"AND WHOEVER RECEIVES AND ACCEPTS AND WELCOMES ONE LITTLE CHILD LIKE THIS FOR MY SAKE AND IN MY NAME RECEIVES AND ACCEPTS AND WELCOMES ME" MATTHEW 18:5







Thursday, May 17, 2012

A Surprise from an Unexpected Place!

To help offset the approximately $45,000 we are going to need to get Brock home, Reece’s Rainbow sets up funds for each child and their adoptive families for people to donate to. Brocks reached $461 in a short time, which we are so very grateful for!  Every dollar brings our little boy closer to his loving family and further away from a life in an orphanage, or worse yet, an adult mental institution where he would go when he turned 5.
I looked at his fund two days ago, and to my surprise, his fund made an incredible $2000 jump! Wow! I couldn’t imagine where or who it could have came from. Then, I found out, and I was floored! I simply have no words for how blessed we are feeling right now!
The fourth and fifth graders at Haw Creek Elementary in Cumming, Georgia do a fundraiser every year to raise funds to donate to Reece’s Rainbow.  They pick a boy and a girl to donate the money to, and Brock was the boy they chose!  I spoke with the teacher in charge, (I wanted to name her, but wasn’t sure if she would want me too!) to give her a big thank you! She told me that this is something they do every year. She gives the students 3 weeks to raise money. Many parents donate, but some of these kids sell things, have lemonade stands, and even give their birthday money! They raised over $4000 in those three weeks. Simply amazing!
To the students of Haw Creek, you all have literally helped save this little boy from living a lonely life with no Mom or Dad to love him and take care of him. He would have to live his life in an orphanage, most of his time would be spent in a crib, and he would never even have one toy or piece of clothing to call his own! He also would never get the opportunity to get to go to school! You all should be so proud to know how much you have helped to get him home to people who want to be his family and love him forever. We cannot thank you enough! You all are truly amazing kids! I hope you have a great summer!
I also want to say a great big THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to all the teachers, staff and parents who helped in this effort. You all have truly blessed us and have helped to relieve some of financial worry that comes with this process! I invite you all to follow us in our journey to get our boy home! God bless!
The Mulkey Family

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    1. Oh Miss Bethany! I accidentally removed you sweet comment! I loved it! Can you put it back? I am not kidding!

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    2. i'll do my best.

      God is not only giving you Brock and brock a family. He is giving something to all those kids in Georgia and to those reading your blog. A love for each other that can only come from Him.

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  2. As one of the parents from Haw Creek Elementary School, I want to express my gratitude for you. It takes a special angel from God to adopt a special needs child. You and your family have truly blessed the children at Haw Creek with your unconditional love for your little boy. May the Lord be with you and may your child come home soon.

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    1. I cannot thank you all enough! This was such an unexpected blessing for us! I hope that you all are greatly blessed in your lives in return!

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  3. This is so exciting! Did they share with you who the little girl was?

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    1. Reagan I know who the other family was, but they are being very very private about their adoption, so I have to respect that!! They did have a chance to thank these kids though!

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  4. I love reading about things like this!! I too have been surprised by generous acts of strangers during our adoption process. So wonderful!

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    1. It is wonderful Becky! It is amazing when people get behind us in this process, it is very rewarding to know that you have inspired others to help these children as well!

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  5. I keep coming back and reading this post. Oh how lucky you and this other family are. God has given you fantastic blessings that will continue throughout the lives of these children. From everlasting to everlasting. I am a photographer and would love to take homecoming photos of Brock and family when the time comes.

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  6. Bethany, that would be awesome, I love to have pictures of his homecoming. That is a wonderful idea and offer, I will definately take you up on that!

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  7. So excited to hear this! What a blessing!

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