A Picture's Worth a Thousand . . . Dollars?

I happen to have very talented friends.  One of these friends is like family and she happens to be one of the most sought after lifestyle photographers in the Baltimore/Annapolis area.  Her name is Heather of Heather Grace Photography.  You can check out her site and wonder at her talented eye and gift with the camera.  Heather has agreed to donate one of her mini-sessions to benefit our little Jesse 2H.  I have decided to auction off this mini session with all of the proceeds going directly into Jesse's fund.  How exciting!These mini-sessions are hard to come by.  Some winner will be very lucky! Place your bid in the comment section.  The bidding will close at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, November 23.

Here is a taste of her Knoxtastic work

Winner Winner Chicken . . . oh wait

My dear friend Anne from Making Things Stretch was the winner of the autographed OP t-shirt.  Congrats Anne.  Check out her blog.  It's full of a wealth of great info and a snickerdoodle recipe :)

Woo Hoo!

I'm so excited for Jesse!  We've raised over half of the $1000 goal in just a week.  Could we raise double that next week?  I think we can!
My dear friend Amy is on her way to meet her little angel across the ocean today.  Lift her up in prayer.  How exciting!

Jesse Tree Giveaway

My extra talented hubby is also a rockstar! The first CD that his band released is a concept album all about physical and spiritual adoption.  He is an adoptee himself and has a huge heart for orphans. He has agreed to donate digital downloads of Orphan Project's 2 full length cd's to anyone willing to give $20 to Jesse's fund.  If you donate, please leave me a comment with your email address. 

I'll also be doing a drawing for an autographed T-Shirt and CD of their latest release Spooning Out the Sea for anyone who:
becomes a follower of my blog-one entry
share's my post about Jesse on their Facebook page - one entry
donate's $5 to Jesse's fund - one entry
(don't forget to leave me a comment with each entry)

I'll post winners on Friday!

Project Jesse Tree

     Have people been asking you yet?  Did you make your list?  Have you decided what you want for Christmas?  It seems so early to be asking these questions, but Thanksgiving is creeping up on us and Christmas is around the corner.
     Wanna know what I want for Christmas?  I want Jesse to fill your trees with reminders that there are little ones out there who don't care about presents but want nothing more than the love of a mother and a father.
     Reece's Rainbow has begun their yearly drive to raise grant funds for the little ones across the ocean with a little extra chromosome.  The website is constantly tugging at my heart strings and I searched for a little person that we could advocate for this Christmas.  I found precious Jesse.  Look at that smile that covers that delicious face!  In God's economy $1000 for Jesse is nothing.  Can you help me raise $1000 so that Jesse might find his forever family?

     Consider donating just $35 and receive an ornament with his face to remind you to pray for Jesse and others like him waiting for a mommy and daddy this Christmas.  This is a great way to get your kids involved in reaching out with the love of Christ.  How can we help to raise his grant fund so that his forever family can bring him home quickly?  Could you forego a fancy coffee for a month?  Could you eat in one night?  Could your kids rake leaves or sell brownies?  $35 is so little in our very abundant American lives.  Can you sacrifice a little so that Jesse may find a family to bless?    Read our story to see how we've been blessed by our little man with a little extra.

Eyes wide open ...

credit: google

My friend Adeye, a fellow blogger and adoptive mom of some very special girls, posted a hard but eye opening question to all of us who claim Christ.  I was reading this morning in I John 3: 17:  "But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?  Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth."    How can we in the world's richest nation, not love those little ones around the world that are in such need?  The Lord may not call all of us to adoption, but we can all help.  Reeces Rainbow just kicked off their Angel Tree program to help raise grant funds for little ones with special needs in difficult situations around the world.  Will you help?  More to come on the little guy we are sponsoring this Christmas!

Read Adeye's blogpost here.