Both Hands

Today is "Giving Tuesday". If you're looking for a way to give back today, or any day for that matter, I have a great project to tell you about!

Remember Borys from this post?

His family will be traveling in 6-8 weeks to Ukraine to bring him home forever and they are still about $17,000 away from being fully funded. Adoption expenses are a great undertaking and despite being advised by others to wait to submit their dossier (a fancy term for legal documents) until they had the majority of the money needed to complete the adoption, the Pierce family decided to step out in faith, submit their dossier and wait on God to provide! Adoption is a HUGE exercise in faith and I've seen God "show up" for these kids repeatedly! It's one of the things I like the most about working with New Horizons for Children, I get a front row seat to some of the most miraculous and amazing stories ever.

 

Borys' family has partnered with Both Hands Foundation which is modeled after God's command to take care of the orphans AND the widow! Both Hands mission is "to serve orphans, widows and adoptive families." Their purpose is to help people raise funds for orphans while serving widows through home improvement projects.

 

How does it work? It’s much like a 5K walk or golf fund-raising event. Once an adoptive family or project manager has been approved by Lifesong for Orphans, they enlist the help of their friends and form a team. The team then sends letters out to their contacts asking them to consider a one-day sponsorship as they work on a widow’s house.

The adoptive family or project manager is responsible for locating a widow in their community who owns her home and but is not in a position to manage its upkeep. Once they have identified a widow and her needs, the team gives local merchants the opportunity to donate supplies for the day. The team then spends a day working on the widow’s house.

100% of the money raised goes toward the cause – the cost of the adoption, church adoption fund, or orphan care initiative. Nothing is taken out for the operating expenses of either Lifesong or Both Hands. (Taken from Both Hands Foundation website)

This Saturday, December 1st, the Pierce family and their team of volunteers will join forces to serve a local widow named Ms. Karen. Each volunteer is raising sponsorship for their day of work. Most of the supplies for the repairs on her home have been donated so 100% of the funds raised will go directly to bringing Borys home forever!!

If you'd like to help the Pierce family "defind the cause of the fatherless, and plead the case of the widow." (Isaiah 1:17) you can sponsor their Both Hands project and donate via PayPal by clicking here or you can mail a check payable to:

Lifesong for Orphans

PO Box 40

Gridley, IL 61744

 

In the memo line write: preference Pierce #3225

 

 

Let's join forces this "Giving Tuesday" and help make this family photo complete once again!