Are you looking for an easy fundraiser to help bring in needed funds for your adoption? Are you getting close to traveling and need some extra cash for travel? Do you need to pay some last minute expenses?
Send me an email and I can tell you how I can help you do that by helping you with an Avon fundraiser.
I started selling Avon for that specific purpose. To help families raise their adoption expenses. If you would like more information, please send me an email onelessorphan@yahoo.com.
Blessings,
Team One Less Broken Heart
Friday, August 5, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
NEW HELP FUNDRAISING??!!
Let me and AVON help you raise $$ to bring your treasure home! If you are interested, email me at onelessorphan@yahoo.com.
AVON fundraisers are super easy, and a quick way to raise the adoption funds.
Blessings,
Team One Less Broken Heart
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
GOD STILL PERFORMS MIRACLES
YES HE IS.
GOD STILL PERFORMS MIRACLES.
HE DID SO TODAY!!
He's coming home!!http://oureyesopened.blogspot.com/2011/05/god-of-miracles.html
The Supreme Court in the country he is in, has overturned the judge's decision!!
Guys, you were part of it!!
Every single person who prayed and/or fasted?
Each and every one was part of history in the making!!
His name officially is:
Gregory Kirill
GOD ROCKS!!!
Rejoicing and praising,
~s
Monday, April 25, 2011
Adoption Quilt Giveaway
ADOPTION QUILT GIVE AWAY
Isn't this an awesome quilt? Do you see your adoption t-shirt in it?
Three families are working together on this give away. They are raising needed adoption funds to bring 4 treasures home from Ethiopia.
http://toonefamilyjourney.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-adoption-fundraiser.html [Toone family]
http://justonemore4us.blogspot.com/2011/04/quilt-giveaway-only-1.html [Burlingham family]
I'm heading over to each of their blogs and make a small donation to each family. All it takes is $1 to get in on the give away. $1 for a chance to win the quilt and help bring 4 little people home to their forever families.
The give away started Easter Sunday and will run for 3 weeks. I plan to donate as many times as I can over the next three weeks.
Team One Less Broken Heart is also doing a side giveaway. Anyone who donates and gives a shout out on their blog will be entered into a drawing for a custom made Family Values canvas.
Let's be the hands and feet of Christ and help these families bring their treasures home to their forever families.
Let's help make it one less broken heart - 4 times over!
Helping to bring 4 treasures home,
Team One Less Broken Heart
"Bringing them home, one orphan at a time"
Friday, April 22, 2011
Thankful and Grateful
At The Foot Of The Cross
Where I Am Made Complete
You Have Given Me Life
Through The Death You Bore For Me
Where I Am Made Complete
You Have Given Me Life
Through The Death You Bore For Me
May your Easter be filled with love and joy
Thankful and so very grateful,
Team One Less Broken Heart
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Anthony Shares His Heart
http://www.nogreaterjoymom.com/2011/04/mindful-of-orphan.html
April 18, 2011
“mindful” of the orphan
Anthony shares his heart.....
What is it in the heart of God that cares so much for the orphan? I don’t mean to question the obvious. My plea is more of an exclamation out of sheer amazement and pure awe.
“What is man that you are mindful of him?” Psalm 8:4
And much less, what is a forgotten child that you are mindful of him? I have come to realize recently that an orphan child is not just abandoned by his family or even by her country. She is abandoned by the world. And at the risk of turning away any reader of this post, you and I are in the world.
Before I entered the world of adoption, for most of my life, I never once was “mindful” of the orphan. Any orphan. That’s what orphanages are for, right? Those kids are taken care of! They get three square meals a day, surely. They sleep on beds and not on the street. They get love and attention from the caregivers of these institutions. Surely!
But most orphans do NOT get three square meals a day. They may NOT have beds to sleep on, just mats on the floor. And if they do have beds, where are the mattresses? We’re talking wooden or metal slabs. And all too frequently, they get attention from caregivers alright. How’s this for attention—fondling, rape, beating, being thrown in cribs, neglect, being left to wade in their feces and urine all day long, being tied to wooden “toilet” chairs, being rented out for the day to beggars who need to invoke more sympathy, and even murder?
