Pick a Child...

Oh it was a hard decision for the Pick a Child winners.

Four different winners and they each had to PICK A CHILD on Reece's Rainbow.  $460.00 dollars to be spread out between four different grant accounts.

OH THE AGONY!!!

How to decide which child would get money in their grant account when the need is so great.

It was a hard decision but our Pick a Child Winners rose to the challenge.

After much prayer, consideration and a WHOLE LOT OF LOVE... They picked four very precious babes!!

Valentina

Quentin

Emmitt

Victoria

THANK YOU THANK YOU to the donors who provided the money for these kids and THANK YOU THANK to the winners who donated to our Mulligan Stew Giveaway!! 

Sacrificial love for the voiceless ones across the ocean!!

Now if we could just find Mamas and Papas for these four precious babes that would be icing on our Pick a Child cake!!

A Sealed Stone

They sealed the stone.







They set a guard.


They stood watch.






But unfortunately for them...




They didn't factor in.......




 that the Creator of the Universe cannot be contained.

I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end He will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see Him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!

Job 19:25-27

Celebrating the Resurrection of  our Lord on this Easter morning!

How about you?

Winners Again...

MULLIGAN STEW GIVEAWAY PART II

WE DREW AGAIN.... 

THESE ARE THE NEW WINNERS!!!

1. Set of cards from Africa - lovingly purchased from an African man in a handcart wheelchair - John and Brandee Spohr
2. Tag blanket by Shelly Berman - $10.00 value - Jane Beuth Mayer 
3. Kate Spade Black Leather Handbag - $295.00 value - Erika Robbins
4. Antique Salad Servers (circa 1914) - $60.00 value - "Colleen Smith
5. Digital Personalized Scrapbook - 25-50 page scrapbook - by Amanda Holmes - $100.00 value - Jamie Wooddell
6. Black Disciple Cross Necklace - value - $10.00 - "Elizabeth Hill
7. $10.00 iTunes gift card - Ben N.
8. Messenger bag. Handcrafted by Rachel. - "Saige Hassler
9. Christian Books on CD Lot One - Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis -New (opened), How Good is good enough? by Andy Stanley, I Am Not But I Know I AM by Louie Giglio -New (opened), What Good is God? by Philip Yancey -New (opened), Just As I Am by Billy Graham - $50.00 value - "Jennifer Doloski
10. “7 – A Mutiny Against Excess” by Jen Hatmaker - $15.00 value - "Alexis Wesley
11. Set of cards from Africa - lovingly purchased from an African man in a handcart wheelchair - Lisa Allen
12. $5.00 gift card to Walmart - "Ali Forsberg
13. “7 – A Mutiny Against Excess” by Jen Hatmaker - $15.00 value - Sherrie Grabot
14. Jeep Shopping Cart & High Chair Cover - Rebecca Nicholas 

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If you are a winner, PLEASE E-MAIL me at covenantb@yahoo.com as soon as possible!  If you can, please help me out by following these instructions: 

• List the NAME OF THE PRIZE YOU WON IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL. Please don't just leave a comment.
• PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN THE BODY OF THE E-MAIL!!

It will HELP ME OUT TONS if you send me a friendly e-mail with the prize in the subject line and your address in the body.  That way I can easily forward your e-mail on to the person who donated the prize!!!!

ALSO - Any UNCLAIMED prize will be used another Giveaway of the donor's choice!!

(winners were selected using www.random.org)

CLICK HERE TO SEE TOTALS FOR THE MULLIGAN STEW GIVEAWAY!!

Mountain Chippers

UPDATE - ALL THE BABES NOW HAVE AT LEAST $20.00.... THANK YOU!!  THESE BABES NEED FAMILIES... PLEASE KEEP CHIPPING AWAY!!

Sometimes you just have to lend a hand to a fellow mountain chipper.

