YOU ARE INVITED!!! TO A PARTY ON CHARLIE'S BEHALF, AN ADOPTION FUND RAISER.
SATURDAY APRIL 10, 4PM TO 7 PM
SILENT AUCTION - BAKE SALE - PIZZA AND PASTA DINNER
LIVE MUSIC BY THE KNELLER FAMILY AND FRIENDS
DINNER TICKETS ARE; 10.00 FOR 10 TO ADULT AGE
5.00 FOR 4-9YRS OLD
NO CHARGE 3 AND UNDER
PLEASE COME AND INVITE OTHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF BRINGING CHARLIE HOME, ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE KNELLER ADOPTION FUND.
LOCATION; LAKE SPRINGFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH CAMP
5878 IRON BRIDGE ROAD
CHATHAM , ILLINOIS
CHARLIE'S BIRTHDAY
looks like a happy boy!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
CHARLIE'S ANGELS ARE BUSY!!
CHARLIE'S ANGELS!!!
SHRINKIE DINK CHINESE CHARMS.... THE SYMBOLS THEY MADE ARE; LOVE,
PEACE, FAITH AND BELIEVE..
SHRINKIE DINK CHINESE CHARMS.... THE SYMBOLS THEY MADE ARE; LOVE,PEACE, FAITH AND BELIEVE..
We had such a fun time working together and spilling beads all over the floor while trying to tie thoses knots, and then we would start over...aaugh!
We are so thankful for dear girlfriends and cousins helping us with this endeavor of making 200 bracelets and 100 necklaces. We made our goal with in 12 total hours of work... way to go team!! you are definitely ANGELS!! 
THIS WILL BE A BLESSING FOR CHARLIE TO SEE SOME DAY THAT WE WERE ALL SO EXCITED TO GET HIM HOME AND THAT WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. HE WAS CHOSEN AND LOVED BEFORE HE EVEN KNEW US. SOUNDS ALOT LIKE WE ALL WERE BEFORE GOD ADOPTED US INTO HIS FAMILY.
THIS WILL BE A BLESSING FOR CHARLIE TO SEE SOME DAY THAT WE WERE ALL SO EXCITED TO GET HIM HOME AND THAT WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. HE WAS CHOSEN AND LOVED BEFORE HE EVEN KNEW US. SOUNDS ALOT LIKE WE ALL WERE BEFORE GOD ADOPTED US INTO HIS FAMILY. IAM SO THANKFUL THAT OTHERES WERE WORKING ON MY BEHALF FO PRAY FOR ME AND INVEST IN MY LIFE BEFORE I WAS IN THE FAMILY OF GOD.
The jewelry can be purchased also by e-mailing us at knellerfam@comcast.net or calling 217-971-1975 we would be happy to mail them to you. The cost of the necklaces are; 15.00, the wire wrap bracelets; 25.00, the stretch bracelets; 20.00
THE CHARLIE'S ANGELS FUND RAISING TEAM got busy end of February and into March working diligently for 12 hours in 3 sessions to make beautiful bracelets and necklaces to sell at the fund raiser on April 10 and to sell at THE STUDIO ON 6TH downtown springfield.
The jewelry is made with hand made paper beads and custom chinese symbolsalong with assorted colorful beads. It has been a labor of love and we love to wear the jewelry, it keeps us thinking about Charlie, our little guy in China waiting to come home.
The jewelry can be purchased also by e-mailing us at knellerfam@comcast.net or calling 217-971-1975 we would be happy to mail them to you. The cost of the necklaces are; 15.00, the wire wrap bracelets; 25.00, the stretch bracelets; 20.00
How Charlie came to us
We have had adoption on our hearts for along time, at least 5 years, but had never made an action toward it until January of 2008. We went to an adoption conference held in Rochester Illinois hosted by a ministry called In His Hands Orphan Outreach.
It was the beginning of making some connections with others in this world of adoption.
Fast forward to October 2009, we received an e-mail from Michelle McGowan who leads the In His Hands Orphan Outreach ministry. Stating the need of a beautiful little chinese boy who was abandoned when he was 8 days old who needed a home. When we read this and saw his picture we realized this was the answer to our prayer that we had been praying. "Lord, we are open to adoption because we know that this is your heart but would you please bring it to us and then we would know w/o a doubt that this is your will not just our idea."
So, bingo! There it was right on our computer screen in front of our face, we just had to respond. I thought wait a minute, I need to think about this...and then the Lord spoke to me and reminded me that I have been thinking for along time and now is the time to say Yes, or No?!!
That was on a wednesday and by the next Wednesday we were pre-approved by China!!
Wow! That was a scary step of faith but God's grace has been with us every step of the way.
We have been learning so much in this process of completing a Home study, taking 10 hours of on-line international adoption classes, and praying for our son who is on the other side of the world not even aware of what is going on on his behalf to get him to his FOREVER HOME.
We keep his picture on our cabinet in the kitchen and one in the foyer as a reminder that he is our child and all the work we are doing will be so worth it.
It is a very different kind of pregnany but similar in alot of ways.
Even though he is not in our presence we know he IS there and will be with us soon.
We know he is a boy but have no idea "who" he is. I remember thinking the same of my other children, wondering what they would be like. What their giggles would sound like and how they would talk.... all of these neat things to discover about this new little person. Our anticipation is growing the closer we get. We are preparing a place for him in our home; where he will sleep, where he will keep his clothes, where he will sit around our family table, we have been given a childs booster chair he will use. His name, CHARLIE is a commmon name now in our home and among our family and friends. My heart already has a tender spot for my new son. It is neat how that happens, definitely a God Thing!
It was the beginning of making some connections with others in this world of adoption.
Fast forward to October 2009, we received an e-mail from Michelle McGowan who leads the In His Hands Orphan Outreach ministry. Stating the need of a beautiful little chinese boy who was abandoned when he was 8 days old who needed a home. When we read this and saw his picture we realized this was the answer to our prayer that we had been praying. "Lord, we are open to adoption because we know that this is your heart but would you please bring it to us and then we would know w/o a doubt that this is your will not just our idea."
So, bingo! There it was right on our computer screen in front of our face, we just had to respond. I thought wait a minute, I need to think about this...and then the Lord spoke to me and reminded me that I have been thinking for along time and now is the time to say Yes, or No?!!
That was on a wednesday and by the next Wednesday we were pre-approved by China!!
Wow! That was a scary step of faith but God's grace has been with us every step of the way.
We have been learning so much in this process of completing a Home study, taking 10 hours of on-line international adoption classes, and praying for our son who is on the other side of the world not even aware of what is going on on his behalf to get him to his FOREVER HOME.
We keep his picture on our cabinet in the kitchen and one in the foyer as a reminder that he is our child and all the work we are doing will be so worth it.
It is a very different kind of pregnany but similar in alot of ways.
Even though he is not in our presence we know he IS there and will be with us soon.
We know he is a boy but have no idea "who" he is. I remember thinking the same of my other children, wondering what they would be like. What their giggles would sound like and how they would talk.... all of these neat things to discover about this new little person. Our anticipation is growing the closer we get. We are preparing a place for him in our home; where he will sleep, where he will keep his clothes, where he will sit around our family table, we have been given a childs booster chair he will use. His name, CHARLIE is a commmon name now in our home and among our family and friends. My heart already has a tender spot for my new son. It is neat how that happens, definitely a God Thing!
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