These are very real occurrences. I know. I have first-hand or second-hand experience on each of these happenings mentioned.
How many orphans worldwide experience this on a daily basis? Well, think about this: today there are 147,000 million orphans in the world. That’s five million more than the entire population of Russia! Now consider that most of these orphans live in countries that are not “mindful” of them. You can imagine.
But now imagine this, even if an orphan lived in a five-star orphanage (we are imagining, right?), is his or her life better off without a family? If you are a five-year-old child, would you rather live a lonely existence at the Ritz Carlton or in a loving, Christian family that lives just above their means?
Shame on me. I have not been mindful.
If only.
If only the world heard the stories.
If only I had time and money to travel the world to shoot video footage what we hear on a frequent basis but the world doesn’t. I WISH that me and my video camera were invisible so I could stand behind the caregiver at her desk when eight-year-old Vanya from Eastern Europe runs up every day to see if a family is coming for him yet.
Or when a friend of ours, who just arrived in a country for their second trip, gets ready to go back to her lodging after her first day back seeing their five-year-old. I want to shoot how he melts down in hysteria and tears, crying out, “Don’t let my mommy leave me! Don’t go, Mommy!”
Maybe then the world will realize why God’s heart breaks for the orphan.
Maybe then God’s people will get a fire under them to do something about it.
Maybe then the Christian who is in awe of other families who adopt many times over will kneel down at their bedside tonight and do one simple thing: ask God what HE wants THEM to do about it.
Maybe then we will finally see these millions of helpless, hopeless children find their forever families.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am blessed to be able to call Anthony and Adeye friends. They have such a heart for the orphans of this world.
April 18, 2011
“mindful” of the orphan
Anthony shares his heart.....
What is it in the heart of God that cares so much for the orphan? I don’t mean to question the obvious. My plea is more of an exclamation out of sheer amazement and pure awe.
“What is man that you are mindful of him?” Psalm 8:4
And much less, what is a forgotten child that you are mindful of him? I have come to realize recently that an orphan child is not just abandoned by his family or even by her country. She is abandoned by the world. And at the risk of turning away any reader of this post, you and I are in the world.
Before I entered the world of adoption, for most of my life, I never once was “mindful” of the orphan. Any orphan. That’s what orphanages are for, right? Those kids are taken care of! They get three square meals a day, surely. They sleep on beds and not on the street. They get love and attention from the caregivers of these institutions. Surely!
But most orphans do NOT get three square meals a day. They may NOT have beds to sleep on, just mats on the floor. And if they do have beds, where are the mattresses? We’re talking wooden or metal slabs. And all too frequently, they get attention from caregivers alright. How’s this for attention—fondling, rape, beating, being thrown in cribs, neglect, being left to wade in their feces and urine all day long, being tied to wooden “toilet” chairs, being rented out for the day to beggars who need to invoke more sympathy, and even murder?
These are very real occurrences. I know. I have first-hand or second-hand experience on each of these happenings mentioned.
How many orphans worldwide experience this on a daily basis? Well, think about this: today there are 147,000 million orphans in the world. That’s five million more than the entire population of Russia! Now consider that most of these orphans live in countries that are not “mindful” of them. You can imagine.
But now imagine this, even if an orphan lived in a five-star orphanage (we are imagining, right?), is his or her life better off without a family? If you are a five-year-old child, would you rather live a lonely existence at the Ritz Carlton or in a loving, Christian family that lives just above their means?
Shame on me. I have not been mindful.
If only.
If only the world heard the stories.
If only I had time and money to travel the world to shoot video footage what we hear on a frequent basis but the world doesn’t. I WISH that me and my video camera were invisible so I could stand behind the caregiver at her desk when eight-year-old Vanya from Eastern Europe runs up every day to see if a family is coming for him yet.
Or when a friend of ours, who just arrived in a country for their second trip, gets ready to go back to her lodging after her first day back seeing their five-year-old. I want to shoot how he melts down in hysteria and tears, crying out, “Don’t let my mommy leave me! Don’t go, Mommy!”
