Adoption fundraiser purchases make such meaningful Christmas gifts!!!

Check out this one---

Enjoy top-quality products from currentfun.com.
Choose from a variety of cards, gift wrap, home decor,kitchen gadgets, candy and treats, even popular magazine subscriptions.Buy 1 get 1 free deals.

http://currentfun.com then click on "shop now" (Link is also located on our blog)

When checking out, select:
State: TN
Organization: April Short
This fundraiser will continue until we bring our child home. Feel free to shop anytime and to spread the word.

Mark& April Short

shortstoriestn.blogspot.com

Fun Adoption Fundraisers!

Jo Franklin writes:

"Drew and Sharon Raines, a family in my church, are in the process of adopting twin boys who were on the waiting child list from Ethiopia.

Their fundraiser is like a mom-swap event. Moms pay a $20 cover charge, bring items they want to swap (any kids items, toy, shoes, clothes, or maternity clothes) and get to pick items that other moms brought to go home with. It's going to be on Friday, Nov. 13 from 6-9pm. It will be at 205 Stecoah Ct. Antioch, TN 37013. Anyone who is interested or has questions can email me. jomichellefranklin@yahoo.com

Also, I have a fundraiser going on for the next two weeks. My friend who has a on-line stationery business is taking orders for the next two weeks, Oct. 25-Nov.7, and the proceeds from those orders will go towards our adoption. She creates and sells personalized notecards, notepads, photo Christmas cards, baby announcements, bag tags, and gift cards online. Anyone interested can email her at keepintouchstationery@gmail.com and she will email them an on-line catalog. You can also look at her website at keepintouchstationery.com."

What a joy to have the privilege of supporting each other as we bring our children home!

Ethiopian Explosion

What a perfect afternoon for our African Fellowship picnic!.... So many wonderful families came together to celebrate our precious treasures and share in each other's journeys to adoption. In the same way our spiritual adoptions by God are meant to be lived out in a community of faith, our physical adoption of orphans thrives when we can support each other and watch our children grow up together with greater vision of what God's Kingdom is all about!

Family Fellowship Group--October 25!...and adoption fundraisers!

We are looking forward to an awesome fellowship group this Sunday! Many families have responded and we will welcome at least 2 new little ones home to their AF community of LOVE!

Please pray for a beautiful fall day and bring picnicky pot luck to share-- Sunday, 10/25, 3:00-6:00

Owl Creek Park directions

9751 Concord Rd, Brentwood, TN 37027 - Google Maps

The Short family is offering photography services to raise money for their adoption from Ethiopia.

Mark writes:

"Do you want professional pictures for holiday cards or eCards?

What: Professionally capture your memories.
Why: I’m passionate about family and photography. To that end, my wife (April) and I are in the process of adopting a boy from Ethiopia and I want to use photography to bless others and possibly raise some money to help with that adoption.
Cost: Donations are greatly appreciated, but are not required.
Where: Any location convenient to you.
When: Any evening or weekend. Appointments are appreciated.
How: I’ll bring my photography equipment. Work with you on the setting and focus. Capture, post process, and provide a CD/DVD of your pics and/or upload them to a secure web gallery for your viewing and sharing.

You can glimpse my work at: www.sevenlightsphotography.com"---

---And please check out 147 Million Orphans. The Oatsvall and Mayernick families will be bringing home children soon from Uganda! Their website has wonderful orphan awareness apparel and it all benefits orphans and adoption!

What a privilege to take part in the saving of lives and the building of families in His Name!

All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. AND THE LORD ADDED TO THEIR NUMBER DAILY THOSE WHO WERE BEING SAVED. Acts 2:44-47

November fellowship will be a prayer and sharing time for parents. If you are interested in hosting, please let me know. Thank you!

Until they all have a family--

Tracy

October Family Fellowship!

Our October family fellowship group will be on Sunday, October 25, from 3:00-6:00 at the

New Owl Creek Park in Brentwood.

Bring the whole family and pot luck to share for an afternoon picnic and fun with all our adoptive families! Thank you Kristi Johnson for securing a location for us to meet!! Can't wait to see you all there!

Please RSVP to tracymihnovich@yahoo.com

*** The Peters family has a calling card fundraiser. Check out Call-me-Cards for more information. This is a really inventive fundraiser!

In case you missed it, there was an article in The Tennessean on Sunday about international adoption in our area.

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another---and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:23

Until they all have a family--

Tracy