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We only need $650 to meet our goal for January 15th!! We got a big donation today from a dear friend so we are well on our way. Thanks so much to all of you who are praying for our family. I am doing an AVON fundraiser until January 7th. Go to www.youravon.com/melindaturner to check out the catalog and place your order today!! Even if you live out of town you can order and have the product mailed directly to you. Have a Happy New Year!!!

We need to raise $1200 in 2 weeks

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When we began our process of adoption over a month ago we needed to raise $2200.00 in 6 weeks. The $750 that we need for the Home Study next Tuesday has been raised so now we are collecting to help pay for the expensive USCIS Application. As you can tell from the thermometer that we really need to raise approximately $1200.00 for the application and then there are several other expenses due to all the paperwork we have to do just to get approved for adoption. In February we will start doing some larger fundraisers to raise the $25,000.00 needed to go to get Erik sometime this coming summer. If you would like to donate please let Michael or Denise know by sending a donation through the Chip in that works through Paypal and that link is located on our blog. You can also mail a check to our home address at 813 N Morgan Drive, Moore OK 73160. If you would rather donate toward our trip to Eastern Europe and the fees to get Erik to Oklahoma you can click on the button with Erik's name on it and it goes into a special account just for Erik through Eli Project. Thanks so much for those of you who have donated money so far and for those of you who ordered popcorn. We need lots of people doing just a little bit to have the opportunity to bring Erik home!! Many Blessings to all of you!! Denise

New Goal for January

Thanks to several friends donations we have raised enough money for our Home Study. Our Home Study is scheduled for next Tuesday at 6:30pm

Our next step is our United States Citizenship & Immigration Application to get approved to adopt. We need to raise a large amount of money for this part of the process by January 15th.

Home Study Rescheduled

We had to reschedule our Home Study for January 5th. Because of the car trouble we had with both cars this past week we were unable to get all of our paperwork together so we rescheduled. We are also $180 short of our goal for our Home Study. If you would like to donate just click on the button under the picture of Erik on our blog site and it will take you to where you need to go. Donations are accepted through Paypal. We also placed our first popcorn order this week and will be placing another one in January so just let us know if you would still like to order. Merry CHRISTmas to everyone and thank you to all of you who have prayed and supported us so far!!

We NEED only $200 to meet our goal!!

We need to raise only $200 to meet our goal from our Popcorn Fundraiser!! Email or call me today to order some popcorn for you, your friends and family!!

The Flavors, Sizes and Prices are:

Snack Size bag (4 cups) for $5.00
Classic Jar (1/2 Gallon) for $10.00
Value Bag (1 Gallon) for $15.00

* Kettle Corn

* Cheddar Cheese

* White Cheddar

* Cheddar & Caramel Mix

* Rainbow (Cherry, Spiced Apple, Grape & Lemon)


$6.00 Snack Size Bag
$12.00 Classic Jar
$16.00 Value Bag

* Gourmet Caramel

$8.00 Snack Bag
$16.00 Classic Jar
$24.00 Value Bag

* Oreo's Cookies & Cream

* Caramel Nut

* Macadamia Butter Crunch

* Chocolate Drizzle Caramel

* Peanut Butter Drizzle

The 5 Flavor Gift Sampler includes 20 cups of Caramel, Cheddar Cheese, Cookies & Cream, White Cheddar and Caramel Nut for $25.00

The 6 Way Gift Tin includes 2 Gallons of Kettle Corn, Fiesta Mix, Cheddar Cheese, Chocolate Drizzle, Double Chocolate and Chocolate Pretzels for $40.00

New Picture

You may notice a new picture of the child we plan to adopt. This is a current picture of him and it looks like they shaved his head :( **I can't wait to get my hands on him!! We have also changed his name from Victor to Erik for now. We plan to talk to him when we get him to see if a name change is something he is ok with and go from there.

