Two posts in one:
Firstly, if you haven’t checked out the blog we started for Vinnie, check it out here: http://fundraisingforvinnie.blogspot.com/ As we have cool fundraisers (selling cool stuff that you want and baking super yummy goodies!) we will talk about there there.
A very important question you may have about Vinnie’s Adoption grant: What happens if things go wrong? What if he is adopted in country, or by anybody who is not connected by Reece’s Rainbow? What if his country decides he’s unadoptable? What if he gos to be with Jesus like James… and no longer needs a grant to have a familiy?
Good question. The answer?
“It is given to another child if it is a waiting child grant and the child becomes unavailable. We always try to choose another child with the same disability, same age and same country if possible. If it is a child that had been selected by a family, the family would be able to choose another child and keep the grant (but only if the child is truly not available, not if they just decide to pick a different kid or different country program).” ~Shelley with Reece’s Rainbow
Furthermore, when a child turns six years old, they enter the older child section of Reece’s Rainbow and no longer have their own individual grant. In this case, I believe their grant goes to the “Older Child Grant” fund on Reece’s Rainbow. At no time does the grant get absorbed by the staff at Reece’s Rainbow.
Note: All donations made to grants have 10% taken to help keep Reece’s Rainbow functioning. We have confidence in this organization.
Second. A prayer request.
We are leading a small forum at our church about orphan care and how families can be involved. Maggie is still not 100%, so we can’t put her in nursery and she may or may not be a quiet, calm child during the classes. Maybe we can get a Mama’s helper at church tomorrow, but I hate to ask a healthy person to hang out with one who is not feeling great. So we plan to try and pass her back and forth. Pray for us, pray for the forum, pray that God’s Spirit would move in His believers and orphans will be remembered!