First one down 1 more to go!

Yesterday was a great success for our first fundraising garage/bake sale!! A HUGE thank you to those of you who donated your wonderful items!! We made $1800 yesterday! Yay, we are so much closer! We have currently raised $5500 so far. We still do have one more garage/bake sale this coming Sat in Salt Lake! Still accepting any and all donations! Yesterday was pretty amazing, not only in the amount we came out with but who i came in contact with. I spoke with some pretty special ladies. All of them who were in tears talking about their own children who have Down Syndrome. Everything that i heard told me that what we are doing is good and needed. Now i have a feeling of urgency, not that i didn't before, but i don't want our little girl to sit in an orphanage any longer then she has to! She's not getting the love and family that she deserves! She needs to be able to grow and develop in a way that will help her reach her potential that i know she can have! These children are special spirits of god and i know they were born that way to teach all of us something! Something that is taught to us in our hearts! Anyways, i am so appreciative of everyone who has helped and supported us in this journey.

Update on garage sale!

Ok, we have all the information about the garage sale! We are having 2 different ones , Sat. the 29th at 12938 Hunterhollow way in Draper 7am-4pm. THe other Sat. Oct. 6th in Salt lake at 604 S. 1300 7am.-4pm E. So we are still asking for donations! If anyone has anything that is usable and unwanted please send me a message and i can pick it up or you can drop it off! All proceeds will go toward helping to bring Jocie home!! We appreciate the help of everyone who is working and also donating!

FUNDRAISING GARAGE SALE!!

This Saturday the 29th of September we are having a fundraising Garage and bake sale.  We are looking for donations of unwanted items.  We could pick them up or you can drop them off.  All of the proceeds will go towards getting our sweet little girl!!!  If you don't have unwanted things we are also looking for donations for our bake sale!!  Anything will help!  I will post more information this coming week!  Thanks for your help!

We are Official!

We are so excited!!  Yesterday we got set up on Reeces Rainbow as a new commitment!!  YAY!!  That means that our little one is waiting for us now!!  We found out about Adalia, whom we are going to be calling Jocie  when we adopt her, from www.Reecesrainbow.org it's a site that is dedicated to helping orphaned down syndrome children from eastern European countries find a home.  We can't wait to get her, It will probably take about 6-9 months all depending on how fast things go.  

Help bring Adalia home

My name is Aubray and my husband is Austen.  We have been married for 8 years and have 3 wonderful children.  A few weeks ago I came across a little girl that is needing a forever family.  Her name is Adalia (Jocie) and was born in March 2012.  Adalia (Jocie) was born with Down Syndrome and now lives in an orphanage in an Eastern European country where Down Syndrome is looked down upon and seen as unwanted.

Adalia (Jocie) lives in a baby orphanage where she has a caretaker who also cares for many other infants. There are so many other babies most get little stimulation and mental growth.  When she turns 4 she will be forced out, to live in an institution.  Most children don't live past a year in these facilities and if they do they are severely malnourished and forgotten, left to die.

Adopting from a foreign country is extremely costly.  Before we can even finalize the process we have to pay for agency fees, visas, birth certificates, marriage licenses, home studies, dossier paperwork, fingerprints, etc.  We will also have to make 2 trips both for about 2 weeks.  So we will have to pay for airfare, travel, hotel stay, translator fees, child’s visa, court fees, country fee, etc.  All in all about $25,000 is what it costs to save a child’s life and bring her to a family that will love her and care for her forever.

Please help us in this process to bring her home!  We are so grateful to all of YOU who are going to help us in this journey. 

 

Other Ways You Can Help

If you cannot contribute financially, even if you can, please share our story with those around you!  Maybe we can open our hearts and eyes to those children who are staying in these orphanages and give them a home!