Adopting Two Little Angels : 7 DAYS

Adopting Two Little Angels : 7 DAYS: Just 7 days, 700 Matching Grant

Faith, Hope, Love: ~~Active Fundraisers~~

Faith, Hope, Love: ~~Active Fundraisers~~: Here

All Angels Giveaway: All Angels Giveaway, day 3

All Angels Giveaway: All Angels Giveaway, day 3: I know that many people who donate to Angel Tree are very familiar with the work at Reece’s Rainbow. Many have adopted a child with special ...

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The Forbes Five: Why adopt from Eastern Europe?

The Forbes Five: Why adopt from Eastern Europe?: Somewhere in eastern Europe a child is born. A child whose mother and father are eagerly anticipating his arrival. A mother labors and brin...

1 hour Envy Massage Gift Card Giveaway.

I am inviting everyone to join 1 hour Envy Massage Gift Card Giveaway. For each donation of $5 or more you will get entered for Giveaway. For every $5 you will get 5 entries. Even more good news: there will be five - $5 Gift cards: T.J.Maxx Store, Walmart, iTunes,Amazon,Target. For those $5 Gift cards Winners I will choose randomly. When TESIA will reach $500 in her Reece’s Rainbow Gift Basket - Winners will be chosen. Thank you and God bless you! Please donate to my Angel Tree Child TESIA and send me your receipt /ceriba38@yahoo.com/ and you will get entered in the Giveaway: TESIA

God of Justice - Adoption Awareness

Following Our Calling One Day at a Time: Living Vicariously Through Friends

Following Our Calling One Day at a Time: Living Vicariously Through Friends: I have some exciting news to share with you . One of my friends recently left for Chance and Callie's country for the pick up trip for h...

TESIA

I am her Angel Tree Warrior this year! The goal is to raise $1000 for her adoption fund and bring her to the attention of the family who will choose to adopt her. Save the dates: the "Angel Tree" begins on Nov. 1st and goes through Dec. 31st. Please pray for those children and support! Every dollar helps! To see her profile, please click here: TESIA.

If you would like to know more about Christmas Angel Tree, please click here: Christmas Warrior Program. One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others! Thank you!

Journey of the Heart: Journey to Happily Ever After

Journey of the Heart: Journey to Happily Ever After: This is where my heart is today.  It is where my heart is often. My heart is with the children we left behind. The faces of the chil...

Every Good and Perfect Gift: The Big Reveal...

Every Good and Perfect Gift: The Big Reveal...: My sweet friend Colleen created this for "little man"! If you would like to know who he is, and see a brand new pic of him, fe...

The Matthews' Family Adoption Adventures: Bamboletta Doll Fundraiser

The Matthews' Family Adoption Adventures: Bamboletta Doll Fundraiser: ***Bamboletta Doll Fundraiser*** ***GIVEAWAY*** Have you ever heard of Bamboletta Dolls?? They are ... ONE OF A KIND (That&#3...

My Little Starfishes: Giving Thanks

My Little Starfishes: Giving Thanks: The giveaway drawing will still take place this Friday, but before I let another hour pass, I have to give thanks. I've mentioned b...

The Sassafras Chronicles: The Lesson of the Leaking Faucet or How to Be a Dr...

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My Little Starfishes: New giveaway!!

My Little Starfishes: New giveaway!!: Okay, let's try this again: I am launching a much simpler giveaway, and there is much less time in which to do it!!   Someone very ge...

Beautiful Chaos: Happy Fall, Y'all!

Beautiful Chaos: Happy Fall, Y'all!: It's October and we are hoping to get LOA this month (official approval from China)! So, we are kicking off another fundraiser to help u...

Things I'm Learning, Have Learned and Will Never Understand.: FB page with stuff I've made for fundraising.

Things I'm Learning, Have Learned and Will Never Understand.: FB page with stuff I've made for fundraising.: If you are interested in doing a little shopping. Hats and scarves are here. https://www.facebook.com/ahatchangedeverything

Very Creative!

Wonderful ideas

Bingo game fundraiser for the Collier family

Please help: Nadia and Nancy. Would like to know more - read about: Collier family on Reece's Rainbow.

