Can you help?

Some of you may know that in under 2 weeks David and I are leaving on a missions trip to Uganda! We will be there for 2 weeks serving the orphans. We feel very honored to get the opportunity to go show love to all of these children who have been abandoned and neglected and who are desperate for affection. Would you like to have a part in helping us? I’d like to share with you a few ways that you can help us, and would be so appreciative if you would consider what you can do to be a part of our missions trip. Not everyone can take the time off of work, or have the flexibility in their lives right now to do a missions trip, but you can help us minister to orphans by supporting us! Here are some areas we need help:

1) PRAY!!! We need all sorts of prayer! Pray that we stay healthy. We’ve gotten all sorts of vaccines, and have started our malaria medication, however I wasn’t able to get the yellow fever vaccine because of the Remicade I am on for my Crohn’s. So please pray for protection of our health. Also pray that our eyes will be open to whatever it is that God has in store for us. Pray for safe travels, peaceful flights, and no missed connections! Also pray for our safety there. Things are currently peaceful in Uganda, but there have been riots and protests there recently. Pray things remain peaceful and calm while we are there. Finally please pray for our kids. 2 weeks is a long time to be away from them. Pray the time will fly by for them, and please pray for my parents as they will be watching them. Pray for unexplainable energy for them, and inexplicably perfect behavior from our kids

2) We’re going to spend a TON of time loving on orphans. We’d love to fill a suitcase full of special items to help us make them feel special. Here are some things we need:

• Face Paint
• Paint Brushes
• Nail Polish
• Stickers
• Construction Paper
• Crayons
• Soccer Balls
• Small Prizes (Beanie Babies, little dolls, yo yo’s, little balls, notebooks, pens, pencils, shirts, dresses, anything a child would love to win).
• Lots of CANDY

If you’re able to donate any of these items, or if you have something else that would be great for kids let me know. I know as a parent sometimes we end up with all sorts of stuff and it’s way more than we need for our kids. If you have an overabundance of anything, or if you’d be willing to purchase and donate some of these items that would be great!

3) While we are there, Dwight, the pastor who is leading our missions trip will be putting on a pastors conference for about 800 men. They are coming from all over the place, and we’re all very excited to see how God is going to use these pastors! Right now we need to raise A LOT of money to ensure that all of these men can afford to come. It only costs them $10 a person to attend. Are you able to help these men attend this conference? If you would like to donate some money to support these pastors please get in touch with me. It would be awesome if we could sponsor lots of pastors!

4) So, David and I thought we had a great plan in place for what to do with our kids while we are gone for 2 weeks, and things haven’t worked out the way we had hoped. My parents have very kindly stepped up and are going to take the kids for an entire 2 weeks, which is awesome. The thing is, my dad works, so my mom will have the pleasure of having the kids all day long every day, which speaking from my experience is exhausting. I would love it if we could find some people who would be willing to take the kids over for some play dates so that my mom doesn’t suffer from extreme exhaustion. If you would like to have a play date with one of the kids could you let me know? I know the kids would love the chance to play with some friends, and it will help my parents maintain their sanity in our absence

5) And this one is not super critical, but we don’t have anything to do with Sadie. We could pay to board her somewhere, but if anyone is just dying for the chance to have a little puppy love in their life she’s all yours!

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