                                   MAXIM                          MIKALE                             MOLLY
                                     $30.00                          $30.00                                  $30.00

    

Sometimes you just have to come alongside and take a chisel and help them chip away at their small part of the mountain.  Because sometimes the mountain chipper needs a bit of help.

                               BRITTANY                      CHRISTINE                                ROSS
                                    $30.00                           $30.00                                     $30.00

    

And this particular mountain chipper is one I admire greatly.

                                   DONALD                             PARKER                           CELESTE
                                     $30.00                                   $21.00                              $30.00        

    

She has taken it upon herself to raise the grant accounts and bring awareness to all those Lost babes who are 6 years old and older on Reece's Rainbow. THAT IS A LOT OF KIDS.

                               MARK                                        YELENA                                  TAYLOR
                               $24.00                                           $21.00                                  $24.00

    

She started out by first of all erasing all the zero's in their grant accounts.  Getting every single solitary child to have at least $5.00 in their grant account.

                                       CHRISTIAN                    DAVID                          DREW
                                       $21.00                              $24.00                        $22.00

     

We helped her a few months back to accomplish this goal. We worked on getting all the boys up to $5.00. Many many of you did much more than that and because of it some of those boy's accounts jumped substantially!

                   ANDREW P.                                    ANA                                              ERIC
                      $24.00                                               $25.80                                     $24.00

   

Once my dear fellow mountain chipper reached her goal of getting all the babes at least $5.00 in their grant accounts - SHE DID NOT LAY CHISEL ASIDE AND CONSIDER HER JOB WELL-DONE!!

                         ANDREY                                    YURI                                  LANCE
                          $38.00                                     $24.00                                       $24.00

    

Nope - SHE SET ANOTHER GOAL!

                                      FRANK                        FRANCIS                          RUSS
                                       $24.00                             $30.00                           $30.00

   


She immediately set the goal to get at least $20.00 in every grant account of all the babes who are six or older. She has taken loads of her own money to do this! Her desire is to get every one to at least $20.00 BY EASTER. And the vast majority have reached their goal.

                             SARAH                         ERIN                                              ALISHA
                             $30.00                           $25.00                                           $30.00

    

These babes are the ones who are left.  They have less than $20.00 in their grant accounts.

I wasn't going to ask anyone for money for a very very long time after our Mulligan Stew. I planned on advocating for kids but NOT doing any fundraising for a while.

                              MITKO                                   ALEXEI                                   CHARLES
                              $20.00                                     $20.00                                      $20.00

   


But my dear mountain chipper has set a goal that I want her to reach and I refuse to stand by and watch her chip alone.

                                   KYLE                                ANGELICA                              DAVEY
                                 $20.00                                   $20.00                                     $20.00

   

She is SO CLOSE!

                                 WALTER                                  DMITRI                                 RHONDA
                                  $30.00                                     $24.00                                      $24.00

   

So I am asking for all of you guys to consider helping get a few kids to that $20.00 goal. Help raise the grants accounts of all of the kids on this page.  Help chip away at a big mountain. 

                             PRUDENCE                              VICTORIA                                   LINDA
                                 $24.00                                         $20.00                                      $20.00

  





AND MAYBE - JUST MAYBE - SOMEONE HERE - WHO IS SCROLLING THROUGH THIS POST - LOOKING AT ALL THESE PRECIOUS TREASURES - WILL SEE THE ONE - THEIR FATHERLESS BABE - THEIR MOTHERLESS CHILD - AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL MOVE IN THEIR HEARTS - AND THEY WILL LISTEN - MAYBE... MAYBE!!


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MULLIGAN STEW UPDATE

p.s. - We are giving until Saturday morning for people to claim their Mulligan Stew prizes before we re-draw!!  Woo hoo for all the people who figured out they won!!

Trapped!

Sitting on your biggest brother's lap can be dangerous....

JUST SAYING!!!!

Of course the littlest will come back for more as soon as his biggest brother dumps him off!!

So I don't feel TOO sorry for him during his time of torture by the biggest!!