Art Giveaway!

Melissa asked me to write a "guest post" on her blog to start what could hopefully be a very fruitful way to bring Elsie and Ki home!

It's difficult to put into words what the Grassmick family means to me.  I suppose, if I had to explain our friendship in one sentence, I would say, "They are the kind of friends that you consider family...a rare friendship that few people are fortunate to experience with an incredible balance of honesty, humor, openness, and love combined with the occasional pranks common to most siblings...and you have our little group of friends that make up our college family."  In essence, they are the kind of friends you can toot in front of.  

So, when I learned about the auction for the their adoption, I knew I wanted to find a way to contribute towards it to help bring Elsie & Hezekiah home.  However, I didn't get things pulled together in time...which, in the end, might have been divine intervention because it gives us, their friends and family (and maybe some total strangers) the opportunity to continue to contribute towards their adoption.  As many of you know, they are awaiting a court date which will determine when they will get to travel to Uganda to meet their newest family members!  It is quite possible that their date will be set for as soon as next month...which is incredible!...but, also a little daunting when it comes to ironing out all the logistics of their travel, maintaining life at home for their current kiddos, and continuing to raise support for adoption expenses. They are about $5,000 short.

Just to back pedal to my contribution to the auction.  Being a sentimental person, I thought it would be fun to create a piece of "art" that was representative of their experience.  I chose Jeremiah 29:11 because I knew that Jonathan and Melissa have prayed this verse for their children and for themselves throughout the adoption process.  I also thought it would be even more meaningful to create it with the help if my little friends, Camp & Enock, two brothers brought together by adoption.  Enock, from Uganda too, joined his "forever family" in October 2011.  This piece represents the all-knowing plans of God combined with the love of a family for two little children around the world.   

That's where the giveaway comes into play!  If you would like to own this piece of "art"...a fun piece that will remind you of the Grassmick's and their growing family...go to the PayPal link on their blog and make a donation.  For every $5 that you donate, your name will be entered into the giveaway.  So, for those of you (like myself) who need a little help with the math...if you donate $100...your name will be entered 20 times!  We will shut down donations for this at midnight MST on September 30. The winning name will be drawn on October 1st!

Jeremiah 29:11

16x20

Finger Painting

 

The "artists" - Camp and Enock

Follow their family's story on their blog at... http://thehappycamperblog.blogspot.com/

After you donate, post something about this on Facebook or your blog or both and we'll add your name again to the giveaway. Just be sure to leave a comment below with a link to your post about it. 

Other giveaways will be posted in the near future with opportunities to win jewelry, stationary, essential oils, and more!