate my Family! Every single one of you in my Reeces Rainbow Family, my family, & my Christian family!! After I announced my exciting news I had never seen so many likes & comments on my post on Facebook. Its pretty scary to go to a new country you have never been to before but all the love thats been shared over the past week has me uplifted & encouraged so I THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I especially want to thank my "big sis" Becki, you have been such a blessing to me over the years of knowing you & I appreciate your enthusiasm for what I do. You have encouraged me big time as I take this leap to go to Russia. When I first received the message from the family asking if I wanted to go, I was scared cause I was not sure if I could raise the passport & visa fees but now I have no doubt I will get to go. Please continue to pray! I'm so over the moon excited to go & I thank the family for giving me this opportunity!  My heart is already in love with this country & counting the months til I get to go! Google translate is already to go on my Iphone & my brother is taking Russian this year so that will certainly help me!

I think I want to have some blog posts about Russia history & the country in general but first in that series I might have my mom, Dad, & older sister write about the church in Novgorod that they were a part of.
                    

Teamwork Tuesday-Angelina3G

Angelina, another precious girl in Cora Lynnes & Carmens region. She could be adopted with either of those girls or any other child from that region. Is she not the cutest little girl?

I picture her in a family, playing peek-a-boo & patty cake with her new sisters. She longs for a mommy to cuddle with & care for her.
Are you her mommy? find out more information about her by clicking her name. If your not my mommy you can share my link today or donate to my grant!

I'm going to Russia!

Yes, I have made the decision-Russia here I come! I will be traveling with an adoptive family on trip #3 (gotcha trip) to help since her Husband is unable to around Thanksgiving. Looking forward to meeting Natasha & experiencing her country. My favorite part will probably be the day I get to be a part of Gotcha Day.

With faith & many prayers I am taking this leap for a trip of a lifetime. Thing is I am still going to have to raise the funds needed for my passport & visa. Today, I found out exact cost will be $135 for my passport. To help with the costs I have these fundraisers currently going.
See the AMAZON box to the right?
If you type something into that box that will take you to the amazon website. When you order through that link a percentage will be sent to me from amazon. I can check within 24 hrs if it shows up on my order report.

Want to do cool stuff like this?

Or this?

Or this?

Or even a facebook timeline cover?

I could go on & on about how much I love My Memories software!

Want to order this digital scrapbook program & help me get funds for my passport & visa? Not to mention $10 off purchasing the program & $10 worth of free digital scrapbooking kits!

Heres how!

1. Order the My Memories 3 digital scrapbook software 

2. Enter STMMMS49256 at checkout to recieve $10 off

3. You get $10 off the program, $10 store credit to use on extra kits (they have plenty of freebies too!), I get $20 everytime this code is used! Its a win win for everyone!

Lastly, I have these crafts available for sale in my Shooting Stars Crafty Corner page on Facebook. I have been given an opportunity to use these to help with my passport so here it goes.

You can contact me via my page highlighted above or if your not on facebook please leave a comment if interested. Limited availability so if its gone its gone.

All flowers come with clip, but you must attach it yourself.

$4 each including shipping.

4 available of this one!

NOTE-The white one says JESUS LOVES ME & the Green one says Little sis. 1 available of each

NOTE- Only 1 available! Its white with a tad of yellow

Blue & white w/yellow hello kitty still available!

Zipper pulls-$1 each includes shipping. Music Teacher & Kai Lan still available!

If you don't need anything of the above I also have a chipin to the right if you wish to donate! It will NOT BE TAX DEDUCTIBLE since this is not technically a mission trip with a group.

Thanks for letting me share! Do not feel pressured at all, if you can't donate please pray I can raise the funds! I know I am not an adoptive family but I am helping this adoptive family.

It helps to know my parents have been, & were a major part of helping build the Christian Evangelical Church in Novgorod, Russia. I hope I can see it in person.

A possible opportunity

I have a chance to go on a trip with an adoptive family to Eastern Europe pretty soon & all I would need to cover is a passport, visa, & any extra costs that might come up. Well, I know this is not about a family adopting nor advocating for orphans this would be a great opportunity for me to experience another culture outside of the USA. I have yet to make my final decision about going but I want to go ahead to work on a passport whether I go on this opportunity or a future one. It would be nice to have a passport no matter when/where I go. For me to get a passport its going to cost around $165 & if I go I will need to pay about $420 or so for a visa to start. I'm trusting God that if he wants me to go he will make a way for me to go. I'm trying all my might to figure out ways to come up with the passport cost. I HATE asking for funds & I am not pressuring anyone to donate but I have setup a chipin to go to my personal paypal account for Passport cost whether or not I go on this particular opportunity or sometime in the future. I do ask if you decide to donate a minimum of $5 incase of paypal fees. I have been longing & dreaming to go to some other country for some time now. Please continue to pray that God will make it pretty clear that I need to go. Money is a huge obstacle but I trust in God!

Prayer Request

I would like my reader friends to please pray, all I will say for now is I need funds for a passport to have in general & maybe an opportunity. This opportunity could be great for me but I am praying & discussing about it. I'm honestly doing all I possibly can right now to make it happen but frankly its going to be a wild ride if I want to take that leap of Faith. Theirs lots to think about & figure out but God will make a way if he wants it to happen. Thanks!

Sweet 16

16 is a Birthday that's usually pretty exciting for any teen. I remember my 16th Birthday, I had a bunch of friends over & we went to chuck e cheese then came back to my house to play games, eat cake, & open presents. Unfortunately for an orphan that means being stuck there the rest of their days or they get sent out onto the streets. No big celebration, no cake, no presents, no special balloon.

                                                 
  These teens are turning 16 in SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER!!! THIS IS THEIR LAST CHANCE AT FINDING A FOREVER FAMILY!! PLEASE DON'T LET THEM LOSE THAT CHANCE! IF INTERESTED IN ADOPTING ANY OF THEM CONTACT REECE'S RAINBOW ASAP!! CAN'T ADOPT? THEN PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD LIKE WILDFIRE CAUSE THESE TEENS NEED FAMILIES TOO!!
                         JARED NEEDS A FAMILY ASAP!!!

                                      
                         TRINA NEEDS A FAMILY ASAP!!!

                       
                     STEFAN NEEDS A FAMILY ASAP!!!

                      Why don't you give them a chance?
                    I have wrote about them in another past blogpost here