Jars for Change

We are kicking off our second fundraiser! We are calling it "Jars for Change". With your loose pocket change you can change Molly's life. Who doesn't have a little pocket change at the end of each day? For the month of July put your spare change in a glass mason jar or other container and at the end of July cash it and donate the money towards Molly's adoption!

If you want a sticker, please let me know and I will happily send you one. And when you are all done you can either send the money to us via PayPal using my email tanyabaer@yahoo.com or mail it to us and make your check payable to us or our agency, WACAP. The Baers, 16970 Laurelin Court, North Fort Myers, FL 33917

This is from the flyer we made up to go with the jars here locally:

We are excited to announce that we are adding one more child to the Baer family. This time, we are adopting a little girl from China. She was two on June 7th and shares Matson’s date of birth and Oliver’s congenital heart defect. Seemingly chosen by God for our family. Yes, we will have “identical twins” to keep us on our toes. Qing is her name now and we are keeping our tradition of using it as her middle name. She has some pretty complex medical needs that will require lifelong medical care, much of which is not available in China. In her province of China, 80% of children with her medical condition do not live till their fifth birthday. Here in the US she will live a long and full life. We received approval from China on June 20th to adopt. We expect to travel to China in August or September.
We made the decision to follow God’s call to change the life of one more child on our 13th wedding anniversary in January. We both knew God had a plan for us and that we had to follow. It has not been an easy journey but at every turn He has given us every indication to put more trust in Him and keep following! That being said, we have gone in to this adoption not entirely knowing how we were going to afford it. We have paid all of our adoption agency fees from our savings and have applied for a couple of grants to help fund our travel expenses. However, we may be tapping in to investments to pay them. We are seeking assistance from friends and family with help paying for the orphanage donation of $5,600 that is required by the People’s Republic of China to finalize her adoption. Many people in the adoption world call this “ransom” to free our children from the life of an orphan.
We continue to trust God that He will help us to fund the remaining portion of Molly’s adoption and free her from the life that she would face in China. We have created a fundraising project we are calling “Jars for Change”. Your pocket change each day can change Molly’s life! By placing your lose change in a glass jar you can help us pay the orphanage donation that will give her a family and a chance at life! Please consider participating in Molly’s adoption so there is one less orphan in this world! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

God's blessings!

Starfish Necklace Fundraiser

I helped design this necklace, the Starfish poem means much to me. I like to think think everyone can make a difference in the life of an orphan, by some means. It doesn't mean everyone has to adopt a child. Befriend a child in foster care, sponsor a child, be a guardian ad litem, support people adopting through prayer, etc. The list is long.

You can buy it here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/102576260/hand-stamped-necklace-charity-for-reeces

The Starfish Poem
As I walked along the seashore this young boy greeted me.
He was tossing a stranded starfish back into the deep blue sea.
I said, "Tell me why you bother. Why waste your time this way?
There's a million stranded starfish. Does it matter anyway?"
And he said, "It matters to this one. It deserves a chance to grow.
It matters to this one. I can't save them all, I know.
But it matters to this one, I'll return it to the sea.
It matters to this one, And it matters a lot to me."

-Poem adapted from the story "The Star Thrower" (or "starfish story") by Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), published in 1969 in The Unexpected Universe.

Introducing Molly Qing

We received our Letter Seeking Confirmation, better known as LOA, on Thursday! It was a huge surprise! We are now anticipating travel either late August or early September. Lots and lots to do! These are the photos we received in March, I think they are from November when her file was done by her orphanage so that she would be eligible for adoption. Not sure we will get anymore before we travel, highly doubt it! Can you see how tiny her little hands and feet are? We think she is about 20lbs. So, she is just a tiny little peanut. The little cloth shoes are precious. Wonder what she will come to us in???? Praying for all to go smoothly from here. Lots to do, money to come up with, travel to plan, childcare for the boys to figure out. God's got, right?