Over the next 361 days I plan to advocate and share the pictures (if avalible) of 95+ kids. If you have any children in mind that you think need to be shared in any way possible, please let me know so I can do my part in sharing that child. I am aware that new children will come up who will need to be shared and I will definitley share them. I want to do everything I can to be a part of finding a forever family for these precious babes.
The children that God has put on my heart are the following (each linked to their RR profile) (:
Abner
Aislinn
Alder
Alisha
Alistair
Ambrose
Amilee
Andrea
Asher
Aven
Becky
Cadee
Callie
Cameron
Carissa
Carris
Chantelle
Cherie
Clark
Cyrill
Daisy
Daniel
Darina
Darren
Dell
Diederick
Donna
Duane
Elias
Enoch
Eric
Eric
Evan
Faith Anne
Flynn
Franklin
Gabrielle
Gibson
Gina
Giselle
Guido
Harrison
Henrietta
Henry
J.J.
Jais
Janelle
Jason
Jenny
Jeremiah
Kain
Kanani
Karina
Katrina
Kayson
Kellsey
Kiersten
Kristopher
Kyra
Lanora
Lauren
Leilani
Lexi
Lorena
Malachi
Marla
Mary Ellen
Matthew
Matvey
Mildred
Mindie
Missy
Monacella
Nate
Nehemiah
Noel
Penn
Phoenix
Piper
Posey
Quinn
Reed
Reign
Ruslan
Ruth
Ruthanne
Salome
Samson
Sealey
Seeley
Shadrach
Shaw
Sulley
Tania
Travis
Velia
Vera
Vijay
Virgil
Waniya
Willow
Ysabelle
Yule
Yvette
Zack
Zeke
Zeke
Zoey
I linked each child to their profile and throughout the year I will do a very special post for each child with their picture. I am sure this list will grow all year long. My goal is to share over 100 pictures of kids on RR in 2014. Please leave me comments on who should be added with a link to their profile. Thank you!!!
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
She made it!!!
Leilani made it over the goal!!! We raised $1000 for her!!!! Now the rest of them need over!!!! Thatcher is next up!!!! http://reecesrainbow.org/56159/thatcher then all the following kids!!! I believe we can get all of this years AT kids over that wall in 3 hours. But only with your help!!!!!
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Angel Tree, Christmas, and The Pleven Project
There is only 5 days left of the first angel tree I ever did. I have raised $564 dollars. Didn't reach my goal but I am still very grateful that I was able to raise that much for miss Leilani. Precious Leilani is still waiting for her family. I'm going to continue to advocate for her and other Reece's Rainbow kids of course. I will still have fund raisers to raise money for these orphans who are so lonely. My dream is to find a home for at least one orphan off of Reece's rainbow. But now wasn't the right time and the only person who knows who that orphan will be and who that family is and when I will share the picture of that child and when the family will see it and everything else that goes through the adoption process is God. He just has to lead me.
Thank you God for helping me raise five hundred and sixty-four dollars for Leilani.
I meant to do a Merry Christmas post yesterday or Christmas Eve but I got really sick and didn't move off the couch for about 3 days. I'm still recovering but I am feeling much better. I think I had a really bad cold or the flu. Not fun. I hope you had a very very merry Christmas. I had a wonderful day spent with family and friends. I got a new camera that I can't wait to go on adventures with and share the memories with you all. My brother got me awesome number stickers for my bike. My grandma knows me so well, she got me a giant stuffed elephant and 3 smaller elephants. I got a pink "I am Second" sweatshirt as well as a necklace from the Life Without Limbs foundation.
Just before Christmas I was catching up on The Blessing of Verity blog and I came across the blog post that announced the name of the project to help the children of the Pleven baby house. A few months earlier I had entered a couple of name ideas for this project, one being The Pleven Project. I received an email stating that my idea helped create the name for the project. I was super excited but I was on my way to school when I got that email so I didn't check the blog that day. Turns out that it got named The P.L.E.V.E.N. Project. So check out the website. Get a shirt or two and donate. Look around especially at the pictures.
This is what it stands for....
Thank you God for helping me raise five hundred and sixty-four dollars for Leilani.
I meant to do a Merry Christmas post yesterday or Christmas Eve but I got really sick and didn't move off the couch for about 3 days. I'm still recovering but I am feeling much better. I think I had a really bad cold or the flu. Not fun. I hope you had a very very merry Christmas. I had a wonderful day spent with family and friends. I got a new camera that I can't wait to go on adventures with and share the memories with you all. My brother got me awesome number stickers for my bike. My grandma knows me so well, she got me a giant stuffed elephant and 3 smaller elephants. I got a pink "I am Second" sweatshirt as well as a necklace from the Life Without Limbs foundation.