"Angel Tree" Christmas fundraiser

Advocates raise money through Reece's Rainbow beginning in November during the "Angel Tree" Christmas fundraiser for lots of children. The money raised stays with the child's grant fund and helps to ease the financial burden of their adoption costs. If you would like to "sponsor" a child for Christmas, please up here:2014 ANGEL TREE

Bringing HOME Family - Our Adoption Journey: Update

Bringing HOME Family - Our Adoption Journey: Update: I have been asked where are we financially so here it is... I am not sure who reads my blog but I want to say thank you to those who do! I...

The Matthews' Family Adoption Adventures: $5000 MATCHING GRANT!!!

The Matthews' Family Adoption Adventures: $5000 MATCHING GRANT!!!: Friends, We have amazing news!!! We have been given a $5,000 donation towards our adoption expenses with another $5000 offered as a matchin...

TESIA - My Christmas Angel Tree Child.

I am her Angel Tree Warrior this year! The goal is to raise $1000 for her adoption fund and bring her to the attention of the family who will choose to adopt her. Save the dates: the "Angel Tree" begins on Nov. 1st and goes through Dec. 31st. Please pray for those children and support! Every dollar helps! To see her profile, please click here: TESIA.

If you would like to know more about Christmas Angel Tree, please click here: Christmas Warrior Program. One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others! Thank you!

Our Crazy Life... Confessions by a Mommy of Eight: Court and Trip Three!!!

Our Crazy Life... Confessions by a Mommy of Eight: Court and Trip Three!!!: On September 16th, in a country in Eastern Europe my husband (I stayed home with all the kids) stood in front of a judge and asked for permi...

Every Good and Perfect Gift: T-Shirt Time!!!

Every Good and Perfect Gift: T-Shirt Time!!!: I'm amazed by how much people love this shirt design!! (I'm a big fan, too!) Fund the Nations is an awesome organization that helps...<

Our Adoption Journey: A Big Jump

Our Adoption Journey: A Big Jump: If you are following along you will notice that our thermometer has jumped up substantially!  Most of that is from extra money I earned this...

The Cox Course: About Fundraising And Costs Involved In Maria's Ra...

The Cox Course: About Fundraising And Costs Involved In Maria's Ra...: I am sorry to jump around a little bit and share a post about money instead of adding the next chapter to our story but, I felt it is import...



I might be at the point of begging now . We are in country and court was postponed twice due to issues that could not be helped by anyone. We still need about $3300.00 to be fully funded and have been offered a $1700.00 matching grant. We are being very frugille here; riding the city bus instead of having a driver pick us up, eating Ramon noodles every day and freezing lol. It is 48 degrees and we only brought shorts and capris with us. We did break down and buy us both a jacket but trying not to spend any money so we are strutting the short pants in this cold On our way here our flight was cancelled due to an airline strike so we want to plan for the unexpected costs for the trip home too . It seems like; if it can happen it's going to happen to us just like the Blooms . Please help us. We are so close now. When the FSP reads $5000.00 we will reveal new pictures. I don't have any item to offer because I'm in country but I know God will bless you . Thank you! Http:://reecesrainbow.org/72173/sponsorcox-3

Blessings Eternal: Book Auction is Live!!

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Bringing HOME Family - Our Adoption Journey: Brennan AsaMing Jachin Barrett

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Now taking orders for Christmas blankets. $20 each plus shipping:

China figurines. We have 7 available for $10 each plus $3 shipping. They are 3 inches high:

Panda necklace $20:

Navy Blue "All because I fell in love...Adoption" 

Medium Short sleeve $20 plus $5 shipping

Zero the zeros !!!: Win $100 for an Angel Tree child !!

Zero the zeros !!!: Win $100 for an Angel Tree child !!: Time for something a little different !! As you know, my aim is to a) ensure that NO older child listed with Reece's Rainbow has ze...

TESIA - My Christmas Angel Tree Child.

I am her Angel Tree Warrior this year! The goal is to raise $1000 for her adoption fund and bring her to the attention of the family who will choose to adopt her. Save the dates: the "Angel Tree" begins on Nov. 1st and goes through Dec. 31st. Please pray for those children and support! Every dollar helps! To see her profile, please click here: TESIA.

If you would like to know more about Christmas Angel Tree, please click here: Christmas Warrior Program. One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others! Thank you!

How to Clean your Washing Machine.

