The Comfort Family: How we love Feiley

Monday, July 27, 2009

How we love Feiley

I have been thinking how fun and neat it is to have this blog. Its main purpose is to keep our family and friends up to date on our life and our adoption journey. While posting pictures on our everyday life is a wonderful way to see how we spend our time while we wait for our daughter, I also want Feiley to know how much we love her, how much the LORD loves her and I want to show her that. Showing her our love now isn't easy as she is clearly on the other side of the world, waiting for us to come get her. She does now have, we hope, the care package we sent her which includes a photo album of us, a blanket, and a doll. We also sent her foster family tea and cookies and thanked them for taking care of our daughter. We sent a disposable camera in hopes that her foster family will take pictures of Feiley and her life in China. We know she will have lots of questions as to what her life was like before she came to be with us and we hope to be able to show her through pictures. Please continue to pray for her, her health, her foster and birth family, and that she is home soon!

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Feileys Lemonade Stand!

I have to apologize for just now posting what we did with the money we raised while waiting for Feiley. Our original intention was to to buy blankets and clothes to take to Feileys orphange. However, we were told to not give gifts directly to the orphanage as the children there might not ever benefit from them. We were told to use an organized non profit group. So, we are happy to say that after months of research, we decided to sponsor a child in China who needs heart surgery, just as Feiley did. We have donated the money to Stephen Curtis Chapmans organization in China called "Show Hope". A child who needs open heart surgery will now be able to get it through our donation in Feileys name. We are so happy to be able to do this and know that the Lord will use the money to help an orphan who might not other wise live due to not being able to have the surgery. Thank you to everyone who helped give. You have helped save a childs life.

In the past month, Josh and Zach have raised about $250 more dollars! We did another lemonade stand at the beach and at home. This past Tuesday, I had a Southern Living fundraiser party and we raised about $200! Thank you to all who have helped with our fundraiser to buy clothes and blankets for Feileys orphan friends!

Update! The boys took "Feileys Lemonade Stand" to the beach house over vacation and raised $100 more dollars! Lets see how much we can raise before we travel to pick up Feiley!
Zach raised $50.00 in two days with his Lemonade stand to benefit the orphans in China. All money raised will go towards "blankies" for the children in Feiley's orphanage- Kunming Childrens Welfare Institute. Let us know if you would like to contribute! Thank you!!