Our blog is going private…

Our agency has asked us to be very careful as to what information is publicly disclosed regarding our adoption therefore our blog is going private. 

I am an open book and enjoy sharing my experiences because it may help or encourage someone else that is going through the same thing so I don’t hold back much :)

If you’d like to be able to continue viewing our blog make sure to become a follower!  If you haven’t already, you will need to create an account and log in.  Just click the follow button in the far right sidebar.

Thank you for understanding.  We don’t want anything to mess up our progress.

And the winners are...

Congratulations to the winner of the Apple iPad. Trudi Aldrich you are the winner! The secondary prizes are as follows: Rodan and Fields Dermabrasion Bar goes to Donna Sumners and the Thirty-One Gifts Organizing Utility Tote goes to Jose Arroyo. Thank you to everyone that bought tickets and helped sell them. We raised $1500 through this event towards bringing our daughter home!

We'd love to have you to continue to follow our blog and to pray for our family as we continue working through this wonderful journey that God has called us on.

Blessings to you all!

iPad Update

Just wanted to give a quick update on where we are.  We will hopefully be doing the ipad raffle tomorrow. I have one more set of tickets I'm waiting to come in that are in the mail. So sorry for the delay.

 

Crossing my fingers that they get here tomorrow so that we can pick a winner!

What’s your comment worth? In the eyes of our daughter it’s priceless.

I’m a little late in posting this but better late than never right?  It’s been a busy month and I’m trying to make more time to just relax and hang out with the kids which means less time on the computer aside from my workday.

This is a big news post though so please read and then do your part :)

In honor of National Adoption Awareness month Six Seeds.tv has partnered with us in our fundraising efforts.  They have posted a featured article of our family on their website and FOR EVERY COMMENT RECEIVED on our story THEY WILL DONATE $2 to our fundraising expenses!

Six Seeds is a Christian based website that brought you reviews and such on things like Chronicles of Narnia.  By leaving us a comment you are signing up for the newsletter but you may choose to opt out and we still get the credit for your comment.

You are the hands and feet of God and this child needs you!

Our article can be viewed here:

http://sixseeds.tv/s/content/adoption/653-adoption_the_butler_family

As of this morning we have 337 comments.  Our goal is to get at least 500.  Will you help us meet this goal?

The feature runs through the end of November but please take the time to leave your comment today and then share with your friends. 

Feel free to blog about it yourself, send it out on facebook or shoot it out in an email.  We need help spreading the word!

Blessings,

Update on the iPad Giveaway

To date we have sold 132 tickets and given away 25 to our sponsor and supporters that bought 5 tickets and got one free for a total of 157 tickets.

We are over half way to our goal of 300 tickets!

Hopefully we will be able to wrap this up mid to end November and get somebody an iPad for Christmas =)  Won’t that be nice!

So if you haven’t gotten your ticket(s) yet please let me know and we will get them to you asap.

Thanks everyone for your support.  I will be updating the blog again later today with some other announcements so please be sure to check back!

Have a blessed day friends!

Why? Why do we need another child when we already have three?

It was brought to my attention that some people may be wondering this very question and I felt a need to share my heart and what has become my passion.  I hope this will help you all to understand why we are adopting and why we are adopting specifically from Nicaragua.

Let me begin by saying that our adoption is not just about me having another baby.  There is nothing wrong with my baby maker and if it were just about having another child I could physically do that myself and let the insurance pay for it and save us a whole lot of money.

Danny and I have a love so strong for orphans, for fatherless children.  We want to give a child that has NOTHING a home and a family to love them.  And yes I realize there are children right here in the U.S. that need homes but we are feeling called to Nicaragua because of the time that Danny has spent there.  I also feel that the children here have a little more opportunity for care and to find families than the ones internationally do.

Can we afford it?  The actually adoption itself?  Well not really, but in all reality who has that kind of money lying around? But I can tell you this, MY GOD IS BIGGER THAN $30,000.  And it will happen in His timing.  Can we afford another child?  Yes.  I don’t care if we have to eat rice and beans every single night for dinner and pile them all into one bedroom because that is the kind of sacrifice that we are willing to make to SAVE A CHILDS LIFE.  College you ask?  Well we have a whole 7 years before our first one gets there and if God brings us to it He will bring us through it.

I also want to tell you that this journey is becoming a passion and when my little girl is home it will not be over.  I want to DO SOMETHING to make it easier for families to adopt.  A $30,000 mountain should not be in the way of giving a child a family.  It is so heartbreaking to know that we have homes just waiting for these kids but because the average family cannot even fathom the costs nothing comes of it.  So you wait and see, God is working this out but I am feeling this and I am going to do something.

This is my heart cry and is becoming my obsession.  I hope you have a little better understanding of the WHY now.  Blessings to all and please pray for our family as we continue forward.  God is moving mountains!

It’s the BIG ONE! iPad Giveaway and more!!!

The number one question we get asked about our adoption is “where are you in the process” so I wanted to give you an update. There were some crazy ups and downs last month in our employment/insurance situation but God worked that all out and I can now say that WE ARE FINALLY STARTING OUR HOMESTUDY! It’s exciting to be moving into this phase because from what I understand this is where things really get rolling.

We are also kicking off our BIGGEST fundraiser YET. Anyone want to win an Apple iPad? Yep, that’s what I said. We are raffling off a 16gb wifi iPad! Does this baby have your name on it?

A $10 donation will get you one entry into the drawing, each increment of $10 will get you another, and a $50 donation will get you six!!! Buy 5 get one free. What a deal!!!!!

One more way to enter: If you would like to help us sell the tickets you get an entry for each book of 10 that you sell!

More than one winner here!

We also have some great secondary prizes to offer up

Custom Made Ruffle DSLR Camera Strap courtesy of Shelley at Pink Punk Boutique. I have a custom DSLR bag and strap made by her and I get lots of compliments on it.

Rodan & Fields Micro-Dermabrasion Bar courtesy of Christie Buchanan. To get hooked up with all the great R&F products you can contact Christie at bamagirl73@bellsouth.net

and last but not least, a Thirty-One Gifts organizing utility tote courtesy of Thirty-One Gifts with Tabitha Butler. You can keep up to date on all my events and sales here :)

Here is the down low on how to get your tickets:

1. Give your money to Danny or I directly and we will give you your raffle ticket. This is for the Tennessee people.

or

2. See one of our many helpers for an entry into the drawing. Right now those are Brian Bruce (Florida), Heather Banholzer (Alabama), Keith Jones, Lorinda or Charlie Rivers, and Betty Apple but the list is still growing.

3. If you would like to make an online donation to us please contact me via email at butlersadopt@gmail.com.

The drawing will be held once 300 tickets have been sold, this is expected to happen fairly quickly with the aid of our seller helpers :) We will post a live video of the drawing on the blog and facebook as well as contact the winner by phone. You can stay tuned to this blog for frequent updates as to when the drawing will be. Please tell all of your friends, post it on your Facebook, Blog, or Tweet it to your heart's content.

Your $10 donation (or whatever you chose) is greatly appreciated and even if you are just doing it for your chance to win you are helping to bring our little girl home from Nicaragua!

Best Wishes!!!