Just before Christmas I was catching up on The Blessing of Verity blog and I came across the blog post that announced the name of the project to help the children of the Pleven baby house. A few months earlier I had entered a couple of name ideas for this project, one being The Pleven Project. I received an email stating that my idea helped create the name for the project. I was super excited but I was on my way to school when I got that email so I didn't check the blog that day. Turns out that it got named The P.L.E.V.E.N. Project. So check out the website. Get a shirt or two and donate. Look around especially at the pictures.
This is what it stands for....
The
Promise
Love
Embrace
Value
Every child
No exceptions
Project
Merry Christmas
Much love,
Dakota
Friday, December 13, 2013
The Heart of Christmas
During this busy Christmas season whether you're out buying Christmas presents, attending cookie exchanges, attending Christmas parties and family gatherings you can't forget what the Heart of Christmas really is. A couple of songs that constantly remind me of this is The Christmas Shoes by NewSong and The Heart of Christmas by Matthew West. (don't listen to Christmas Shoes without kleenex nearby)
Is this the year that you start a new traditon of donating to a family in need, or an orphan, or maybe the Humane Society. Just remember Christmas isn't just about receiving presents. It is about celebrating the Birth of our Savior. And giving and spending time with family. But most importantly celebrating the birth of Christ.
If you were in the shoes of the man who was behind the little boy who was buying the shoes for his sick mom, would you have stepped up to help pay?
Last night at youth group we put ourselves in the shoes of some people in the story of Christ's birth. We put ourselves in the shoes of the innkeeper, the shepherds, and Mary's. What would you do if you were the innkeeper, a shepherd, or even Mary?
Think about it, let me know.
Much Love,
Dakota
P.S. We have raised $488 for Leilani. Almost halfway there!! But 3/4ths of the way done. If you feel led to donate let me know! I will tell you how!
Is this the year that you start a new traditon of donating to a family in need, or an orphan, or maybe the Humane Society. Just remember Christmas isn't just about receiving presents. It is about celebrating the Birth of our Savior. And giving and spending time with family. But most importantly celebrating the birth of Christ.
If you were in the shoes of the man who was behind the little boy who was buying the shoes for his sick mom, would you have stepped up to help pay?
Last night at youth group we put ourselves in the shoes of some people in the story of Christ's birth. We put ourselves in the shoes of the innkeeper, the shepherds, and Mary's. What would you do if you were the innkeeper, a shepherd, or even Mary?
Think about it, let me know.
Much Love,
Dakota
P.S. We have raised $488 for Leilani. Almost halfway there!! But 3/4ths of the way done. If you feel led to donate let me know! I will tell you how!
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
This Thanksgiving I am going to be super grateful. Because I know that the thousands of orphans are praying and hoping that one day they will have what I have, or even half of what I have. Kids that are praying for a family to take them out of their cribs and to love them for the rest of their life. I can't even think of where I would be or who I would be now without my family. They are who I am.
I'm going to make a list of some of the things I am thankful for, It would take me days to list everything I am thankful for.
This list goes on and on and on.
Hope everyone has a SUPER blessed Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for??
Happy Thanksgiving!
Love,
Dakota
I'm going to make a list of some of the things I am thankful for, It would take me days to list everything I am thankful for.
- Being saved from my sins by my Savior who died on the cross for me
- my family, mom, dad, brother, brother's girlfriend, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins
- my dog, Honey
- my job
- my cousin Taylor
- the Bible
- food
- school (especially my English and biology teachers, and my fitness and weights class)
- that I was able to go on my missions trip over the summer
- my warm bed
- my cell phone
- hot water
- 3 + meals a day
- Grace Church Sr. High group
- Friends
- Friends
- and more Friends
- heaters
- winter coats
- for all of the people who are in the process of adopting their kids or who have already adopted them
- the Holy Spirit for living inside me
This list goes on and on and on.
Hope everyone has a SUPER blessed Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for??
Happy Thanksgiving!
Love,
Dakota
Monday, November 25, 2013
I am Second
Today I am second. I will never be first, EVER. I am third. I can be any number but first. No matter how hard I try, I will never be first. I don't ever want to be first. One day I hope to meet the One who is first in my life. I don't know when or how but He does.
You may have heard of this line of videos on youtube called I am Second. They interview famous people to hear their testimony. At the end of every video the person says their name and then says "And I am Second".
