2015$ is ALMOST HERE!

Merry Christmas 2014 from the Masse Family (awaiting 1 more)!

The big day has come and gone but we trust that the truth and joy of Christmas will remain with us forever!  This Advent season our family used a new book from Sovereign Grace Ministries called Prepare Him Room.  It was an excellent guide as we set out to focus on the gift of God's Son.  What I didn't know when I ordered it was that the short story included for reading was set in an orphanage!  I've wondered if we are more sensitive to things pertaining to orphans and adoption or has God been placing orphans before us more than ever in preparation for our family's addition? I'm not sure really, but what a joy to see how He continues to prepare our hearts and give us more and greater love for these precious children!

We are just 1 week away from launching 2015$ - Two Thousand Fifteens - our upcoming fundraiser!  Since my last update, our agency received our dossier and sent it off for the authentication process! Due to the holidays it will probably take a bit of extra time for this step, however we can expect to be DTC (dossier to China) in 2-3 weeks!! WOOOOOHOOO!  What a huge step this is! All of our documents have been gathered and once they arrive in China we will be in the waiting phase - waiting for our referral (our match with our daughter), waiting for our letter approval (known as LOA in the adoption world) and then waiting for TA (travel approval).

If you remember from my last post our 2015$ - Two Thousand Fifteens fundraiser will begin on January 1, 2015.  We are praying and asking God to put it on the hearts of 2000 people to donate just $15 to our YouCaring adoption fund! That's HUGE I know, but God is so much bigger than that and we are trusting in His provision!

There's one final aspect of this fundraiser to share - and hopefully this will be fun for lots of YOU!  As a small way of thanking people for donating during this fundraiser we have prizes to give away.   For every 50 donations made we will draw a name from all the donors and that lucky winner will receive an EXCLUSIVE, made-only-for-this-fundraiser, handmade (by me) leather and bead wrap bracelet, aka a Bracelet For One.  I'm apologize there isn't a picture yet, (I'm waiting on the supplies to arrive,) but it's been designed and will be very special and gorgeous!  Think of it, if we receive 2000 donations you would have 40 chances to WIN! :)

Here's a summary:

• Would you be willing to donate $15 toward our adoption on January 1st?  
• Would you be willing to SHARE this event with your friends and acquaintances? Maybe your FB friends, maybe send emails?  If everyone we knew shared it with their circle of friends that would be huge!!
• For every 50 donations made, we will award an exclusive Bracelet For One to a randomly drawn winner!  

Here's a badge you can grab to make sharing easy (simply right click and save the image)!  The more people that know, the better!! Thank you so much for your help - see you next week!