"RK Dixon, is a market leader when it comes to copiers, printers, networks, and pure drinking water systems."
As an office, Lifesong for Orphans have used the products of RK Dixon to enhance our technology and internal network.
RK Dixon is featuring a "Make My Non-Profit Run Better" contest and offering an office technology make-over! We couldn't help but apply. Who doesn't love winning contests, right?
Would you help us by going to their website and voting for us? With your vote, we have a chance to win technology that will help us meet needs that would allow us to run more efficiently as we work towards bringing joy and purpose to orphans!
We are excited to invite EACH of you to peek into the daily lives at Lifesong for Orphans!
Starting next week, for 365 days, we will be posting a picture a day on our Facebook page to give you a glimpse into our ministry. We are hoping to highlight our orphan care countries, church partners, foster care outreach, adopted children & their families and maybe even a quick look into a 'day in the life' of the Lifesong offices!
Hang on & enjoy the ride!
Also, if you are a Lifesong Church Partner OR a Lifesong adoptive family--please share your pictures with us to possibly include in our Snapshot365. If interested, please email leah@lifesongfororphans.org.
A couple weeks ago a church youth group in Gridley, IL got together to serve the orphan and the widow.
This group of 30+ teens, with the help of some well trained adults and tools donated by Apostolic Christian World Relief, worked in 85 degree weather to totally transform the homes of 2 widows and raise money for Lifesong for Orphans.
Items on the transformation list included re-roofing, painting, new plumbing and drainage, a new shower, new windows, and landscaping!
And not only did they serve these widows but raised over $32,000 to go toward serving orphans!
Praise God for bringing this project together and making it wonderful success
So this year's Summit was just awesome! So many great nuggets of truth and wisdom spoken into my heart that I pray I will never forget! In addition to some wonderful speakers, break-out sessions, performances, and people (both newly met and old friends) we had a great showing from some friends of Lifesong! Check it out!
Thank you to all our wonderful supporters out there! We couldn't do what we do without you! (sorry if you wore a lifesong shirt to summit and didn't get your picture!)
We've highlighted Both Hands projects before (check here and here) and this ministry has been such a valuable addition to Lifesong for Orphans. But do you know how Both Hands came about in the first place? Here's a word from the founder, JT:
The idea for Both Hands came as the result of a simple letter to a friend. I wrote to ask if he’d sponsor me while I golfed. The funds would go to a wonderful ministry for women in crisis pregnancies. My friend sent my letter back with a handwritten message saying that he’d gladly support my efforts if I was working on a widow’s house instead of playing golf.
For five years that letter stuck with me, until another friend, who was adopting four children from Moldova, expressed his need to raise funds to pay for it. That’s when the idea for Both Hands grew legs. We recruited other friends, found a widow’s house in need of repairs, got local businesses to donate supplies and food, and hundreds of people sent in checks to sponsor the workers that day. It was a day I will never forget! We raised enough money to put a dent in my friend’s adoption expenses, and totally transformed Miss Lucille’s house: Success story numbes one and two!
JT Olson, Founder of Both Hands
And just for kicks I'm going to share one of my favorite BH videos that was created about a year and a half ago. *warning* this one makes me cry every time I see it, so be on guard... it's a tear jerker.
The cool thing for me is that this fall I had the opportunity to go with JT to interview the Twetens and meet their little boy Sam, who they'd just brought home from Russia. (unfortunately that footage isn't ready for viewing but maybe it will be a future Family Friday feature... you liking the alliteration?)
(I know you're all wondering) What was my favorite part? I got to ask Sam a little question and he answered back... all in Russian! Melt my heart! Now, understand that I don't speak Russian well, certainly not enough to have any sort of conversation... but just enough to ask a simple question and understand a simple answer. It was a bonding moment... if he remembers it... which he probably doesn't.
Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 7:54AM 
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