Do you know what the phrase "I am Second" means? It means God is first and I am second. Some people may refer to the acronym JOY. Jesus, Others, Yourself. Yes that is also true but these videos have inspired me in many ways. Sujo John reminds me that I need to share the Word of God with everyone for I don't know when their last day will be or when my last day will be. If I put it off and wait they may never get to hear the amazing news.
Sujo John and his wife worked in the twin towers. Sujo worked in the north tower and his wife in the south. His story is amazing. He was just having a typical morning at work just like all of the other people in those towers on that awful day of September 11. He was doing something as casual of sending a fax out at the fax machine. Then the unthinkable happened. The plane crashed into the north tower. Him and everyone else run down stairs to get outside. His wife is 4 months pregnant. The building starts shaking. He thinks "If this tower goes down I may never get to see my wife or the baby she is carrying." Once they get down he sees bodies on the pavement of people who have jumped out of the plane and the building. Everyone had the fear of death on their face. He was trying to call her but the cell phones weren't working. He talks to people who are around to him and as they hear the other plane crash into the South Tower. He starts crying out to Jesus. He asks 15-20 people around him to do the same. After a while he trys to go find his wife. Not knowing if he would ever find her. He decides to go back to those people who he cried out to Jesus with. Only to find their bodies which were crushed by the building and debris. He hears God say to him "They made their peace to me in their dying moments and now they are resting to me." He gets out to a small shop where a woman pulls him in. She reaches for his phone to try and contact his family. Sujo started to tell her what he thought had happened to his wife. While the woman had his phone it rang. It was his wife. He answered with a lot of fear. But when he answered, it was his wife. She had been running late and didn't make it to work when the buildings were hit.
This is basically his whole story but go watch the video. Watch other videos and tell me which ones are inspirational to you and why.
God Bless, Happy Thanksgiving!
Dakota
P.S. $473 dollars have been donated to my beautiful angel tree babe Leilani. Thanks to everyone who has donated!!!!! God is good!!!
You may have heard of this line of videos on youtube called I am Second. They interview famous people to hear their testimony. At the end of every video the person says their name and then says "And I am Second".
Do you know what the phrase "I am Second" means? It means God is first and I am second. Some people may refer to the acronym JOY. Jesus, Others, Yourself. Yes that is also true but these videos have inspired me in many ways. Sujo John reminds me that I need to share the Word of God with everyone for I don't know when their last day will be or when my last day will be. If I put it off and wait they may never get to hear the amazing news.
Sujo John and his wife worked in the twin towers. Sujo worked in the north tower and his wife in the south. His story is amazing. He was just having a typical morning at work just like all of the other people in those towers on that awful day of September 11. He was doing something as casual of sending a fax out at the fax machine. Then the unthinkable happened. The plane crashed into the north tower. Him and everyone else run down stairs to get outside. His wife is 4 months pregnant. The building starts shaking. He thinks "If this tower goes down I may never get to see my wife or the baby she is carrying." Once they get down he sees bodies on the pavement of people who have jumped out of the plane and the building. Everyone had the fear of death on their face. He was trying to call her but the cell phones weren't working. He talks to people who are around to him and as they hear the other plane crash into the South Tower. He starts crying out to Jesus. He asks 15-20 people around him to do the same. After a while he trys to go find his wife. Not knowing if he would ever find her. He decides to go back to those people who he cried out to Jesus with. Only to find their bodies which were crushed by the building and debris. He hears God say to him "They made their peace to me in their dying moments and now they are resting to me." He gets out to a small shop where a woman pulls him in. She reaches for his phone to try and contact his family. Sujo started to tell her what he thought had happened to his wife. While the woman had his phone it rang. It was his wife. He answered with a lot of fear. But when he answered, it was his wife. She had been running late and didn't make it to work when the buildings were hit.
This is basically his whole story but go watch the video. Watch other videos and tell me which ones are inspirational to you and why.
God Bless, Happy Thanksgiving!
Dakota
P.S. $473 dollars have been donated to my beautiful angel tree babe Leilani. Thanks to everyone who has donated!!!!! God is good!!!
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Hot Chocolate!!!
Yesterday, I had a hot chocolate stand in front of my house to raise money for Leilani. I was surprised that very few people came even though it was so cold. Surprisingly we did raise $95 dollars for her!! We had 5 customers. I knew all but one of them. So Later today I will put that money onto Leilani's fund. I'm still hoping to get to that $1000 mark before New Years. We can do it!!!!!!
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