Reminder of Scrapbook fundraiser

Just a reminder about the scrapbook fundraiser! So far no orders have come in but I am having Faith God will provide even if its not on my own timing. Please spread the word! Everytime my code is used, 50% of my proceeds I earn will go to Cora Lynne til May 31st only.
If you have not had enough of my raving of how good it is then heres some more I have done with the program!  I can't say enough good things about it!

Teamwork Tuesday-Quinten

So I am a tad late on this weeks teamwork tuesday post but better late than never right? Right now I am struggling to post much of anything, I am just feeling bleh about posting to the same people feeling what more can I say or do? Its hard cause I am thinking of Cora Lynne, how not too many have noticed her & that its her 6th Birthday this month how she could be in a institution or close to transfer. I just keep having bad feelings that  she spends her days laying down in a crib & honestly makes me want to cry. Its also been hard in the fundraising department as right now I can only do the scrapbook fundraiser & not a single order so far but hey I am not giving up even if I just get 1 & end up giving all the proceeds. No, I am not giving up but just can't quite figure out what to write about so anyway back to todays post of Teamwork Tuesday. (Not trying to make you feel like you have to give or feel bad just got to let it out)
Meet Quinten, another precious boy almost like Quinton (who is home with his forever family!)

Their is not too much information on him just like my prayer child Alden, but thankfully he has a donation button compared to Alden who does not.

Date of Birth: August 2009
Gender: Male
Eyes: Gray
Hair: red
Character: noisy, active
Diagnosis: DS, delayed development, protein-calorie deficiency, non-malignant growth
He sounds like he would make a wonderful son for someones family! He has a $1,304.00 grant available towards his adoption.

Having faith

Having faith can be hard, especially during the hard times of life. No, I am not talking about Reeces Rainbow. Today I tell you of a story of having faith. Let me introduce to my friend Ashley, who blogs at Life According to the Christians Ashley is not only my friend in blog world but in real life as well. For you see I got to know Ashley, when their family moved here so her husband Josh could be the Youth Pastor at our church. I had the pleasure of getting to know her on/off when she volunteered with the youth ministry which at the time I was still in, but I truely got to know her when I graduated from Youth & she started a Ladies Bible Study at her house. (which I will be forever greatful for her starting it!) Anyway, If you want to hear their whole story about how they came to adopt twin girls go read their old blog posts. Right now one of their girls, Livy has been fighting for her life with a host of medical diagnoses, their family has faith in God that he can heal her & already prayers have proven that time & time again. How can they have that faith with all the unknowns? God wants us to have that faith cause he knows we need it. So can you do me a favor to pray for my little friend Olivia Faith? I have met her, held her, & loved on her before she got sick in the nursery. She has already endured so much for 18 months old. I was just reminded of her middle name & how God wants us to have that FAITH. Today as I was sitting for an hour praying for their family & Livy, I got my bible out & flipped it to my favorite verse Jeremiah 29:11 New International Version (NIV) 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. As I was thinking I wish I had a picture of her (adoption is almost finalized!) so I could remember what she looked like before & have a visual picture to pray over, I remembered the picture of both girls with a note on the back that we got at the adoption shower so I rushed out to the garage to try to find it & I did. I took it back with me to my prayer spot & put my hands over the picture & prayed over it as it layed on my favorite verse in my bible.  Dear Livy, Thank you for reminding me that we need to have Faith in God! Josh & Ashley, I am in awe of your faith & passion to press on even when things get rough.
I will conclude with sharing the most reccent update on facebook (she has not had much time for blogging!)

1. Update: Livy developed ARDS Friday for yet unknown reasons. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome is a life threatening lung condition. We were told yesterday her chance of survival was 50%. She started responding better this morning, however, hearing that the docs still wanted to get her prepped for ELCS (heart/lung bypass) was a bit of a downer. Since this morning Livy has shown some good signs o......f improvement. She's still got a long way to go before she's out of the woods, but she's on the right track. They have taken her off the paralytic and lowered her oscillator to see how she does. She's very heavily sedated and they aren't entirely sure how she's going to respond off of it. We've been learning more about ARDS and what we've learned is very scary. She's still critical and her outlook is still uncertain. With the improvements she's been showing, IMO, her chances have improved from the 50% they were yesterday but the docs haven't said what they are at this point. Tomorrow they are hoping to try and switch her to the other ventilator. We are hoping to hear results back from her blood cultures tomorrow evening which will hopefully shed more light on what's causing the ARDS. They are still taking it hour by hour and one step at a time. Thank you so much for your continued prayers, I truly believe God is honoring them. I'll keep the updates coming as we keep hearing more.

   
   

   I will occasionally post Olivia updates on here, but mostly do on my facebook but wanted to share with my non-fb friends to be praying. HAVING FAITH THAT GODS GOT THIS! My 2 favorite sayings together!

