Almost ready to submit our Dossier

We are waiting for one more elusive document and we will be sending the rest of our dossier(papers) to the country where the children reside. I say Children because, in case you havent been following, we also decided to adopt a boy close in age to Damaris. We have decided on a name for Damaris but have not come to agree on a name for the boy. I am very much wanting one name, Eric is very much wanting another. Unfortunately neither of us cares much for the name the other has chosen. I am about to put the names in a hat and whatever comes out is his name. haha.  Our giveaway just added some new items. Please check them out and help us raise funds to bring home our children!!  They are beautiful loving children(we have heard from those who have met them) They deserve a family of their own.

Giveaway!

Edited: since only 2 people donated for the giveaway I will end this giveaway and change to an auction on another page that will be noted here when it is complete. I am currently in Ukraine with the children. 



We are a large family already. We have 12 kids between us. His, Hers, and OURS! Most of our kids have various special needs. We have committed to caring for another child with special needs. A young girl with a physical disability is in a far away country in an institution with no chance at a future, simply because she does not walk. We are also adopting a boy with special needs. We are doing everything we can to fund their adoption into our family. Many of our children are also from far away countries where they were not valued because they were not in perfect health. We have lots of great prizes to give away in this event! here is how it works. For every $5 you donate to our sponsorship fund (to the right, reeces rainbow) you get 1 chance to win the great prizes below. If you SHARE this page and COMMENT below you will also get 1 chance in the drawings to win these great prizes. You have to comment below to be entered as Reeces Rainbow can not share with me how much someone donated.  You can also email me at katieostar@yahoo.com  I do have more great prizes to add! Come back often to see what else you could win!

 wooden paper dolls. Brand Melissa &Doug

 wooden paper dolls. Brand Melissa&Doug

 wooden paper dolls. cute! Brand Melissa & Doug

 crystal pendant and earrings. beautiful!

gorgeous bracelet value 169.99

  beautiful blue crystal necklace value 99.99

 beautiful simulated periodot bracelet value 79.95

1 Direction DVD

Thanks to Christie Carter Friedland

8 pound weighted blanket with silk binding

Thanks to Kathy Ulrich Anderson

72 cd/dvd holder

Thanks to Christie

digital photo viewer

Thanks to Christie

Dvd of GamePlan

Thanks to Christie

Margarita basket!

Thanks to Christie and friends

Moose Oil Lamp

Thanks to Christie

hair brush and accessories from PHI

thanks to Christie. 

whats new pussycat?

our homestudy is finally finished. Many of our documents are finished. we have not yet been invited to biometrics with immigration. We met our goal for tshirts and then some! Thanks to everyone who bought one, or seven. The name battle continues. If I like a name, Eric doesn't. If he likes a name, its a name I don't like. No matter what name we come up with it doesn't really suit her. I don't think her given name even suits her. The kids are all getting in on the name game. Not a day goes by that someone doesn't toss out a name for their "new sister".  Molly, Juno, Jorah, Katherine are all possibilities. I LOVE Jorah. but eric isn't sure. Bayla or Bay I also really like. I have a running list that changes all the time. right now I am on page three of the list. I add names I like whenever I see them. then I go back and think about them again and cross off those I don't like. I keep thinking at some point there will be only one name left. Some days I throw my hands up and say whatever! call her whatever!

Last chance on tshirts!

https://www.bonfirefunds.com/bringing-hope-to-damaris


help us bring home a little girl from a far away country! We are nowhere near goal on this fundraiser. Every single tshirt brings us closer to getting her home!

HUGE giveaway! tons of prizes!!

giveaway to come! watch this space!

Fundraisers~!

you can buy a tshirt to help us bring home our girl  https://www.bonfirefunds.com/bringing-hope-to-damaris


you can check out our auction at https://www.facebook.com/bringinghopetodamaris?ref=br_tf

if you just want to donate you can use the link to the right or you can donate at
http://www.gofundme.com/b8er6o


it takes a village to raise a child, and it takes a village to raise the ransom of an orphaned child. You are helping to bring this child out of poverty, giver her a family of her own, medical care, and most importantly a FUTURE!  I will soon be hosting a giveaway so watch for that here too!

Update

We have gathered many documents. Many of them are not right and will need to be redone. The country our girl is from is very specific on how papers need to be.  We got our BCA background papers last week and they did not include the JR part of Eric's name. That will need to be redone. homestudy is in final stages. some other documents were not completed to the high standards of the country. Like our marriage certificate. But MANY of our documents ARE done and ARE approved. Now to get them ALL finished and apostilled(state seal). then our dossier will be ready to fly to our child's country. Meanwhile our dishwasher stopped working and now pours water onto the floor and into the basement instead of down the drain. We are working on several fundraisers. It costs approximately 24,000$ to adopt ONE CHILD.  We have an online auction of sorts over at facebook.com/bringinghopetodamaris   there is also a donation widget on this page to the right if you feel so moved. My other fundraisers are still in the works but I will list them when they are up and running. We have TEN children, 9 of which live with us and will for many years to come. Adopting another child is a leap of faith. An expensive one at that! Won't you help us? This child will never be allowed to bloom and blossom in her country due to her disabilities. She won't go to school. She won't go to the movies. she won't go on vacation. she won't know the love of a family, brothers and sisters. We are literally pulling this child from the clutches of death. or a life that is worse than death.