Dave Thomas Foundation

Wendy's 3rd Annual "Father's Day Frosty Weekend" to raise money for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. For every one frosty sold in the U.S. during the weekend, Wendy's will donate 50 cents to the Foundation that is dedicated to increasing the adoptions of more than 150,000 children in North America's foster care systems. Last year raised $1.7 million for the charity!


And... Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads & Dads-t0-be out there! We hope you have a wonderful day!!

Blessings,

Robin & Melissa

Adoption Prayers

You might remember the story about our grant recipients that we posted about a couple months ago. (scroll down on the blog & read about them).

Well, they are currently in Africa meeting their two new daughters this week!!! Praise the Lord! We have been getting a few updates from them and we just wanted to pass along the wonderful news that they have finalized their Embassy visit, and have the girls with them as of today.

It's such a wonderful thing to be able to see families come together through God's grace and the miracle of adoption.

We hope to post pictures and more updates once they return home this week.

Please keep the whole family in your prayers (Mom, Dad, children waiting at home, and the two sweet girls that have been given the gift of a new loving family.) Please pray for bonding, safe travels, and the adjustment once they return home.

Blessings,
Melissa & Robin

Grant Recipients

We would like to congratulate Bob & Lynn on the grant that they have received from FBC Mission Hope Adoption Ministry!!

Bob & Lynn are in the process of an adoption of two beautiful girls from Ethiopia and applied for a grant in 2008.

We love that Mission Hope could be part of bringing this forever family together!

We hope to introduce you to the girls within the next few months (or so). Please keep this family in your prayers as they proceed with their adoption.

I'm so glad we can can share this with everyone, because this is one of the reasons that this ministry was started and it's just such a blessing to see fruits from the labor, and families come together! God is good!!

Blessings,

Melissa & Robin

Adoption Auction Results!!!

We had a wonderful night list night! The Mission Hope Adoption Ministry Silent Auction was a great success. We had many (MANY) wonderful items to bid on, and there were quite a few people there to place bids!

If you missed our auction here are some of the great items that were there......We had a week vacation at a beach house, a desk-top computer, handmade jewelry, Fresh Christmas tree from W'boro Garden Center, Micah's coffee certificates, home-made baked goods, an antique pie-pantry, art-work, brand name handbags, certificates for local restaurants, gift certificates for professional dental whitening, handy-man services, personal cooking lessons, and wonderful gift baskets full of lots of goodies - from baked goods, bath items, family movie night items, and children's goods.

We are still getting payments for items won, but at this point, we have a rough total .... drum roll please......

$2,025.00 !!!!!

Thanks to all who donated, participated, and came out to bid. It was a wonderful night!!!

Thanks,
Melissa & Robin

Adoption Ministry Auction!!

On Wednesday, November 12th we will have the FBChurch Adoption Ministry Auction to raise money for the ministry.

If you or anyone you know would like to donate items to the auction please e-mail us and we'll be happy to help you get items to the Church.

If you are not able donate items to the auction, but would like to support the ministry by coming to bid on items that are up for auction, please join us at First Baptist Church on Wednesday, November 12th at 5:00pm. The bids will end promptly at 6:00pm. If you would like to join us for dinner you will need to make reservations by Tuesday, November 11th at 12:00noon, so please contact the Church or you can contact us and we'd be happy to help you with reservations. ($4 per adult & $2 for children - $1 for pre-school children)

Looking forward to seeing you all there!!

Melissa & Robin

May is Foster-Care Awarness Month

Dear Friends,

Did you know that May is national foster care month? There is an estimated 514,000 children in US foster care, and of those approximately 115,000 are "legal orphans" waiting to be adopted.

In recognition of the great need of these precious ones, a National Foster Care Prayer Vigil is being held from May 19-25.

Won't you please join this effort and commit to praying during this vigil? Another great way to participate in foster care month is to do something special for a foster family! If you know a foster family personally, you might know of some of the challenges, and certainly the commitment and sacrifices they make to care for children in great need.

Would you like more information? Please visit the webpage below:

http://www.fostercareprayervigil.org/


If you all know of a local foster family that might need help please post a comment and your phone number in the comment field or e-mail us at fbcmissionhope@yahoo.com.

Melissa & Robin

Walk For Life... Come Join Us!!

The Mission Hope Ministry is joining together with another ministry at First Baptist Church - BrokenHearts, to walk in the Walk For Life on Saturday, May 10th.

We are all gathering at FBC parking lot at 8:30 a.m. The walk will start at 9:00 a.m. at Westwood Elementary School.

You can do one of three things :

1. You can walk and be raise money for the Women's Center
2. You can donate to one of the others that is walking and trying to raise money
3. You can just come and walk with us.

Please e-mail us at fbcmissionhope@yahoo.com to let us know if you're interested in walking, or donating and we would be happy to give you further information.

We are also going to wear matching T-shirts. If you would like to purchase a Mission Hope T-shirt to wear during the walk, please contact us at fbcmissionhope@yahoo.com. The cost of the T-shirt will be $10.00 - part of the proceeds from t-shirt sales will benefit the Mission Hope Ministry!! Please make sure that you e-mail us the quantity and size of t-shirt by April 30th, 2008.

What a GREAT way to get our ministry together and to raise money for a wonderful cause at the same time!!

God Bless,

Melissa