Aug 20 2010

HELP RAISE $4800 in 48 HOURS!

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Our case manager called this morning and told us to go ahead and book tickets for our next trip to Ethiopia – which will be in TWO WEEKS! We leave Nashville on Saturday, September 4th, go to our Embassy appointment on Tuesday, September 7th, and arrive back home on Friday, September 10th WITH OUR SON!!!

This weekend we’re doing a FACEBOOK/TWITTER/BLOG-A-THON to raise the money needed to purchase our airline tickets, and we could use YOUR help! Here are the details:

Our goal is $4800 in 48 HOURS!
Begins TONIGHT at 11:59 and ends at 11:59 PM on Sunday.
If 480 people each contribute $10 . . . our goal will be met!
Donations will be run through the Paypal “Donate” button here on the blog (top, left-hand side).

***Please consider donating $10 or more & help us spread the word exponentially using Facebook, Twitter, blog posts & any other forms of social media you use! It’s easy – just copy and paste this information:***

$4800 in 48 HOURS: Help bring a little boy in Ethiopia home to his forever family for only $10! Visit www.dunlapadoption.com to donate online! Re-post this to help spread the word!

Your help is GREATLY appreciated! Check back here for progress updates throughout the weekend!

We can’t post {full} pictures of our son yet, but these will give you an idea of how PRECIOUS he is! . . .

**UPDATES:**
Friday 8/20 @ 9 PM: $800!!!
Friday 8/20 @ 11 PM: $1,045!!!
Saturday 8/21 @ 8 AM: $1,220!!!
Saturday 8/21 @ 2 PM: $1,510!!!
Saturday 8/21 @ 8 PM: $1,720 (one ticket down, two more to go)!!!
Sunday, 8/22 @ 8 AM: $2,175!!!
Sunday, 8/22 @ 1 PM: $2,535!!!
Sunday, 8/22 @ 9 PM: $3,030 (two tickets down & one to go)!!!
Sunday, 8/22 @ 10 PM: $3,445!!!
Sunday, 8/22 @ 12 PM: $3,500!!!
Monday, 8/23 @ 4 PM: $3,910 (donations are still coming in . . . WOW)!!!

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Mrs. McGoo - August 20, 2010 - 4:42 PM

We love ya’ll!
http://itsnotmydiary.blogspot.com/2010/08/help-raise-4800-in-48-hours.html

Sanford family - August 20, 2010 - 5:01 PM

Our lesson in History in homeschool 2nd grade today including a reading about Ethiopia! Alex was so interested because we have been telling him about yall and little man. It made everything so real! We got on your blog and looked at photos from your trip so he could see the poverty as well as ornate church, as those were both described in our book. We prayed and talked together as a family and decided to give 10 dollars per person in our family and to sacrifice a night out tonight to make that possible and stay home and celebrate being a family free to worship God and blessed beyond measure! Thank you for this opportunity to learn about giving sacrificially and giving our family something to celebrate! So excited for your growing family! Look forward to updates to come!!! Especially about what God will do in these 48 hours of giving!

Amy Nabors - August 20, 2010 - 5:29 PM

I’m going to post this on twitter and my blog. So excited for you!!!!

Amy Nabors - August 20, 2010 - 9:30 PM

His eyes are mesmerizing!

Liv - August 21, 2010 - 7:09 AM

Exciting to see God providing! Can’t wait to see the next update! I just posted it on facebook.

Susannah Petrounov - August 21, 2010 - 7:38 AM

Posted this am on my FB page!

Jason Egly - August 21, 2010 - 5:01 PM

Awesome, dude! Paul Kevetter told me about your blog! We are praying and re-tweeting!!!!

Jason

Kelly Raudenbush - August 22, 2010 - 1:01 PM

It may be too late in the game for this…maybe not though…come check out http://www.wearegraftedin.com. There is a post going on tonight about fundraising and then we’re going to direct readers to the buttons for various fundraising families (see the ones already there listed under resources). Let me know if you want to be added!
Kelly

Jenn Philpot - August 23, 2010 - 1:27 PM

We heard about your family and the fund raiser from Laura Baxter. Our family adopted a son and daughter from Ethiopia in March, so we’re thrilled to be a small help to your family as you bring home your son too! Praise the Lord for the amazing gift of adoption!!

Brittany, Ryan, and Greyson Schwaigert - August 23, 2010 - 3:47 PM

We found out about your wonderful adoption via the McGugans, and we think what you are doing is amazing and are GLAD to contribute to people who are so selfless!

Amber Stutzman - August 24, 2010 - 11:48 PM

So thrilled for you guys! This is awesome! We may have to try this when we get our tickets if we are short!!! Congrats on travel! amber stutzman

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