That is the only word I can think of that could possibly describe my reaction to seeing our FSP hit $10,000!!! Thank you so much to everyone who helped us reach this incredible milestone! I know it sounds sappy, but every single person who donated even a dollar, who was part of making that number increase, and increase until it hit 5 figures...you're all heroes in my book. You're part of something incredible, you're quite literally part of saving a child's life, my child's life, and I don't take that lightly at all. My heart is so filled with gratitude it could burst. Thank you so, so much.
Now, we move forward. That little FSP box needs to say $16,750 before I can shout from the roof tops that we are FULLY funded! This is crunch time, and we may just need a miracle. It took 6 months for that little box to hit $10,000...we need to increase it $6,750 more in mere weeks. We can do it, I know we can. I'm ready, willing, and able to work my fingers to the bone to contribute as much as I can to bumping up that number. We have 12 puzzle pieces left (Yes! Only 12 pieces!), as always I'm selling bows and other girly goodness. We have a nesting doll giveaway going on through facebook, and I'll be launching the mother of all giveaways at the end of the month.
We hit $10,000 in our FSP!!! Yes, I know...I've mentioned that like 10 times already...I'm just so pumped!!! I want to try something that I've seen others do, and break down our "gotcha" trip into chunks and people can choose to sponsor a portion of the final trip that will bring Kenzi home to her family once and for all! If you would like to sponsor a chunk of this unfunded trip, you can donate the amount you wish to our FSP, then comment on this post with how much you donated, and how you would like the money used. I will then cross out that amount on this blog post, so everyone can watch us inch closer, and closer to funding the most important trip of all!
Here goes:
Airfare for Me: $2400
$200 $100 $100 $50 $25 $25
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Airfare for Kenzi: $1500
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Hotel Stay: $800
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Food and other basics: $300
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Required Orphanage Donation: $1000
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Kenzi's Visa: $230
$25 $25 $10 $5
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Kenzi's In Country Medical Exam: $150
$25 $10
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$10 $5
$10
$10
You may have noticed a few things:
1. There is no airfare listed for my husband David.
2. Our hotel cost seems pretty low considering we have to stay in Kenzi's city AND in Moscow for a few days.
~That's because a very sweet friend offered to gift us some points for a free hotel stay in Moscow, so we didn't need to include that 1-2 night stay in our budget. :)
3. I said our FSP needs to read $6750 to be fully funded, but this last trip is only coming in at $6380...what is the other $370 for?
~Paperwork, apostilles, certification of documents, fedex, etc etc etc... :)
So, there it is, laid out nicely, and neatly...the final pieces to our adoption fundraising puzzle! I hope you'll stick around and watch our FSP grow with us!! We're so excited to get to that magical number and KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that nothing is coming between us, and our sweet girl.
Please continue to pray for our family.
Much, much love,
Cilla
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