We still need your help? Pretty Please!! 2 weeks from today-- We LEAVE!!!

13 more days and we are outta here!! 

Dear Friends,

Our countdown is on!  We are getting closer to bringing Riley Jiner Handy home!   We are less than 2 weeks away from heading to China to pick up our little girl!!  Flights are booked and doctors appointments are being made!  We will receive Riley in our arms on Monday, March 11th!  Feel free to follow our trip through China at http://rileyjiner.blogspot.com/.  

Her room is painted pink!!  Her Chinese name, Jiang Jin Er is written on her walls.  The rocker has been delivered and her furniture will arrive this week!  We are preparing and gearing up for her arrival back here in Kansas!!  The kids are so excited to have their little sister, who they have prayed nightly for almost a year, home with them forever!! 

We believe God is bigger than all things.  We are relying on faith that He will provide for her.  We knew starting this journey that we would need to come up with a lot of money to bring her home and the end is almost here!  We have already raised $2,000!  We can't thank you enough!  Our adoption will cost approximately $35,000.  I know that sounds like a lot and don’t get us wrong, it is, but we are hoping we will receive $12,000 from the Adoption Tax Credit.  The rest will be up to us!  Just as the Great Wall of China was constructed one stone at a time, we are relying on God for $1 at a time.  We would be incorrect if we didn't also ask for help from our family and friends who would be willing to donate funds to rescue our precious daughter from the inside the walls of the orphanage so she can come home to family and many friends, who will love, adore and support her.   

We have the pleasure of working with a non-profit organization, Adopt Together, who help families like us raise funds for adoptions.  All donation are tax-deductible.  We are set to leave Tuesday, March 5th.  Shawn, Angela and Rheagan will travel to China for a stay of 18 days before arriving back home Thursday, March 21st at 7:30 p.m.  We have set a goal of raising $15,000.  We still have a ways to go however we truly believe this can be reached.  Can you help us out?  $25.00, $50.00, $150.00 or even more.  Any amount helps us reach our goal!!  Remember our donations are 100% tax deductible!!  We can not thank you enough!  

Please donate online at  https://adopttogether.org/rileyjiner/   Your donation will not go not waste!  We have two weeks to raise the remaining amount!  Please help us!!  Every dollar helps bring Riley home!!  If you would like to mail a check instead, please write Riley Handy on the envelope and on the memo line of your check and mail to:  

                  Adopt Together

                  251 West Central Ave. #278

                  Springboro, OH 45066

Please keep Riley and all of us in your prayers as we travel many, many miles to rescue her. Please pray that God will provide the remaining funds we need.  If you know of a company or business that would be willing to donate, please share our story and letter with them.  If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate and call or email us.  Thank you for taking the time to let us share our journey with you.      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Love, Shawn & Angela Handy                                                          

"And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me."  Matthew 18:5