Maybe then the world will realize why God’s heart breaks for the orphan.
Maybe then God’s people will get a fire under them to do something about it.
Maybe then the Christian who is in awe of other families who adopt many times over will kneel down at their bedside tonight and do one simple thing: ask God what HE wants THEM to do about it.
Maybe then we will finally see these millions of helpless, hopeless children find their forever families.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am blessed to be able to call Anthony and Adeye friends. They have such a heart for the orphans of this world.
Friday, April 15, 2011
HELP MOVE VANYA'S MOUNTAIN - JOIN US IN PRAYER
April 15, 2011
SO URGENT!!!!!!
Dearest friends,
Oh my goodness....my heart is aching.
I come to you today begging for your help. Yes, I'm begging.
We desperately need a family for Vanya as soon as possible. Many people have inquired about adopting him. But things have changed and we URGENTLY need a family who is paperwork ready--one who has already done their home study and has USCIS approval. We need a family who can get to him quickly.
While I am not at liberty to give any details, I can tell you that Vanya's situation has turned into a critical need for prayer. He needs a paperwork-ready family to commit to him in the next few days...before it is too late.
Time is running out.
Do you know of a family who is already adopting a child from Ukr*ine? Do you know of someone who is traveling to adopt a child from there soon and may consider adding this precious boy to their adoption? Either a family who is already adopting, or a family who has all their paperwork ready and has been waiting on the Lord to show them the right child.
Friends, we urgently need your help....PLEASE spread Vanya's story on blogs, social networks, and adoption discussion groups. We absolutely have to find his family soon. The finances are not an issue--God has provided them. Now all we need is the right family--one who will say, "Here am I, Lord, send me!"
With all my heart I believe that Vanya's family is out there. Why? Because I believe that God has provided in a miraculous way for this boy to come home. I believe in miracles in 2011! I do.
Please stand with us in prayer over the next few days...trusting that Vanya's family will come forward. How desperately he needs them now.
Pray, body of Christ! Pray without ceasing. Pray until Vanya is rescued and safely in the arms of those who love him.
Thank you for helping us today. Thank you for praying and bringing this boy before the Father. Thank you for trusting with us. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it.
"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matt 17:20.
"MOUNTAIN BE MOVED!"
Any family who thinks they may be able to get to Vanya quickly, and would like more information, please contact Chris Malone at the Eli Project as soon as possible.
Oh my goodness....my heart is aching.
I come to you today begging for your help. Yes, I'm begging.
We desperately need a family for Vanya as soon as possible. Many people have inquired about adopting him. But things have changed and we URGENTLY need a family who is paperwork ready--one who has already done their home study and has USCIS approval. We need a family who can get to him quickly.
While I am not at liberty to give any details, I can tell you that Vanya's situation has turned into a critical need for prayer. He needs a paperwork-ready family to commit to him in the next few days...before it is too late.
Time is running out.
Do you know of a family who is already adopting a child from Ukr*ine? Do you know of someone who is traveling to adopt a child from there soon and may consider adding this precious boy to their adoption? Either a family who is already adopting, or a family who has all their paperwork ready and has been waiting on the Lord to show them the right child.
Friends, we urgently need your help....PLEASE spread Vanya's story on blogs, social networks, and adoption discussion groups. We absolutely have to find his family soon. The finances are not an issue--God has provided them. Now all we need is the right family--one who will say, "Here am I, Lord, send me!"
Please stand with us in prayer over the next few days...trusting that Vanya's family will come forward. How desperately he needs them now.
Pray, body of Christ! Pray without ceasing. Pray until Vanya is rescued and safely in the arms of those who love him.
Thank you for helping us today. Thank you for praying and bringing this boy before the Father. Thank you for trusting with us. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it.
"If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matt 17:20.
The above post was written by Adeye over at nogreaterjoymom.com
Please join us in praying for a family to come forward soon for Vanya,
Team One Less Broken Heart
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