To all my blog readers!!

There is a fundraiser going on right now. But this fundraiser is unlike any other I have seen, and believe you me I have seen my share :) This fundraiser is one that will aid in bringing three little ones home to be with their forever families; however, it also is an awareness event! So if you have any little loves on the Reece's Rainbow website that you would love to see belong to a forever family you can sponser that child. With a ten dollar donation your specific child will be assigned a balloon. Connected to that balloon will be the child's  picture, information about RR and the child, and a plea to help orphans. This is an opportunity to broaden the horizon for the children of Reeces Rainbow. Once all of the balloons are spoken for on March 25th there is going to be a balloon release. And check this out, these guys are going to make a video for us to watch the event :) Isn't that the coolest!! So go now to the blog below and get your child's balloon!! I got my four girls one!!!

http://4given2serve1god.blogspot.com/2012/02/balloon-release-march-25th.html?spref=fb

Little Loves!

Today is Valentines day and I would just like to show you a few faces. Some are of the little loves that I have blogged about before and some are new to my blog. But today during nap time for my little ones I would just like to take a little time to be a voice for the little loves who have no one. 

Meet Patti. Miss Patti is an adorable little love that has stolen my heart from the moment I first seen her picture. She will be 8 this August and I think it would be really awesome if she had a forever family for her birthday this year. I assure you it would be the best birthday present in the world and she would never forget that day!!

 Miss Patti has $23.00 in her grant so far. To access more information about Miss Patti and read what an adoptive family who visited her orphanage last month had to say you can click this link or go to http://reecesrainbow.org/?s=patti.





Here is Little Miss Nastya. This little one pulls on strings of my heart that few ever find. She has the same "extras" that my little sister has and I can not wait to see the day Miss Nastya goes home to her forever family! Lord this child is in my prayers like you would not believe! Here she is, Miss Nastya.

This little love has a grant that holds $133.65. To access more information about her you can click the link here or go to this website http://reecesrainbow.org/?s=nastya. Little Nastya will be 7 this July.










Next, I would like to show you little Leah. She just had her birthday last month, she turned 5. Oh how I wish she could have been in her forever family for this birthday. My prayer for this little one is that by this time next year I will find a blog that has her story and tells me about how well she is doing!

Leah has $36.00 in her grant currently. To access more information about her you can click here or visit this website http://reecesrainbow.org/?s=leah.

The last little one I want to show you today has a new picture!!! I can not tell you how excited I was to see her new picture. Without further ado, little Tatiana.

  

Isn't she a cutie. Little Tatiana is getting close to finding her forever family, I just know it. She will be 6 this May and you can bet when this little one finds that family I will be posting about it. Tatiana has $701.96 in her grant and you can find more information about her at this link or this website http://reecesrainbow.org/?s=tatiana.

Thanks for taking time out to read this blog. I pray that we all do something for the orphans. Donate, Share their stories, Adopt, and Pray. If we all do something we could make the world a different place. The kind of place that knows no orphans.

Exclusive Invitation Only!!!!

So there's this family who is in the process of adopting two little boys from across the ocean. I know this family personally and I love them dearly. The mom of this family has a blog that she has used throughout the adoption process to keep us all updated. You can access that blog here. This particular family has been on my heart the past few days more so than normal. So I just wanna throw this out there and see what happens.

This is Samuel and Joseph! Aren't they just adorable!! I have never personally met these two little guys (as of yet) but from the moment this adoption started I have wanted to do anything in my power to help bring them home. They were the reason this blog got started in the first place. This family is the vessel God has used to open my eyes to the drastic need for orphans to find families. Anyway on to the point, (sorry I get sidetracked easily).

I want this finished!!! This family did need $9,500 to complete this adoption to bring these little guys home. They now only need $2,637 to make this happen and be completly finished. I have seen the hand of God move in this adoption and there is no doubt in my mind that I am going to meet these two little guys very soon.

So I want to extend this exclusive invitation for you to be a part. Come with us on this journey! Come be a part of what God is doing! Come follow Miss Mandy's blog and watch a miracle unfold before your very eyes! It's real, it's happening, and it is thrilling! There is a Donate button on the right hand side of the blog (http://www.findingourlittleone.blogspot.com/) that you can use. Now remember this is a one time chance to be a part of these little guys homecoming. So if you want to be smack dab in the middle of a move of God now is the best time to do it! Help us bring these little guys home!!! And stay tuned because you can best believe I will be blogging about when I finally get to meet these two handsome guys :)

More to share!!!

So I was on the Reece's Rainbow website and guess what?!?! Remember Little Miss Tatiana?? Her grant has went up!!! Yayyy!!! I am sooo excited about this. She now has $701.96!!!

Praise God! Now let's keep this little angel lifted up in prayer so that she may find her forever family!!

Little Miss Leah's grant is still at $36.00 as of today. Let's keep her lifted up as well. She needs a forever family.

Thanks for reading my blog, and thanks for listening while I try to be a voice for the children. 

-Brina

What's "wrong" with her????

What "wrong"  with her?

