YAY! Matching Grant COMPLETE! Halfway through Fundraising!

(VIDEO OF KATIE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF POST!)

I am reminded of the verse: 

We ARE one giant step closer to being able to go to her!!!
WOW! In only three weeks time... you all graciously gave $5091 to help bring Katie home!
as a reminder: our TOTAL ADOPTION COST (paperwork, court fees, translations, visas, travel, everything is:$35,000 . We have already put in about $12,000 (all the income from my nanny job last year), which left us $23,000 left to fundraise and save with my new nanny job.
We started fundraising 3 weeks ago, and raised the $5091+ $4000 (matching grant) + $2000(direct grant) = $11,091.Wow, we are so grateful, that only leaves $11,908 for us to still save up/ fundraise. HUMBLED AND THANKFUL does not begin to describe how we feel! We have added the names of the 38 AMAZING donor families to Katie's keepsake house! :)

Our biological daughter, Cara is SO excited about her sister. I told her that we are one step closer to being able to pick her up from China-- her reaction:

Our Sign Language learning is still coming along and I was MORE than thrilled to get to chat today with the Director of the Lake Drive School for the Deaf , our dream school for Katie, 4 miles from our home. She is scheduling a meeting for me this month with her and the pediatric audiologist. Pray with us that our school district, after evaluating Katie, will recognize the obvious, they do not have enough resources for a profoundly deaf child with NO language base in-district and will send her out-of-district to Lake Drive, the award-winning school!

GIVING INFO:

A few people have asked now how to give towards the $11,908 left. Exactly the same way... Lifesong is our tax-deductible vehicle for ALL of our fundraising, until we are done. So, 

If you would like to help us bring Katie home: please know all gifts are TAX- DEDUCTIBLE and 100% goes towards bringing our sweetie home.

You are humbly invited to ...

GIVE ONLINE-- EVEN $20 HELPS!

1. GO TO WWW.LIFESONGFORORPHANS.ORG/GIVE/DONATE

2. SELECT GIVE TO AN ADOPTIVE FAMILY

3. COMPLETE ONLINE FORM AND FILL IN "FAMILY ACCOUNT NUMBER: #4016" & "FAMILY NAME FIELDS: BECKER FAMILY"

(SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT TO GET THE WEBSITE TO WORK WELL ON A PHONE. A COMPUTER/ LAPTOP WORKS BETTER.)
*PLEASE NOTE THAT PAYPAL WILL CHARGE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE (2.9% + $.30 USD PER TRANSACTION). YOUR DONATION WILL BE DECREASED BY THE AMOUNT OF THIS FEE. 

OR

GIVE BY CHECK

PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS.

IN THE MEMO PLEASE NOTE YOUR GIFT PREFERENCE WITH FAMILY ACCOUNT NUMBER: #4016 ANDFAMILY NAME: BECKER, SO IT WOULD READ: "ACCT # 4016, BECKER FAMILY"

PLEASE MAIL CHECKS TO:

LIFESONG FOR ORPHANS
PO BOX 40

GRIDLEY, IL 61744

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VIDEO OF KATIE:

Now, I want to share something special with you! One of three videos we have of Katie from this past April. This was the first video I ever saw of her, I saw it on Doug's birthday, May 22nd, and wept the whole way through it-- having NO CLUE she was MY daughter. She is three years old, in an alley, and there something so sweet and curious and innocent about her. Something about her touched my soul. I love when she rests her head on the tricycle seat at the end. We love you, our sweet Katie Grace Xiatong Becker, and can't wait to hold you in about 6-7 months! 

HERE SHE IS: https://vimeo.com/76088125