So let me start with a little story about our washing machine…. about 6 months after we got our new front loader, I began to notice a not so nice smell coming from our machine. Using these tips, I did eventually figure out how to get rid of the smell and it has pretty much been stink-free for the past three years. Now since the smell was gone, I had gotten a little lazy about actually cleaning the washing machine. No smell meant that everything was clean, right? Ummm…apparently not. I’m not sure why I hadn’t noticed all that mold before but it definitely had to go! If you have a lot of mold like I did, you really need to use bleach to get at it. As a general rule, I try to stay away from bleach but there was no getting away from it this time! Make sure that you have some gloves on and keep the doors {and windows if possible} open for ventilation. Start by wiping down the whole rubber gasket with a white rag soaked in a 50/50 mixture of bleach and warm water. Make sure you pull back the rubber gasket to clean inside as well as this is where most of the mold will be. If there is still mold remaining, soak a towel with your bleach mixture, shove it into the gasket, and let it sit for 30 minutes. After soaking, remove the towel and scrub the gasket gently with an old toothbrush. See? SO much better! Wipe down the rubber gaskets with a clean dry cloth until no residue remains. Once you are done, place all of the rags that have come in contact with the bleach into your washing machine and run them through a complete wash and rinse cycle on the hottest setting. Next, run the machine through a second complete cycle {at the hottest setting} adding 2 cups of vinegar {PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER MIX BLEACH AND VINEGAR TOGETHER!!}. I added a couple of small, clean bath towels to the wash as well {as per the recommendations from my instruction manual to never run an empty load}. Remove the detergent dispenser and clean with a 50/50 mixture of vinegar and water. Make sure to wipe down the inside of the washing machine as well where the detergent dispenser goes. Lastly, clean the inside of the door with a rag and a 50/50 water and vinegar mixture. Pay extra attention to the bottom aspect of the door where the water would pool. So now that your washing machine is clean, how do you keep it that way? Try these tips every time you run a load… Give the rubber gaskets a swipe. After each load of laundry, get in the habit of checking the rubber gaskets for any small clothing items {my kids socks love to hang out there} and quickly wiping them down with a dry cloth to get rid of any excess water. I know that I had no mold when I did this and you can obviously see what my washing machine looked like when I stopped doing this! Leave the door open. Leave your washing machine door slightly ajar to allow air to circulate and help to prevent the growth of mold and mildew. Remove wet clothes promptly. Okay I know that this does not always happen, but try to do this as much as possible. If you cannot get to your laundry right away, try to at least pop the door open when the load has finished. And, finally, get in the habit of giving your washing machine a clean once per month. If there is no visible mold, skip the bleach and just clean with the vinegar. This will help to remove all of the soap residues from your machine and leave it clean and disinfected! Happy Cleaning!

My Little Starfishes: ADOPTION FUNDRAISER - GIVEAWAY!!!I am heading to ...

My Little Starfishes: ADOPTION FUNDRAISER - GIVEAWAY!!!
I am heading to ...: ADOPTION FUNDRAISER - GIVEAWAY!!! I am heading to Asia in a very short time and need to complete my fundraising!!  I am adopting two litt...

Our Chinese Butterflies: WE ARE ??????

Our Chinese Butterflies: WE ARE ??????:         DTC Dossier to China!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   This is so amazing to be able to type those 3 letters.  There h...

Bringing HOME Family - Our Adoption Journey: Brennan AsaMing Jachin Barrett

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Sometimes It Takes a Village... to Create a Family!: Chippin' in for Little C !!!

Sometimes It Takes a Village... to Create a Family!: Chippin' in for Little C !!!: THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to our FIRST 15 states !! Total : $900 towards Little C!!  We are still working on rounding o...

Sometimes It Takes a Village... to Create a Family!: August Update... We Think We Can! We Think We Can!...

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Bringing HOME Family - Our Adoption Journey: Our Story

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ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

APOLLO It's AUGUST!!! August 30th is my Birthday!!!! How can you help me celebrate, you ask? It would be amazing if you could help me celebrate by donating $5 (can I donate more, you say? Of Course!) to Apollo’s grant account! How much love can we show to this little boy? THANK YOU!

Post-It Note Fundraiser - Please support

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Healing...

THE HOMELESS CHILD EXPERIMENT!

SO SAD!

