When thinking about celebrating Sunshine's 2nd birthday - her first one home with us, we wanted to make it really special with a small Chinese-themed party. We were so honored that our family and close friends wanted to celebrate with us and suggested that instead of gifts, they consider a monetary donation to help orphans, or a donation of items to be mailed to her orphanage for the children left behind. We were so blessed by everyone's generosity. Not only did we collect several awesome bags filled with socks, blankets, coloring books, crayons, markers, play-doh, bubbles, puzzles and more, we also raised $405! Are our family and friends not totally amazing?!? What a fantastic, spectacular, terrific way to celebrate Sunshine's first birthday home with us ... giving back to the beautiful orphans left behind in the country she came to us from!
I have to admit, we didn't know exactly where the monetary donation would go in China. We wanted to wait until we knew the amount, and then decide what the best course would be. We do the majority of our charitable giving in China through Love Without Boundaries and I had kind of assumed that the donations would filter through their awesome organization. But I knew that no matter how the $405 made its way to China, God would get it to the place it needed to be most urgently. And boy did He!
Meet Alea. She was born in China on September 28, 2011 and arrived at New Day Foster Home on February 22, 2012. She was born with biliary atresia and needs a liver transplant to survive. Like now. Apparently organ transplants are so rare in China that they basically don't happen. At all. They are also really expensive. $65,000 expensive. So, New Day needs help. First they need PRAYER for Alea, that a liver donor is found soon and that she stays strong. And then, well they need financial help to make this surgery happen.
When we read about their Red Envelope Fundraiser for Alea, we knew exactly where the $405 from Sunshine's birthday was going. Envelope #405. See, I knew God would use these donations in the most needed way possible! We are so honored to be a part of Alea's story. And I know our family and friends that helped to make this donation possible will be thrilled to be a part of it too.
Will you also please, please, please consider popping over to the Hope for Alea website? And after you read about Alea's zeal for life and the fundraiser to save her life, pray about helping this precious little treasure financially. ANY amount is helpful - if all 500 envelopes are spoken for, Alea's liver transplant will be fully funded. Fully funded, friends. Our God CAN make this happen. But He needs us - you and me - to be his hands and feet for it to be possible. NO amount is too small! Please give this baby girl a chance at life!
And if you truly cannot help financially but still want to help, PRAY and pass on the information about the fundraiser. Not only will doing that get this out to other people, you'll also get a chance to win a cool Wild Olive tee!
Thank you so much for your consideration in helping this precious child of God, and for your PRAYER!
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