Happy New Year!! She Made It!!

she made it!! nastya has climbed the $1000 wall on the angle tree!! thank you to everyone who donated, gave, and prayed!! i can't wait to see the family that gets to take her home!

Almost there!

I am officially the worst blogger of all time! My last post was on October 18th and at that time Nastya's grant was at $457.55. That was October. Two months later here it is December and Christmas time and her grant has grown again :) As of a few minutes ago she currently has $768.05!

My goal when I started advocating for Nastya was to get her to the sizable grants page. That goal gets closer and closer every day. Thank you!

-Sabrina

Did you see it?!?!?!

Her grant! Did you see it jump yesterday? I did. Man oh man I did! We went from $229.55 to our current amount of $457.55! We are getting there people! My goal when I truly started fundraising for Nastya was to get her onto the sizable grants page. I have watched her grant go from 0 to almost $500! Yes it is a work in progress, but it is progressing, and for that I am thrilled!

Don't stop checking her profile because the mason jar fundraiser is still in the works! So keep an eye out for another jump towards the end of the month!! And Praise God above for His faithfulness!!

-Sabrina

Update

Forgive me guys. It's been a bit since I've been on here. I have been a little preoccupied with a couple of fundraisers. The first fundraiser ended a couple of weeks ago and it raised $228.00. A check should soon be received by the RR crew and applied to Nastya's grant. Right now it sits at $229.55 so keep a look out for a sudden jump! I can't wait!!

Another fundraiser I was working on happened this past Saturday. So far it has raised about $100.00. But the items that were made are still selling so technically that fundraiser isn't over yet :) I will most likely carry it out until the end of October or until all of the items sell out (which ever happens first).

Also I am a new Mary Kay consultant!! (again) lol Having a baby tends to make selling makeup a little difficult :) Anyway I just got my first order back and I am in the process of delivering those items where they need to go. So if you have any Mary Kay needs feel free to send me an email at brinafain@hotmail.com.

As you have read a million times by now Nastya is on the angel tree this year. So soon I will be purchasing a Christmas ornament with her picture on it. I will also be displaying the ornament at all of my Mary Kay events I have along with the items still left to sell for the before mentioned fundraiser.

Things have been busy and will continue to be for some time to come I'm sure. My little girl will be a year old 3 days after Christmas so we have quite a bit of planing to do in the next few months. But with a 2 year old, and by then an almost 1 year old, Christmas will prove to be absolutely wonderful!!!

For now that is all. My hubby will be having a birthday tomorrow so I must get started with making some peanut butter cookies. (Let's see if he reads my blog lol) Don't forget to keep an eye on Nastya's grant! See ya soon!

-Sabrina

And the winner is...

  Me!! lol No really, the results are in and

 

NASTYA IS ON THE ANGEL TREE!!!!!!

That truly has made my day :) But it's not over. Don't forget about all of the other little ones who are on the voting panel this week. Go check them out and vote for one of them. And if you have a free minute please scroll down and check out my last post. Thanks guys, and prepare to watch my little girl's grant grow!!

-Sabrina

One more thing...

While I anxiously wait to see if Nastya has her place on the angel tree this year, I also have something else looming in my mind. The girls that are on the panel this week really need families. They are the other angel girls ages 10+. These little girls have put themselves out there, going on a leap of faith to have their pictures taken, all in hopes of getting a family. I didn't put too much thought into this before now. But think, just for a moment, about their picture experience.

Here in the US families have pictures made all the time. Mine included. And I will be the first to tell you if I don't LOVE the pictures, we don't get them. We may have 5-6 of the same pictures, just with different poses all over my house. But let's shift our thinking for a minute.

Most of the pictures on Reece's Rainbow are a one shot deal. The children get one shot to have a picture made. Not always properly dressed, no time to fix their hair just right, no one behind the photographer telling them ever so sweetly  to smile. Nothing. Sometimes their eyes are closed. A lot of the time I have seen little knuckles white because of the clenched fists.

I'm sure their nerves are shot. The life they are living right now is most likely rough. And to think that their only chance out, their only shot at a different life, their only hope for a family, is all riding on this picture. Yea, no pressure, right?!

You gotta be kidding me. I get nervous thinking about that.

But we have a chance. A chance to help. Do me a favor today if you will. Head over to www.reecesrainbow.org and go vote. Vote for one of these little girls who have waited year after year for a family to call their own.

If you wanna do more, you can donate or pray for one of the particular girls. Just click their picture and it will lead you to their profile. Or you can rally behind one of them and possibly change their lives forever. Whatever you do, do something.

The last of the angel tree news.

The voting for category other angel girls 6-9 ends at 5:00p.m. EST today! So your chance to donate and get those votes in is quickly flying by. Don't miss out! And come back soon or check out the RR site to find the winners! Let's see if my little one will be on that tree this year!