Streams in the Desert: T-shirt fundraiser

Streams in the Desert: T-shirt fundraiser: We are selling t-shirts to help raise some of the funds to bring little sister home. T-shirts are being sold for $20 per shirt. The shirt...

Faith, Hope, Love: Sponsor a Beanie for an Orphan!

Faith, Hope, Love: Sponsor a Beanie for an Orphan!: I'm still waiting on the last few pieces of paper to finish my dossier. I am hoping to have it in the mail to my placement agency by the...

ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

It's AUGUST!!! August 30th is my Birthday!!!! How can you help me celebrate, you ask? It would be amazing if you could help me celebrate by donating $5 (can I donate more, you say? Of Course!) to Apollo’s grant account! How much love can we show to this little boy? Ready, Set, GO! Please Donate here: APOLLO

Adopt, Miles of the Heart, One Less!: Getting Closer . . . Almost DTC

Adopt, Miles of the Heart, One Less!: Getting Closer . . . Almost DTC: What a roller coaster of emotions as we wait for our final approval before sending "all" our documents to China where we will the...

JJ Heller - What Love Really Means (Official Music Video)

I Am So Very Sorry

To those who have been checking my last blog post: I write my blog because I love adoption and hope to adopt one day. I did not understand how comment moderation works, nor would I have thought a need for it when my blog is not usually read by many. I do not go on the email to see if there is a comment, because usually there are none. And most importantly, I would have no reason to think someone would come and use my blog with malicious intent - there are only a few who usually stop by!! However, someone with selfish and mean-spirited motives came and took complete advantage of that and now many people have been deeply hurt. I am so very, very sorry. My friend found this was going on {unbeknownst to me} and called me and alerted me. I deleted the entire post immediately!! My friend then helped me over the phone figure out how to enable comment moderation, which is now on. Again, please accept my sincerest apologies for any hurt my blog has caused. I sincerely regret the heartache that has resulted.

Faith, Hope, Love: A Non-Update Update + Two Fundraisers

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Blessings Eternal: Father's Day Grand Prize

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And This One Matters......: Mulligan Stew 2014...Feeding 400 Orphans!

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BeyondWhatMyEyesHaveSeen: More than a song

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MinLan Matters: $5.......Can You Spare It Today? Meet Nolan!

MinLan Matters: $5.......Can You Spare It Today? Meet Nolan!: Meet Nolan...he is our first little one we'd like to help raise funds for! Isn't he a cutie?  I could just pinch those little...

Always Room 4 Love: A Matching Grant and Other Ramblings

Always Room 4 Love: A Matching Grant and Other Ramblings: I've just been informed that we have received a $570 matching grant from some Anonymous Angels. When our Reece's Rainbow family spo...

Blessings Eternal: Mother's Day Grand Prize Giveaway

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Journey of the Heart: An Incredible Matching Grant!!!

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Blessings Eternal: Mother's Day Grand Prize Giveaway

Blessings Eternal: Mother's Day Grand Prize Giveaway: Here are the details of our Mother's Day Grand Prize: $ 25 Gift Card to 1-800 Flowers.com! (Also redeemable at Fannie May Ber...

Blessings Eternal: 50 State Challenge ~ California

Blessings Eternal: 50 State Challenge ~ California: Can you spot our plane?   We are making a detour and heading to sunny California today! Arkansas wasn't very inviting yester...

Always Room 4 Love: Gift Card Giveaway

Always Room 4 Love: Gift Card Giveaway: I am still anxiously awaiting our travel dates.  Someone submitted after us with an expedited petition received their travel dates on Friday...

Hands Full Of Blooms: Final Fundraising!

Hands Full Of Blooms: Final Fundraising!: Orion is so good at posing for pictures! We have an amazing $300 matching grant that we have until Friday to meet! Our FSP needs to r...

The Cox Course: Last Home Study Meeting

The Cox Course: Last Home Study Meeting: Friday, the 14th, was a very busy day for us. We traveled about an hour away to meet the Social Worker at a restaurant so that we could tur...

Always Room 4 Love: Next in Line

Always Room 4 Love: Next in Line: Wow!!  Five adoptive families from our country just received their travel dates.  That means we're next in line to get ours (along with ...

Blessings Eternal ~ Raising The Ransom: Rescue One Project ~ African Handmade Jewelry!

