Adam and Ruth's Adoption Story

Adam and Ruth's sweet family!

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Norwex Raffle Basket - worth over $700.00!

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It's been a long time since I wrote anything on my blog. It's been a very busy summer and fall.

My sister and brother in law, Adam and Ruth Young, finally got to bring home their precious daughters from the DR Congo a few weeks ago! They went through quite an ordeal getting them home, and the Lord blessed them with many answers to prayer in the form of many miracles along the way. The girls don't speak English yet, so that's an additional learning process for all of them. To see their story, go to http://www.whatsmixing.com/

Of course, they've incurred many expenses along the way in this adoption process. In order to help them pay for the final adoption expenses, Ruth is raffling off a Norwex basket. (If you don't know what Norwex is, please go to http://ruthyoung.norwex.biz/ I have a lot of Norwex, and I love it for cleaning the house - it saves a lot of time and is healthy.)

Ruth is raffling off a basket of Norwex, worth over $700.00! (To see the basket and details about the raffle, please visit http://www.whatsmixing.com/category/norwexfundraising/ I believe she's selling tickets for $10.00 apiece. She'd like to raise $2000.00 from this raffle and any raffle tickets that you buy will go directly towards their adoption expenses. To buy a ticket from Ruth, you can email her at ryoung1514@gmail.com She's ending the raffle OCTOBER 31st, so if you wish to buy a ticket, please do so before that date!

Thank you so much for your prayers for the Young family as they seek to be a family that honors and glorifies the Lord, and for supporting them at that time.

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