And the Winner is

I would like to thank everyone who

participated in our Feel the Love/Share the Love fundraiser.

I do not know the exact total we raised yet 

but I am very grateful to everyone who either purchase,

blogged or shared on FB for me.

And I hope that everyone who will now have this 

beautiful print hanging in their home

will know of the love I also have for them for 

helping to bring our little one home.

I was excited to find out that according to Random.org the 

winner is Jill who is adopting Tanner on Reece's Rainbow.

So Jill, if you would please email me

at cans4carlene@yahoo.com

with your address and which print you

would like for being the winner

I will be happy to get that sent out to you.

I would like to let all my blog followers know that 

I now have a Facebook page setup.

It is

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Operation-Orphan-No-More/148027775296415.

I will be announcing what we plan to name our little one and

why we chose it once I get 100 likes.

Right now I have 95.

I will not be announcing it on my blog

so if you want to know what we

are naming her make sure to go like my FB page.

Plus, you will be kept up-to-date on 

how the whole adoption process is going.

I hope everyone who reads this knows

how much your love and support means to us. 

We are so excited to get this sweet little girl home to her forever family.

Feel the Love/Share the Love

Tomorrow I will attend my first Buddy Walk.

What's a Buddy Walk?

An opportunity to spend the day

with an amazing group of individuals

that are made up of a little something extra :)

I will also be sharing 

Reece's Rainbow 

with all of 

these people and their families.

To help them truly understand the

impact Reece's Rainbow 

has had helping children with Down Syndrome get adopted

I put together a video to share at the Buddy Walk

and with all of you.

Tomorrow is also the first day you 

can order pictures 

for our fundraiser.

You can order the beautiful picture

at the end of the video

for just $9.95 for an 8x10

and when you put For Carlene in the comments

her account will receive 40% of every sale until Friday, October 21st.

But there are even more 

photos to choose from and you can view

some of them in this lovely video 

 And because I know many people have been visiting Carlene's blog 

but no one ever leaves a comment :(

I am going to tempt you by telling you if you leave me a comment 

stating that you shared my fundraiser on your blog

or on facebook

and then tell me which picture is your favorite
I will use random.org on Thursday morning to
pick a winner and send the winner
an 8x10 of your favorite picture.

If by chance you already purchased your favorite picture
for the fundraiser
I will just reimburse you if you are the lucky winner.

I would also love to see comments
about the first video I made with the Reece's Rainbow cuties.

Please tell me if you have followed any of their journeys
and how they have inspired and touched your lives.

I cannot wait to get Carlene home and watch her
blossom into the beautiful princess that
God has intended her to be.

Thank you so much for supporting us
and being apart of  her journey.

Please use this link when sharing our fundraiser :)
http://www.capturedmiracles.org/shoppingcart/products/Unconditional-Love-%252d-Available-for-a-limited-time.html

When God Wraps His Arms Around You - The Fundraiser

If you would like to a chance to win
one of these beautiful pictures
please read my new post.




Lately I have written a lot about how it

feels to have God Wrap His Arms Around You.

Now I would like to introduce you to some 

photos of what it might look like

if God were here physically today to wrap His arms around you.

Helen Thomas Robson

is a talented artist who has graciously said

her studio would donate 40% of 

all sales from October 15th to October 21st 

to our adoption fund. 

Below you will find some of my favorite 

pictures.

The first photo is how I found 

Helen's photos.

I was searching for a picture 

that should God's love for children with 

Down syndrome.

I asked Helen if I could purchase the 

print to sale at an on-line auction

and she told me that instead she wanted 

to do a fundraiser were people could have access to 

all of her work and she would donate

40% of the sales.

Once again 

I felt God Wrap His Arms Around Me

Please enjoy these photos

and make sure to visit her website.

Also invite all your friends

to share in God's love

and 

to help get our little one home

by blogging or sharing my blog on

Facebook or this link.

The poem "Footprints in the Sand"

Some pictures about those serving our country

Pictures and a book about those

who founded our country.

God's love for a birth family

and adoptive family

And how all children are

loved of God

even if their life started out rough.

You can also view her beautiful video

Remember that the fundraiser

starts on Saturday, October 15th

and goes until Friday Night, October 21st.

What an amazing Christmas gift 

these pictures would make

starting at just $9.95 for an 8x10.

So think of someone you know who

needs to have God Wrap His Arms Around them

and give them a beautiful picture

while helping Carlene to 

come home.

Our homestudy is being reviewed this week and
we should be traveling the first of December
but still need to raise about $15,000.

If you don't see a picture that interest you
but you would like to help with the cost
of our $40,000 adoption
 we have a $5.00 puzzle fundraiser
or a Digital Scrapbooking fundraiser going on too.