Bring Our Precious Boy Home Auction - Adoption Fundrasier!!

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5thP

 Hi Friends!  So I'm really excited to share with you about a fundraiser we're starting very soon!  Its our Bring Our Precious Boy Home - Auction Adoption Fundraiser!







Beautiful quilted tote
by my Momma!

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As you know, South Korea changed their adoption laws about a year ago, and these gradually took effect, starting last spring.  Around June or July, we found out that due to the new laws, we will need to take 2 trips to South Korea instead of the 1 week-long trip that was formerly part of the process and what we had planned on taking in order to meet our son and bring him home.  Now families will be required to make 2 week-long trips - first to meet our precious son and appear in family court, then a 14 day waiting period takes place - so during the 14 days, most families are traveling home to the U.S. to work and care for their other children until they can return to take custody once the waiting period is over.  There is also the option of staying in S. Korea for about 4-6 weeks, instead of traveling twice.  

Corkboard by Blustery Charm

But either way, because of the law changes, we are faced with nearly twice the travel expenses and not a lot of time to save those funds.  We are trying to do that, but also felt a final fundraiser auction-style may be the way to go.


LovelyWordz

So, after much prayer, here we are!  We have been busy this September preparing for the October 10-Day Facebook Page Auction.  Its going to be a FUNdraiser - that's right, a FUNdraiser and here's why..... auctions are fun!  As we sat down and thought about how to proceed with the auction, we decided to feature items which celebrate what our adoption celebrates ...

Love

Family

Children

Faith

South Korea

Home

The Joy of Adoption

Beauty



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And I gotta tell ya, our auction certainly celebrates those things, because the process of putting it together has been filled with blessing after blessing....Many of the items which will be auctioned were handmade with love by family members, dear friends, and new friends and artists from Etsy, and some were donated by local friends who own businesses.  Donations and items sold to us at a discount have arrived at our house from Seoul, Canada, London, NYC, Moore, OK, Oregon, Georgia and probably 15 other states - we have been BLESSED and we can't wait to pass along these beautiful items to you!  So in the next couple of days, we will be sharing our Adoption Auction Fundraiser page on Facebook, so please "LIKE" it.  Do not feel by "LIKING" it that you must bid on anything!  Just feel welcome to join in on the fun and journey by liking the page and seeing the beautiful things that we'll be auctioning by so many artistic people!

The Shirt Dudes

On our page you will see photos of some of the items we will be auctioning.  I don't have photos of ALL of the items on there yet, but I wanted to give you a taste of what's to come.  And the items featured on our blog here are of course part of the auction!

Thirty-One with Laura Bull

Also, please "share" our fundraiser page - that would be a blessing.  Hopefully it'll be a great place to shop not only for yourself, but for Christmas for gifts for family and friends and your kiddos.

**Though we're opening the page, the auction 
is not ready to start 
as we're hoping to collect a couple 
more items.** 

PattonPrints (Coffee journal too!)

It'll start soon in October - in the next week or two and will run for 10 days - 10 days of FUN!  

Coffee in some way had to be a part of the auction

... :-)

Thank you for stopping by our blog, for hanging in there through the process, and for your support, prayers and friendship!  Adam and I feel blessed - yup, blessed, blessed, and blessed, and right where we're supposed to be right now.  We can't wait to meet our boy.  The thought of him just makes me smile and then I realize, I'm smiling.  Sigh, gosh, we love that kid! Just can't wait to show him......


Thank you DaisyPatchDesigns/Aunt Lacey!!

 

By Redeemed Treasures

And lastly, PRAYER REQUEST: We hope for the wonderful news soon that our little guy's case has been "approved".

Please pray for "approval" this week!  

Thank you ever so much!

I leave you with this.....

DeWayne from 5thP shared this story with me, which actually his daughter shared with him - (there will be two 5thP items in our auction, one of which is the luminary - first picture at the top)

DaisyPatchDesigns

Willow of Wonder

"A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.
She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”
The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied,
“Well, I made a difference to that one!”
The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved. - adapted from the Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley



A SOPHIA SABELLA PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO SESSION will be a part of our auction!!