In case you haven't heard, we are having a garage sale!
We've created a Facebook Event for the sale and here is why we are doing this:
"Originally this sale was supposed to go towards the adoption expenses for us to bring our son Jivenson home from Haiti. He would have been our second adopted child, joining two loving sisters. Unfortunately, his life was cut short by an illness. He was 17 months old.
Fortunately we had the chance to visit him several months ago and spend time getting to know him, as did many others. At a memorial service held at our home a week after his passing, we realized that the story of his life had impacted so many. Out of that we thought it would be fitting to hold this sale in his memory and give all of the proceeds to another adoptive family, Craig and Jeanne Smith. They are an absolutely wonderful family that we've met because of Jivenson. We've been in the adoption process during the same time frame that they have and they've been such an encouragement to us.
Kelencia and Jivenson were friends while living together in the same orphanage before she came to the States on a medical visa. The Smith's, along with their two other children, are in the process of adopting her. Knowing first hand the costs involved in adoption, we wanted to help in some small way, in memory of Jivenson.
Thank you for being a part of this and helping to change a child's life forever."
We have been collecting and collecting these last few weeks and this is what our living room and foyer look like right now and it's only a small portion of what we've got! We are so thankful to everyone who has wanted to be a part of this event either by donating items, volunteering their time or just spreading the word.
We hope to be able to raise as much money as we can to help the Smith's complete their adoption of Kelencia! We pray that God will use this to bless them!
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