Well, she has what's called spina bifida and hydrocephalus. I put this in more simple terms, the way I've always explained it to individuals who don't exactly understand. This means her spine didn't fully close while she was in utero and she has excess fluid on her brain. It's not really that big of a deal to be honest. Yea, she doesn't walk. Quite simply put she's just like the rest of us, her legs just don't work.

This is the story I've told many, many, many, times growing up in response to the question, "What's "wrong" with her?" You see nothing is "wrong" with her. She is my sister, and I love her and she loves me back. It's hard to understand if you haven't been there. It's just not something you think about if you haven't been exposed to it your whole life. Nothing is "wrong", things are just different. And different isn't always bad.

You realize things you never noticed before. For example, just because a public place claims to be handicap accessible does not mean they necessarily are. Ramps are sometimes extremely too steep. And heavy doors can be a pain. Bathrooms are entirely too narrow, and steps are just ridiculous. Obstacles can most defiantly be overcome and challenges can be jumped like hurdles. God is in the big things, but it's even more fun to find Him in the small things. It's life. It's normal. It's mine.

Today I wonder what it's like for Nastya. She has spina bifida and hydrocephalus too. But I don't think she has a big sister. She doesn't have a family. She doesn't have a mom who will go to hell and back for her like my mom did and will continue to do for my baby sister. Who is there for Nastya? Who will be the one to let her know NOTHING is WRONG with her that she is not messed up or DISabled. Who will be there to tell her she is MORE THAN ABLE!! She is a princess too. Just like my baby sister. She is fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of GOD ALMIGHTY!!!! She has worth and value and she is somebody cuz God don't make no junk!

My heart aches for this little princess. I want her to have a family. I want her to experience what it's like to know you are loved no matter what. To understand Christ's love. How His love is unconditional, never failing, always consistent, and always overflowing.......

Progress :)

Lots of things have happened since my last post!! I have some very exciting news to share!!!! And a couple of things that are still on my heart. First with the good news :) Since my last post little Miss Helen pictured below along with little Miss Marissa have been moved to the "My Family Found Me" page on the Reece's Rainbow website!! Praise Jesus!!!! Two little girls are orphans no more!!!

I am overjoyed that these two little miracles will now have a family and a home to call their very own. Best wishes and many many blessings to both of you darlings :)

More good news...

My family has welcomed our new addition!! My little girl Aquilla was born on December 28th and at just a few weeks old she already has a personality bigger than she is. She may get that from me. Also my family has just been blessed with the opportunity to relocate. This was something that I have to give all credit to my heavenly Father for. This opportunity would not have been possible without him being involved. God is so good. I love how he places the orphan in families and moves mountains in every day life :) I can not praise or thank him enough!!!

Now for the other two little angles that were mentioned in my last post.

Little miss Valya. There is a new picture of Valya and she is also listed under the name Leah now. As far as I know Miss Leah does not have a home and a family to call hers. She is still an orphan looking.

To access Miss Leah's page click here. She currently has $36.00 in her account. Let's join together!! Let's lift her up in prayer, raise that grant amount, and help Leah find her forever family!!



Little Miss Tatiana is also still an orphan searching for her forever home. When I seen her updated picture it made me want to cry. This little princess needs a family now. She needs a mommy to hold her, and love her, and tell her how she is a daughter of the king. She needs the body of Christ to step up. Will you join with me to be her voice?

$544.46 is available towards Miss Tatiana's adoption. You can access here page here. Let's change this little girl's future. Let's find her family. Her fund has a nice start but it can always grow :) 



It would make this new mommy's heart glad if when I go back to the Reece's Rainbow website I seen both Leah and Tatiana had been moved to the "My Family Found Me" page! Let's make a difference in the lives of these two little girls!! Let's be a voice for the children. The children who have been forgotten.

Little Faces

Every time I go on the Reece's Rainbow website I find new little faces that I just fall in love with! These babies need Mommy's and Daddy's. If I could bring them all home with me I tell you I surely would. But until I am able to travel the adoption road myself (which I am eagerly anticipating), I will do what I can to help find forever families for precious little ones like these. Below are some faces that I just love. And my heart would just be so very thrilled if maybe something I shared on my blog would bring these little one's one step closer to getting home!!! See the faces that capture my heart! Maybe they will capture yours too :) And maybe, just maybe, there could be room in your heart and home for one of these little ones. And if not, maybe, just maybe, you can advocate, fundraise, or keep in daily prayer each one of them and join with me to be a voice for the children!!  


Here is Little Miss Helen. You can find here information here on the Reece's Rainbow website.

And here is Valya.

Both of these little girls are just plum adorable and I'm positive they both would love a Mommy and Daddy.

Below is Little Miss Marissa.



And one more little face for tonight. The picture below is of Little Miss Tatiana. I would love to just give here all the hugs and kisses she would ever need. Just like I would love to do the same for the little angels I listed above. Maybe I am being partial with the little girls tonight, and that could be because my little girl is due in four months. But I also have a little boy and he means the world to me. Little boys need families too. So just because they are not listed tonight doesn't mean I have forgotten about them.  

Meet Tatiana.

Thanks guys for taking the time out to read my blog and prayerfully considering adding a wonderful new member to your families.