Blessings Eternal ~ Raising The Ransom: Rescue One Project ~ African Handmade Jewelry!: Rescue One Project   Recycled rolled paper beads and ceramic clay that has been formed, kilned, fired and hand painted go together to...

Научи меня любить (God teach me to love) - Дмитрий Бирюков

Clives' musings: $1.49 fundraiser.........

Clives' musings: $1.49 fundraiser.........: This is a special post for anyone coming here for the 1st time. Through Facebook some fellow adopters have started a fund raiser for us, whi...

Micah Six Eight: The BIG Giveaway!

Micah Six Eight: The BIG Giveaway!: He was part of a hosting program.   One child out of many available to spend the summer with a willing family.   He was one of man...

Sometimes It Takes a Village... to Create a Family!: Our "It Takes a Village..." Tree

Sometimes It Takes a Village... to Create a Family!: Our "It Takes a Village..." Tree: Just after New Year's I was debating whether to take the tree down and for some reason I just couldn't bring myself to do it.  This...

Extra Positive Promises: 212 Envelopes

Extra Positive Promises: 212 Envelopes: This could be the end of the fundraising.  I've seen this idea in a few places and if it gets completed is usually a very successful f...

For the Love of Two Sisters -- Blessings Through Raindrops: Fundraiser list

For the Love of Two Sisters -- Blessings Through Raindrops: Fundraiser list: Ok.............these are our current fundraisers.  :)  Please pray and help where you can.  :)  Lots of ways to show our family some love a...

Faith, Hope, Love: Hearts for Zola Reminder!!!

Faith, Hope, Love: Hearts for Zola Reminder!!!: "Hearts for Zola" will run through the end of the month! Every $5 donation to my FSP (click on the widget with Zola's pictur...

For the Love of Two Sisters | Adoption - YouCaring.com

For the Love of Two Sisters | Adoption - YouCaring.com

Micah Six Eight: We Will Never Forget You

Micah Six Eight: We Will Never Forget You:  He was listed for adoption when he was just a little guy. A dark eyes and dark haired little Roma boy.   He grew up in the or...

WE SEE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

Faith, Hope, Love: Hearts for Zola

Faith, Hope, Love: Hearts for Zola: My mom has been incredibly helpful with all of my fundraising. She's even doing her own fundraiser this month! It's called "Hea...

Our Crazy Life... Confessions by a Mommy of Six: Friday Weigh-in

Our Crazy Life... Confessions by a Mommy of Six: Friday Weigh-in: Last week at this time the scale said:     And today it says:   That is a total of 2.1 lbs for the week! This week...

Fundraising online: Bring Zola Home

Fundraising online: Bring Zola Home

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A Million Steps To Sergey: Almost there and adding one more!

A Million Steps To Sergey: Almost there and adding one more!: Thanks for hanging in there with me. I am horrible with technology and find some of these simple things hard to do, hence the horrible lack ...

Our Crazy Life... Confessions by a Mommy of Six: Matching Grant!

Our Crazy Life... Confessions by a Mommy of Six: Matching Grant!: We have been offered a matching grant of up to $1250!!! For every dollar donated, it will be matched from now until Valentine's day!! ...

But By Grace...: RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN HURRY HURRY HURRY HURRY AAGGHH...

But By Grace...: RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN HURRY HURRY HURRY HURRY AAGGHH...: Yes.  We are in Speedy Gonzales mode here, folks. And no, I don't know what he's saying.  At this point, I barely speak English ...

A Seventh Sister: Urgent Pray Request for Families Waiting Court Lik...

A Seventh Sister: Urgent Pray Request for Families Waiting Court Lik...: Oh, I so miss this precious girly - can't wait to feel her in my arms again! Marin for the Schildback family Nellie for the ...

Blessings Eternal: Just Imagine... (Huge News!!)

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Blessings Eternal: Brothers Together - Ipad Air Giveaway!!

Blessings Eternal: Brothers Together - Ipad Air Giveaway!!: To celebrate the wonderful news of reuniting two brothers and giving them the gift of growing up together in our family, we are doin...

Faith, Hope, Love: How can I help?

Faith, Hope, Love: How can I help?: There are several ongoing fundraisers that I am doing. You can find all of the links here. 1.) Body Scrubs and Bath Salts - I am selling...

Crystal's Cliffnotes: Take Your Gotta-Have-It Tablet Habit and Use It fo...

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