Week Two

Aug 19, 2012

Week two of fundraising for the Partyka adoption has come to a close and $13,177 has been raised!!

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This does not include funds that were raised from the Chick Fil A fundraiser last night!!

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<p align="center">Chris wrote this last night: <em>There are no words to express the deep gratitude that our family feels after the out-pouring of love that was shown tonight. We wish that we could have sat with each and everyone of you to tell you how God is providing for our adoption journey. Chick-fil-a told us that this was a &quot;very good&quot; Spirit Night. Saturday nights are usually really slow and it was the first night running the store for the 19 year-old manager. She was amazed at how slammed they were. Most spirit nights have 6-12 flyers all night but tonight the tellers said that most of the people ordering had flyers and the restaurant did very well. We won’t know the official number until Monday or Tuesday but we anticipate it doing exceedingly more than we expected. Thank you all so much. We are very near to our goal of $16k. To God alone be the glory!</em></p>  <p align="center"><strong><font size="5">T-shirts are for sale!</font></strong></p>  <p align="center"><a href="/1DB25B0C4C9C4FF725BBC44D009EECCD22E13F05/images/2012/08/adoption-shirt-template.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="adoption shirt template" border="0" alt="adoption shirt template" src="/1DB25B0C4C9C4FF725BBC44D009EECCD22E13F05/images/2012/08/adoption-shirt-template_thumb.jpg" width="404" height="377" /></a></p>  <p align="center">The T-shirt quotes Romans 8:15.</p>  <p align="center"><a href="/1DB25B0C4C9C4FF725BBC44D009EECCD22E13F05/images/2012/08/adoption-shirt-template1.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="adoption shirt template" border="0" alt="adoption shirt template" src="/1DB25B0C4C9C4FF725BBC44D009EECCD22E13F05/images/2012/08/adoption-shirt-template_thumb1.jpg" width="404" height="336" /></a><strong><em></em></strong></p>  <p align="center"><strong><em>You received God’s spirit when He adopted you as His own children. You can call Him Abba Father.</em></strong></p>  <p align="center">The shirts are $20 and they have S - M - L - XL and they will ship anywhere in the United States for $5.</p>  <p align="center">Be one of the first 100 orders and they will double your order for an extra $20. </p>  <p align="center"><font size="4"><strong>Here's how to order...</strong></font></p>  <p align="center">Click on the &quot;Donate&quot; button on upper right hand corner of the <a href="http://www.declaredason.blogspot.com">Partyka adoption blog</a>. In the &quot;special instructions to recipient&quot; put in the sizes you want and the address you would like it shipped to. </p>  <p align="center">&#160;</p>  <p align="center">It is so encouraging to me to see the family and friends and even complete strangers coming together for the sole purpose of helping to raise the funds necessary to bring this baby boy home.</p>  <p align="center"><font size="5"><strong>Praise the Lord!</strong></font></p>

- Elaine