Friday, April 27, 2012

Thirty-One giveaway

There are only a few days left to order from Thirty-One! 50% of your purchase goes towards Jonathan coming home. If you order $31 or more, you can purchase a purse for 1/2 off! This ends Sunday, April 29th!

Share on Facebook, Twitter or your blog and you get entered to win a large tote bag from Thirty-One! Please leave me a comment or email me that you shared! Thank you!

www.31bydana.com

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Winners!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the giveaway! We raised $4,867! Praise the Lord! That gave us a huge shot in the arm! Thank you, thank you!

iPad.....MARY POOLE

$100 Apple gift card.....JULIA NALLE

$100 Music Basket.....SUSAN ARDI

$50 Red Thread Stitches.....AMY RUFF

6 Cards by Mel.....JENNIFER NEVIUS


CONGRATULATIONS!!

You can email me with your address at hansinais@yahoo.com!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Thirty-One Update!

Thank you to everyone who donated, shared and prayed for Jonathan's fundraiser! We will post the winners soon!

We still have the Thirty-One fundraiser going on until Sunday the 29th of April!
If you share about our Thirty-One fundraiser, you will get entered to win a tote bag! Please leave me a comment or email me that you shared!





Jonathan will be receiving 50% of the sales. If you spend $31 or more, you may buy a purse for 1/2 off! www.31bydana.com, click on the "my events", then click on my name and shop for Mother's Day or yourself!

Friday, April 20, 2012

A Letter from My Friend

Dear Friends and Family,

I am writing you in hopes that you will help me help the Mickschl family. Tim and I met the Mickschls in Ukraine last year while we were adopting Anastasia. They were adopting a little girl with Down syndrome from the same orphanage. We leaned on each other and prayed for each other as we both journeyed through our adoptions. We were very blessed by them.

They are now adopting again! In December, they said "Yes" again to God's call to care for orphans when they heard of a 16 yr. old boy named Jonathan who was aging out of the orphanage in Ukraine. Without the Mickschls step of faith, Jonathan would already be on the streets without the love and guidance of a mom and a dad. I cannot fathom any of my children being unprotected outside cold, hungry, and all alone not knowing where they are. This is the case for orphans all over the world, but it doesn't have to be! God loves them all!!! He created them! They are His children! God is running after Jonathan with the help of the Mickschls hands and feet!

However, there's a huge financial mountain the Mickschls are trying to tear down with their bare hands, so they can get to their son! They could be traveling as soon as next month and they still need to raise at least $12,000. Because Mr. Mickschl is self-employed they will have no income coming in while they are in Ukraine bringing their son home.

Please help this family in any of these 4 ways:

1. Pray! Pray! Pray! Pray for their family and for Jonathan (when Jonathan was told a family wanted to come and adopt him, he was stunned. He didn't know how to respond because he said no one had ever wanted him).

2. Donate to their iPad giveaway before it ends April 24th.

3. Purchase Thirty One products at www.31bydana.com now through April 29th and 50% of all profits will be given to the Mickschls adoption. Click on the above link then click on My Events. Look for the Hansina Mickschl Adoption Fundraiser then click shop. If you spend $31 or more you can get any purse 1/2 off!! Happy shopping--knowing your purchses will help bring Jonathan home!

4. Give a tax-deductible donation through Project Hopeful at the top of their blog.

Please pass this info on to your email contacts. Please post it on your blog and Facebook and help change the course of Jonathan's life!

Many Blessings,
Cindy Allen

Friday, April 13, 2012

GIVEAWAY! update

This adoption has been a little different than the last three. The Lord had given me a dream back in December when we committed to Jonathan. I was geared up going onto a battlefield. I awoke knowing this was not going to be an easy adoption. We've had a lot of obstacles to overcome. I just don't post everything. There have been friendships lost, financial attacks, our vehicles not working, and the list goes on. But I can say this: we are NOT giving up! I know this precious boy is our son and I would claw through a brick wall to get to him (my friend Cindy's words).

If you all would continue to pray for Jonathan, my family, and help spread the word about our fundraiser, I would be so grateful! We have around $12,000 still to raise and we should be traveling soon. The Lord knows, but it's always nice to have the prayers of my brothers and sisters in Christ! Knowing how much you all have supported us is a HUGE blessing! Thank you!!!



We have had several people donate to help bring Jonathan home. I am amazed at the goodness of our Lord and the wonderful friendships Mark and I have formed through our adoptions. We are truly blessed!

A generation 2 iPad! Who wouldn't love an iPad!


A music basket with 1 hour music therapy, worth $100! For people in Sacramento area!

$100 Apple gift card! Buy your music, videos or electronics at Apple!

$50 gift certificate to Red Thread Stitches! www.redthreadstitches.com


Plus 6 cards made by Mel! I will get pictures up soon!

$5 - 1 entry
$10 - 2 entries
$20 - 5 entries
$35 - 9 entries
$50 - 13 entries
$75 - 19 entries
$100 - 25 entries
$150 - 36 entries

Share on Facebook, Twitter or blog for more entries!

The giveaway will end April 24th!

You can donate on the sidebar. The top donate button is tax deductible. The one underneath is not tax deductible. Thank you!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Our dossier was submitted today! Now we will wait for a travel date. Praying and believing the rest of the money will come in. Two more weeks for the fundrasier and then it's over.

Here are a few pictures from Easter. It was Millie's 5th birthday that day! We had a small party with family and close friends.







Tuesday, April 3, 2012

GIVEAWAY!

We have had several people donate to help bring Jonathan home. I am amazed at the goodness of our Lord and the wonderful friendships Mark and I have formed through our adoptions. We are truly blessed!

A generation 2 iPad! Who wouldn't love an iPad!


A music basket with 1 hour music therapy, worth $100! For people in Sacramento area!

$100 Apple gift card! Buy your music, videos or electronics at Apple!

$50 gift certificate to Red Thread Stitches! www.redthreadstitches.com


Plus 6 cards made by Mel! I will get pictures up soon!

$5 - 1 entry
$10 - 2 entries
$20 - 5 entries
$35 - 9 entries
$50 - 13 entries
$75 - 19 entries
$100 - 25 entries
$150 - 36 entries

Share on Facebook, Twitter or blog for more entries!

The giveaway will end April 24th!

You can donate on the sidebar. The top donate button is tax deductible. The one underneath is not tax deductible. Thank you!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Giveaway coming up!

We are getting ready to do a giveaway! iPad, $100 Apple gift card, music gift basket worth $100, six handmade cards, Red Thread Stitches gift certificate. If you know of anyone else that might like to donate, you can email me at hansinais@yahoo.com. Stay tuned!


Blessings,
Hansina