You won't here me talk much about Judah and his personal struggles, not here in a public setting, and usually not to the general public. But, there are struggles and we've had him see a counselor to help him work through some things. We want to help him any way we can. There is a reason I'm mentioning it now. It's what I would call "A God Thing". Last week Judah saw this counselor for the last time. She's moving and with that, it meant we would be ending our time with her. At the last session she gave Judah and Hope each a gift. It was a gift that touched my heart. It showed me how much she got know my family over the course of our time together. She gave them these:
I cried when I got in the car. She chose these bracelets not only for the words on them, but because of what these bracelets do. With every purchase, a percentage of sales goes to help provide clean water in Africa. Our counselor knew how much it meant to us to give back.
I immediately came home and looked MudLove up on the internet. I loved what I read. And, I discovered that they help with fundraising! It's always so hard for us to ask people to help us with our adoption. However, I felt like this was a fundraiser we could do because it does more than help us. It helps provide clean water to people who need it.
So, now we're asking for your help. There are many sayings that we could order, but we settled on two that mean the most to us right now. They are:
Here is how it will work. For the next 2 weeks, we will have people pre-order these bracelets. You will click on the donate link off to the side. Each bracelet is $10. If you need us to mail these bracelets to you, please include $3 for shipping (even if you are ordering multiple bracelets). Add the amount that you would like to donate based on those numbers. When you login to paypal, you should be able to include a note. In the note section, please include how many of which bracelet(s) you want and also a mailing address if we are to mail them to you.
We will then place the order for the bracelets. It will take about 2 weeks for us to receive them. Once we do, they will get distributed. :)
I know it is only the end of August and school has just started for most of us, but I'm asking you to think ahead to Christmas. These would make great little gifts or stocking stuffers! :)
If you have any questions before ordering, please let us know!