We are also still selling popcorn for one more day. If you are interested in ordering some yummy gourmet popcorn just let us know. We have raised over $500 so far so that is very exciting!!! Thanks for all your support and interest. Become a follower of our blog and get regular updates.

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Use this button to help us raise money for our adoption. It will direct people to our blog where they can read about our newest addition and can donate to help us bring Erik home.

Just copy all the code in the box below and paste it into your website or blog.

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This is the child that our friends Chris and Mary Malone plan to adopt in the next few months. Click on the button to go to their blog and read their story.

Sponsorship Page on Eli Project

http://www.eliproject.org/Eli_Project/sponsorredman.html

This is our sponsor page on the Eli Project website. Go to the site and check it out!! Denise

The Popcorn Sales are well on there way!!

We have just started selling Gourmet Popcorn as a Fundraiser and we already have over $100 raised and going toward the adoption process for Erik (Victor). Thank you to all of you who have ordered popcorn already and if you want to order some yummy gourmet popcorn that is already popped then just give me a call 405-620-7303. We are taking orders until December 14th. Have a great week!! Denise

Fundraiser

We are selling Gourmet Popcorn as a Fundraiser for our adoption. There are wonderful flavors like Chocolate Caramel, Macadamia Butter Crunch, Oreo Cookie, Cheddar Cheese and many more. If you are interested in purchasing some popcorn just let me know or you can email me at ddredman@att.net. We are taking orders until December 14th and you will have it by December 21st. We would appreciate your support!!!

Homestudy

We got our Homestudy scheduled today. It will be later this month. Please pray that everything will go well.!!

Our Story

Michael and Denise Redman were both born and raised in the Southwest OKC/Moore area. They met while in the Moore High School Band and dated for 5 years. They have been married for 18 years and have 3 biological daughters, Emily-17, Katie-13 and Julianna-9. They live in Moore, OK where Denise is a stay at home mom and has homeschooled their daughters for 10 years. She also has a home-based business as a jeweler with Premier Designs Jewelry and has been doing this for 5 years. Michael currently works for Midfirst Bank as a Bank Operations Supervisor. He has been in the banking industry for over 19 years. Their family has attended First Baptist Church of Moore for over 20 years. Throughout their married life, Michael and Denise casually talked about adopting but were busy raising their 3 daughters and going through life's experiences. It was not until recently that the Lord spoke to their hearts to seriously consider adoption when hearing about the Eliproject, an adoption ministry developed by friends at their church. After prayer and discussing it with their daughters they decided unanimously to pursue the calling of opening their hearts and home to a child in need of a forever family. The word of the Lord that was spoken to Michael's heart on the evening that the familly committed to adopt comes from Matthew 25:40 "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine you did for Me".

Michael and Denise posing for a picture on Thanksgiving Day.

Emily, Katie and Julianna posing for a picture on Thanksgiving Day.

Victor

Here is a picture of our new addition. Please pray for Victor and our family as we go through this process.

Our Girls Emily, Katie & Julianna on Thanksgiving Day acting silly!!

Our New Adventure

Our Family has started a new chapter in our life!!

We have been called and are very excited about adopting a 10 year old boy named "Victor" from Eastern Europe. We hope to have him home sometime this coming summer. We are in the beginning process of all the paperwork and raising money to bring him home.

Our first steps are to have our homestudy, application completed and get our passports done. These steps cost a substantial amount of money that we had not planned for since the call to adopt has been a quick one. We had not looked into adoption before now and we felt our family was complete. Last Saturday God spoke to us and the journey began. I would love to share the story with each and every one of you and hope I get to as the time goes on.

If you feel led to help us financially at this time by being a big part of bringing little Victor home, please contact us at ddredman@att.net. If you would like to donate at a later time you can go to www.eliproject.com and specify for "The Redman Family & Victor". We will have new posts as the days go on. We are looking forward to the days ahead to see what God will do. He has already blessed us in so many ways and we can't wait to share our journey with all of you!! Michael, Denise, Emily, Katie & Julianna Redman