Well, we received an email that makes the heart beat fast
and reminds us just how close we could be to bringing our daughter home. We still don’t know for sure how much longer
it will be, but knowing that our Power of Attorney in Ghana is looking to try
for a “first” court date at the end of September makes this all more real! The first thought I had when reading that
was, oh my, we are going to have to focus on fundraising!!!
My amazing sister came to me about a month ago suggesting an
idea for a fundraiser that we thought would be kind of fun. It is also kind of fitting based on our first
blog post. She is planning a fundraiser “Fun Run or Walk” for us to be held in early October. We are humbled by her desire to help us and
are thankful that we have wonderful family supporting us along this
journey. After some talking and figuring
things out, it looks like we are going to be having this “Fun Run or Walk” on Saturday, October, 5th, in
Lakeville. It is humbling to reach out
to others … this is one of those pieces that Chris and I have not looked
forward to, but knew was inevitable. God
is in control of it and we know He has a plan through it all. We are gathering all of our ideas for that day
… and hope that many of you will be able to join us. We also wanted to share with you that we do have a process that you can go through to give tax-deductible gifts towards our adoption. Our church has an adoption ministry fund that allows gifts to be sent and designated to a certain family. If you would choose to give through this process, you would need to provide two additional forms with your gift. We will have these forms available on our fundraiser day, but you can also print them from the link on side panel of our blog (just to the right, cut and paste that link into your browser and it will take you to the forms on the church website) and mail it in directly to Berean Baptist Church if you prefer to do it that way. Both of these forms would need to be included with your donation if you decide to do this process.
The info for the fundraiser is below:
Adoption
Fundraiser “FUN RUN or WALK!”
Help bring home ‘Little G’ and have some “fun”
along the way!
We are
working to support Chris and Kristin as they raise funds for their
adoption. Our goal is to find at least 30 people that
are willing to try and raise
at least
$100 each towards the Goodreau’s adoption fund. If we can
get more
people and can raise more than that we would love it!
What: 2.8 mile run/walk (2 times) around beautiful
East Lake
When: Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 10:00 am
Where: East
Lake Community Park
16700
Pilot Knob Road ~ Lakeville, MN
Who: Anyone wanting to support adoption!
After the
run / walk we will have a light lunch and lots of fun stuff for the
kids to
enjoy! Please let us know if you plan to
join us so that we can have
enough
drinks and food for those participating.
We are excited to welcome
another
child into the Goodreau family and would love to have your support!
Please
contact Anita Ruthenbeck at aruthenbeck@msn.com to register
or email/call with questions (651-341-6406)!
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