Trivia Night in Review

Our trivia night on October 1 was a huge success! We had 14 tables of 8 people and the 8 raffle baskets were a hit! We had contest for the best dressed tables, and it was a hard decision to choose the top two! It was so fun to see each team's creativity! We played 10 rounds, with each round containing 10 questions. I think people had a lot of fun and I sure was impressed with their trivia knowledge!

We asked people to write a note to Rance for me to put in his "baby book." It could be a prayer, a Scripture, advice, anything. We want Rance to know how many people were a part of bringing him home. As we read the notes Matt and I were both brought to tears. What a powerful testimony this will be to Rance of the love surrounding him! If you would like to write him a note, it is not to late! I would prefer handwritten, but will accept typed as well!

Fundraising Update:
We have been so blessed by the generosity of others. We raised about $4,000 when it was all said and done from the trivia night alone! Put that with the donations sent into Lifesong so far, and we have raised a grand total of just over $8,000!!

The adoption as a whole will cost us $30,000-$35,000 so we obviously still have some work to do, but we are so thankful for how God has begun to provide! We can't wait to see how God continues to move in the hearts of others to help us bring Rance home! We are still waiting to hear from one of the grants we have applied for. We will also begin to look for a no interest adoption loan to help cover the costs. We will have to have all of the money paid before traveling to Ukraine, hopefully in less than a month!

It is not to late for you to help us financially. You can still send in donations to Lifesong for Orphans with the information given below, you can donate online through Lifesong as directed below, or you can donate directly to us (no tax deduction letter this way) and we will put it in our adoption account.

To Donate to Lifesong via Check:

1. Please make checks payable to: Lifesong for Orphans. You may preference how the donation might be used by writing “preference Richards # 1448 Adoption” on the memo line of your check. (*Note: In following IRS guidelines, your donation is to the named non-profit organization. This organization retains full discretion over its use, but intends to honor the donor’s suggested use.)

2. Mail checks to:

Lifesong for Orphans
PO Box 40 / 202 N. Ford St
Gridley, IL 61744

To Donate to Lifesong Online:
Follow the link below, click on donate and make sure you put "Richards #1448 Adoption" for the purpose! http://www.lifesongfororphans.org/donation.html

If you would like to donate to us directly, you can email me for our address!