   
   

   

   
   

Wishes on your 6th Birthday

Most of us would probably wishing for a unicorn & ice cream or to live in a castle with ponies on our 6th birthdays or some other fantasy. For Cora Lynne her fantasy, is about her dreams coming true of finding her forever family. Even if its not my Birthday if I never enjoyed the life a family could bring that is what I would wish for. Someone to hold tight to me & love me like I have never been loved before. Though I don't know her birth date it is sometime this month so today I honor her. No 6 year old deserves the life she has. Sadly if she has not already been transferred her birthday will not be celebrated & cherished she will not have cake or presents or any of the fun things 6 yr olds love to do but be taken from the place she grew up in to an adult mental institution. While some are better than others its not the same as a love that a family can bring for her. She has waited far too long unnoticed & unloved. Will you help me make it a Happy Birthday for her? Pray, spread the word about her, or donate $6 to her grant! Happy 6th Birthday my precious Cora Lynne, I hope you are out of a crib & that someone might love on you today whether its your birthday or not. Love you baby girl, I am praying & trying so hard to fundraise & advocate for you! I pray your forever family finds you soon & that this is the last birthday you spend without the love of a family!

Please remember Cora Lynnes scrapbook fundraiser too! Heres my scrapbook I just started for Celine! More samples of what you can do with this great program!

SPECIAL DEAL ON THE SCRAPBOOK SOFTWARE!

This weekend, My Memories have some good deals going on including 15% off the digital software! So as you recall I have mentioned this several times & I am in love with this software! Well, heres the scoop! Usually you can get this program for $39.97 well they have it 15% off which makes it $33.97 then if thats not enough you can use my personal code for $10 off so you would be getting it for $23.97! In addition to that you get a $10 store credit to use on purchasing the kits you want & also currently you can get a free photobook! Very great value for $23.97 if you ask me! If you want to see what I have made with this awesome program go look here, here, & here To order go to My Memories, 1. Order the my memories digital 3 program with this code STMMMS49256 at checkout 2. You will recieve a $10 discount from that code & will recieve a $10 store credit. Also will recieve a free photobook. 3. For every $20 they send me everytime that code is used I will donate 50% to Cora Lynne til May 31st 4. Leave a comment here if you got the scrapbook program with a message to Cora Lynne & her future family whoever they might be & I will include you on a page of Cora Lynnes very own scrapbook I got for her back in December. How cool is that you get to make forever stories/memories of your own life, benefit an orphan, & be apart of her story! Check it out today!

Faith & my new digital scrapbook craze!

I am having Faith that Region 2 will reopen, I prayed for an hour in my closet Monday night listening to my christian music praying & begging on my knees to our Mighty God for Region 2, for the goverment, for the families & kids still waiting in region 2, for the process to speed up, for the paperwork & anyone who touches it. I even cried, as I hurt for Celine,  Preston, Megan, & all the others. I also found some more healing of the past but mainly wanted Monday to be about Region 2 of my week long prayer fast. Its the faith God gives me that I continue to jump into the waters of fundraising. I DID NOT EXPECT TO BE JUMPING RIGHT NOW, AS ITS OVERWHELMING, YADA YADA YADA. How can I have that faith if I do not jump & try my best? Devil is trying to attack me not to blog or use it to fundraise or fundraise at all. He is the one who was trying to distract me in that closet & letting my feelings get the best of me. He tried but he did NOT SUCCEED! TRUST ME ITS NOT EASY TO FUNDRAISE, ESPECIALLY WITH NO WORD ABOUT REGION 2 & TRYING TO PRAY ITS ALL IN HIS HANDS. Not worrying or fretting is very tough to do but I am TRYING TO HAVE FAITH THAT ALL THINGS WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM. I simply wanted to get a scrapbook program & support Lyla, I had not thought of the fact that I would be signing up to do yet another fundraiser & that I completely forgot precious Cora Lynnes Birthday was this coming month. Last year, I did the 31 day challenge blogging everyday & attempting to fundraise for her even though her exact birth date is unknown to me. I was wanting to do something in honor of her birthday this year & thats when I found this program & now I am crazy about it! Heres a flyer I came up with for the fundraiser! Edited to be able to see the flyer better. If you can't see it still then go to my post here which has all the details.

Teamwork Tuesday-Andrey

I am a part of this group called Teamwork Tuesday where we feature different orphans each week. This week is Andreys turn.

Andrey is just like any of the other kids, he shares the same birth month as Cora Lynne but he is a year younger but he deserves a life with a forever family of his own. Think you might be his forever family? go click on his name & contact Reeces Rainbow. Help make his Birthday wish come true by spreading the word! Can't adopt him? Then you can Pray for him or donate to his grant linked above. Like the thing I whipped up for this post? I did that with the Scrapbook program called My Memories, please check out the fundraiser I am doing having to do with this program for Cora Lynne.