Great news! All of our Dossier paperwork has made it to Living Hope Adoption Agency! We had one missing piece and it arrived Monday. All of our money arrived, including the fundraising fund from LifeSong.
I have to say...LifeSong is a well organized and is excellent in their communication! We requested our adoption fund to be sent to Living Hope. Within one hour they cut the check and sent it! Amazing! I wish our entire adoption experience would be that easy.
So the next step: Our Dossier goes to Washington for authenticating, it gets translated into Chinese and then off to China! Please pray for God's hand to be on our paperwork. We have a deadline in October that our paperwork has to be in China.
Fundraising Update:
We made $86 at a yard sale a couple weeks ago and $30 from renting our clothing racks. That is $116 just this week! Praise God!! I have some clothes and kids items in a local consignment sale this week. Thank you to Justine Gambel for letting me put my items with hers...you are a great friend! Pray they sale. All profit goes to adoption!
My sweet friend Jennifer Miller hosted a Pampered Chef party last night as an adoption fundraiser for us! Thank you Jennifer! The sales were great. Thank you for everyone that came out and ordered. 15% of those sale will go to our adoption. When we know the final number we will post!
This Friday, Sept. 21st we are having a Pampered Chef Adoption Fundraiser at our home!! They have a new catalog and have some great stuff. GREAT for EARLY CHRISTMAS shopping!!! If you would like to place an order support our adoption: Go to pamperedchef.biz/oliviaodle under host "Karla Taylor" or call our Pampered Chef Consultant, Olivia Odle, at 615-478-0698. Have your order shipped to us and save at least $2 on shipping fees! Please place your order by Friday, September 21st! Thank you Olivia for doing both of these fundraisers for us!!!
We are also having an AVON fundraiser going on! You can order from a selection of items....all $10. 40% of all sales go to our adoption fund. Please contact Ashton Gilbert to place an order (ashtonlgilbert@gmail.com or 615-579-0064). Please order no later than Oct. 6th.
Adoption Cookbooks are ordered! They will be in around mid to late October. Great for Christmas gifts! The price will be $10 each. Email me to pre-order yours...karlamtaylor@hotmail.com.
We are also renting our clothing racks to raise money for our adoption. Our consignment sale, That Consignment Sale, is for sale. So while we are finding a buyer, we are renting our racks for $15 each. There are 13 metal racks! Rent one or all. Email me at karlamtaylor@hotmail.com if interested.
You can purchase meal packs for starving children around the world. Xango will donate 30% of sales to our adoption fund. The meal packs are $50 for a small pack and $100 for a large pack. If you are unable to purchase an entire pack, you can make a contribution to a pack. We will combine the funds to purchase a meal pack. Visit www.teamdivine.org to view a short video on this project. If you have questions or would like to participate in this amazing opportunity please contact Melissa Taylor (615-415-5575 or melissa.taylor@bellsouth.net).
You can make a tax-deductible donation for our adoption! It will help your taxes and help us bring Melanie home. This is through Lifesong for Orphans. If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation toward our adoption process. Please see the two options below:
a. Visit www.lifesongfororphans.org. Click "Give". Click "Make a donation". Click "donate by credit card". Under purpose enter: "taylor/#2866"
b. You can send a check to: Lifesong for Orphans, PO Box 40, Gridley, IL 61744...please enter "taylor/#2866" on the memo section
* "Taylor/#2866" has to be entered for our adoption fund to receive credit.
On October 18th we will be having a Discovery Toy Adoption Fundraiser. You can purchase wooden, durable, safe and fun toys for your kids, for gifts....great for Christmas! Details to follow on how to order or attend the fundraiser.
Does anyone know a musician, a musical group, or comedian that would draw a crowd that would be willing to donate their time for an adoption fundraiser? We are wanting to do a dinner and concert as an adoption fundraiser. Email me at karlamtaylor@hotmail.com if you know anyone!
Praise God for our Dossier update! Praise God for friends and family that have been supportive in our fundraisers and donations! Continue to pray for Melanie in China!!!
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