Thank you...

Orphan Advocates,

THANK YOU!... for how you give generously & are faithful to support Lifesong's work. Here is one small glimpse into the joy & life change you enable through your giving!

 

A thank-you letter & testimony we received recently from a Lifesong Adoption Grant family... 

 

Dear Life Song for Orphans,

 

On September 11, 2009, after being forever home for only 6 weeks, Adalia Rae Hasabe Crawley became a United States Citizen. It just so happens that day was also the Ethiopian New Year! What a day it was for our family! 

 

We chose the name Adalia for our Ethiopian princess because it means, YAHWEH is JUST. While in Ethiopia, we found out that her given name, Hasabe, means "my dream, or wish." And since the Lord laid her into our hearts through our wishes and dreams, we knew we could never let go of that name. That is how Adalia Rae Hasabe Crawley came to be known as our Addy girl!

 

Addy is two years old, and was infected with a common virus (CMV) while in utero. Addy has seen many doctors and specialists in Houston, and we are so thankful that the Lord provided a home and family that is close to the best doctors in the world (the Texas Medical Center). We continue to be in awe over how the Lord has provided for our little girl, even when we didn't know who she was. 

 

And speaking of provision, we want to thank you, LifeSong, for providing our family with a matching grant. What a blessing it was and will continue to be. I also want to personally thank Marla who was so quick to get our funds to us when our process went from 0 to 90 in just a few days time. I wasn't sure we were going to have all the money in time to travel, but the Lord and a few faithful servants (like Marla) made sure that every dime got to where it needed to go.  We are so thankful!

 

Just the other day I was sitting with Addy, feeding her, and I felt the Lord speaking to my heart. As I stared at Addy I thought, "All this time, I thought this journey was about you, but it was really about us." I thought this adoption journey was about "saving" one of the 143 million orphans in the world. It was SO much bigger than that. The Lord is changing our family. We only thought we knew what we wanted in this life. The Lord has blessed our life and family with Addy and we cannot wait to adopt again. We have been ruined for the cause of orphans, and we couldn't be more thrilled! 

 

Thank you for what you are doing to defend the cause of orphans. We are so thankful to have been associated with your organization. Because of what you do, a little girl fromEthiopia, is receiving love, care, food, medical attention, and finding out who Jesus is. All glory to Him, who sits on the throne! He is JUST."

 Our beautiful Ethipian princess, Addy -

 

 We thank God for how He is using you!

Unique Fundraising Idea

Trinity World Outreach Center in Louisville, KY came up with a very unique fundraising idea, which they will use to fund adoptions through their church adoption fund with Lifesong.

Click here to view the full flyer.

Lightning's adoption testimony

Lightning Ahler's gave his adoption testimony at the Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit in Dallas Texas, April 30th 2009.

You can't see it in this video but at the end of his speech the audience was on their feet in applause.

Lightning Ahlers - My Adoption Story from The Ahlers Family on Vimeo.

Haggai | God has remembered Him...

On our recent Zambia Vision Trip we met a young man named Haggai, who is abou 13 yrs old but only in the 3rd grade because he hadn't attended school much at all, until he came to the Lifesong School.

Watch his story...to see how God is turning broken-ness into beauty...!

Haggai from Lifesong on Vimeo.

thank you...

 We recently received the following email from the Severns family in Illinois -

As we approach the 1 year anniversary of our adoption of Ellie Shamei, I wanted to take the time to thank you again for the generous matching grant that Lifesong awarded us.  Thanks in part to you and all of the friends and family who donated, we completed our adoption. 

Ellie has been a blessing to our family, and the adoption process itself strengthened our faith in God. We are so happy to raise her in our family and in the family of Jesus Christ! 

Her future in China was bleak, but now her opportunities are endless. She started Kindergarten last week and is very happy here in her new life."

A HUGE thank you to our donors who make stories like this possible! May the Lord bless you for your generosity!