I checked my phone to see if I had any important emails from the night before...noticed one from a friend and clicked on it. I skimmed sleepily through a few paragraphs and then read the end of her email with a lump in my throat. She asked me about the Angel Tree project on Reece's Rainbow...I had requested Kacey at the start of the season, but happily she found a family before the Angel Tree started. I asked Andrea Roberts to suggest a child who was heavy on her heart -it was too hard for me to pick just one. She suggested a little sweetie whom I already had on my heart, and I was assigned Darla. Last week Michelle Z emailed to tell me Darla's family is working to bring her back home now. I told Michelle that morning sickness has overwhelmed me; and after all we just helped raise ten thousand dollars for little Celine last month...I thought I would just take a break from raising money and awareness for one particular child this Christmas season and just concentrate on things here at home.
But God....
At the end of my friend Elissa's email was a little paragraph that seemed to jump out at me. Her Angel Tree child is Nanette, a beautiful little girl with Down syndrome who has always stood out to me. Elissa is trying her best to raise $1,000 for Nanette, but it's been slow going without any big prize incentives.
I felt a tug on my heart...
I clicked back on my inbox and saw a message that had come in - I kid you not - five minutes before Elissa's email. It was from my dear friend Kelly Dirkes, and she asked me to share a post she had written. Want to guess who it was about ??
Dear God: I'm listening.
I can take a hint.
Here's an excerpt from Kelly's blog... (and you can go HERE to read the rest.)
Nanette was transferred at the end of September, and sent nearly 50 miles across the region to an institution. Everything and everyone that she knows is gone.
Friends, I don't have any big prizes right now. But I am totally open to whatever God wants to do through Lily's blog to help save Nanette. My friends Elissa and Kelly have been shouting for people to hear- Nanette needs a family. Like yesterday. That beautiful little girl pictured above is in a place no child should go, and she needs our help.
If you have a nice big prize- or even some small ones - that you'd like to donate for a giveaway for Nanette, please contact me via email. If you would like to donate to Nanette's grant fund, you can click on the donation box on my sidebar here, which will link you directly to her grant fund on Reece's Rainbow. I'm setting a small goal of $1,000, but it sure would be nice to see Lily's readers set a record for giving to an orphan this Christmas.
Because you know what?
We're all overwhelmed. We all have responsibilities and needs and things that could pull us in a million different directions (hello, stomach flu, pregnancy, holidays, etc?!) but Nanette doesn't have anything. She has no one to care for her, and she has no future.
But we can change that together. Let's pray and share and donate and spread the word that Nanette needs a family.
*Special thanks to Elissa and Kelly and God for the nudge ;)
5 comments:
Thanks for letting us know about this precious child; prayers for her well being and that she will soon have a family. Prayers for all to be healthy at your house, Patti!!
she is such a doll.
I have been trying to get a response from RR to get an angel for christmas and I have not gotten a response....got some ropes to pull your way? haha
I feel like I am waisting time if the child is at least not on the angel tree:(
Love how the Lord works!! He truly cares for those with no voice, and we are the hands and feet of Jesus here. Spreading the word and will donate.
SO sorry you all have been sick!!! I get sick just looking at throw up. I do not know how you did that being pregnant. I will pray for healing for all of you. xoxo
Well, for some reason I have been having a hard time donating. I cannot get it to work lately. I spread the word and will continue to. And I will try to figure out what is going on with my account. I cannot sign in as a guest either. I will keep trying. And praying that the money will flood in for this precious treasure!! I LOVE her smile.
I'm out of town..can't get into my email right now..are you still taking donations for Nanette? Wi
Can do something...will be back home on tu
Wednesday...
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