the paxton project: Thank you...and its NOT over yet!

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Thank you...and its NOT over yet!

Happy Sunday everyone! Just wanted to thank you all so much for getting involved in this raffle & helping us get a few steps closer to getting PAXTON. And a SPECIAL thank you to Alissa Circle for her coordination and sacrifice to make this happen!

We know that it was a strech for alot of you to give and we do not take take that lightly at all. We still have a ways to go to reach our goal by May 2011, but we are encouraged. As was once said, "the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step" - and we feel that this raffle got us off to a running star!

PS - you can still get yourself & others in on the raffle! And remember, when the raffle ends, the paxton project continues (should it need to)!

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We have raised our inition goal of requirement for the adoption to proceed. We still have travel expenses, post adoption, citizenship and other legal expenses that will gradually unfold. We still are accepting donations to help meet these needs. You may give by mail or online!

Many of you have been asking how you can give financially towards paxton's adoption & get a tax break. Your giving towards this project can be claimed as a tax deduction. You may give through Youth With A Mission Orlando, which is the Christian missions organization we work with. Here is how you can do that.

Mail: make check/money order payable to "YWAM" and mail to - Andy & Rachel Miller; PO BOX 620487; Orlando, FL 32862 / (contact us: 69.426.1086)

Note - 100% of the donations goes towards the adoption

behind the cause...

behind the cause...

when i was 18, i had the privilage of going on a 2 month outreach to India w/ Youth With A Mission. I had no idea the impact it would have on my life. The thing I remember the most is the 30 hour train ride. This was NOT Amtrak. It was hot. It smelled. And there were eunuchs sitting across from me the whole trip. It was a little exciting and yet a little scary all at the same time. At one of the stops, a little boy came crawling through the train begging fro money. He was missing limbs off of his body. It was terrible and it was the first time I had ever seen anything like that. I tried to give the little boy some food, but he resisted. Later our host told us that there are people, sort of like pimps, who take in orphaned children and cut off the limbs so that when they send them out to beg, people will feel sorry for them and will then give them money. The child will in return, take all the money back to their "pimp." I had never heard anything so sick. I knew that I wanted to adopt kids from that moment on. I can not stand the fact of children growing up on the streets being sold into the sex trafficking industry, among many other horrible things. Our heart for adoption is huge. I have been asked many time, "Can you not have your own children?" My answer is, "I don't know." I went through a miscarriage in the Fall of 2010. It was sad and my heart still aches when I think about it. If I were to get pregnant, of course I would be excited. But none the less, it would not change my heart for adoption. There is something inside of me that knows this is bigger than me. I know God is with me and that he will provide. I hope to someday help others to adopt; to give; to be A VOICE on behalf of kids are are screaming, but are not being heard. This my friends excites me. And this is why I choose to adopt.