Orphan's Ticket Home Gala

                       

I am so excited....tonight is the "Orphan's Ticket Home Gala"!!!!!!! Our church is hosting it and lots of people have been working hard to get things done and in place for this incredible night. Cristie and Doug Martine have been working passionately to make this night as incredible as it's going to be. My hats off to them for going beyond the call. What awesome mentors they have been for us during this journey!! We first met Cristie when she was at the first AWAA seminar we went to. The Lord has blessed us with their friendship! It was NO mistake when the Lord led us to that AWAA seminar almost two years ago. 

Okay...on to the Gala. Tonight's Gala will be to raise funds for these four initiatives:

Identity for Orphans in China & El Salvador 3,780 children given the opportunity for a "home"

One of the greatest challenges orphans face is they do not have the necessary paperwork in order to be adopted. With your support, America World is undertaking a new initiative to make children "paper-ready" in countries such as China and El Salvador. Through this program, we hope to provide the necessary legal services and documentation to help orphaned children overcome this problem and become eligible for adoption. What's more, documentation for children is crucial for those who will not be adopted as well. Simple basic documents, such as a birth certificate, provide children a ticket to a better education and health care. Purchasing one ticket provides identity papers for one child in El Salvador and up to four children in China.

Opening America World Adoption programs in Bolivia, Brazil, India, Rwanda, and Vietnam 585 children given the opportunity for a "home"

Opening America World adoption programs in new countries is a priority of the America World development staff. Researching and developing these programs is a slow and expensive process. Your help will provide families more options in deciding where to adopt as well as provide new homes to countless more children. With your gift, many more children will have the opportunity to grow up in a home and not an institution.

America World Transitional Homes in Ethiopia 405 children given the opportunity for a "home"

Part of America World's work in Ethiopia is to implement development projects for orphans and vulnerable children. One of those projects in rural Ethiopia is to help rebuild a children's home that receives abandoned children from the government. Supporting this project will help these children have an opportunity to find permanent families in both Ethiopia and abroad. Your support will provide basic needs such as daily nutrition, medical treatment, clothes, toys, and 24 hour a day nanny care.

Older Children's Cultural Exchange Program in Ukraine and Russia 459 children given the opportunity for a "home"

America World Adoption is developing a program to bring older orphans, between the ages of 5 and 12, to the U.S. to stay with an America World family like yours. This new hosting program will provide older children in Ukraine (and soon other countries like Russia, Ethiopia, and China) the opportunity to spend two weeks with a prospective adoptive family. Your support can provide an orphan with the opportunity to find a place to call home.

I am super excited about hearing Tom Davis speak and our own founder and president of AWAA Brian Luwis!  But that's not all!!!  Billy and Cindy Foote will be leading worship!! It's going to be awesome! Here is a bit about our guests tonight:

Guest Speakers:

Tom Davis, President & Founder of Children's Hope Chest & Author of Fields of the Fatherless & Red Letters. Brian Luwis, President, CEO & Founder of America World Adoption. 

Guest Music:
Billy & Cindy Foote, World Renowned Worship Leaders & Songwriters. The Footes penned such songs as, You are My King (Amazing Love), Break Our Hearts, I Have a River, Sing to the King, & You Are God Alone (Not a God). 

If you can please pray for us and for the night and that hearts will be drawn to the cry of the orphans all around the world.  Thank you!!