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Many of you have asked about t-shirt sizes.  We have adult sizes Small - XXLarge right now but can order Youth sizes as small as a Youth Small, if you are interested.

To make a donation and request a shirt please e-mail us at careysherwood@gmail.com with your shirt size and address that we can ship to.

Thank you all for your overwhelming support!

Small Gifts Make a Big Difference

Recently I was reminded of the well-known story in the book of Matthew where Jesus fed the five thousand with two fish and five small loaves of bread.  When the disciples were challenged by Jesus to do the impossible – feed the multitudes – they responded in doubt and disbelief.  They told Jesus of the small amount they had to give, and Jesus responded, “Bring them here to me.”  You see, Jesus doesn’t ask us to do the impossible, nor does He expect us to.  He simply asks us to bring Him what we have.

As we have come to the point in our adoption journey of completing our home study and now waiting on a placement phone call, I look back on the last few months and am humbled by the ways that Jesus took our small financial “fish and loaves” and turned it into plentiful baskets.

To give you a quick overview, when we felt the Lord leading us to adopt a second time we struggled with the idea of finances.  We looked at our budget and the cost of our first adoption and simply came to the conclusion that this was just not the time for us.  But days turned into months, our desire to care for orphans continued to grow.  We were struck time and again by God’s Word and His command to defend the cause of the orphan!  As a result, last fall we took a step of faith and mailed our application to Christian Family Services- a private adoption agency in South Carolina. 

As fees came due, one after another, the money just seemed to be there.  Hear me when I say this- we cannot afford this adoption!  We, Allen and Carey, cannot make this happen.  When our God - the One who took two small fish and five small loaves and fed  more than five thousand people – told us to adopt, we, like the disciples, responded with doubt and disbelief.  Did He not see our bank balances??   Of course He did!  And His response was, “Bring them here to me.”

In obedience, we gave what we had, and in faith, we waited to see what He would do with it.  Through ways that I could not begin to imagine, God began to meet our need.  Money has come in the most unexpected ways- even from the U.S. Government, believe it or not!  With this journey being far from over, we anxiously wait to see how He is going to provide the rest.

With the preliminary paperwork and home study behind us, we are currently waiting!  This is a step which we’ve never experienced, as Campbell’s placement happened just weeks after completing the first application!  This exciting time for us comes with nervous anticipation, as well as a bit of anxiety, for we know that the day our son or daughter is placed in our arms on our future “Gotcha Day” comes the cost of thousands of dollars that we simply do not have!

In an effort to not only raise funds for this adoption but to also raise orphan awareness, we are starting a fundraiser.  With the help of a very dear friend and his company, Eagle Embroidery in Greenville, SC, we have been given the opportunity to give away free t-shirts with every $20 donation.  It is our hope that by using the resources that God has given us, and placing what we have in His hands, we will be able to make a difference in the life of a child.

So we ask you, as family and friends, to join us by placing something small in the hands of Jesus with the faith that He will turn it into baskets full and running over.

To make a donation and receive a free t-shirt, e-mail careysherwood@gmail.com