Overjoyed!!

It is amazing how one letter can bring such joy! We received the letter from China called the LOA. It approves us to adopt Winston and asks if we will adopt him. We checked a big YES!!! and then sent it back to China. 

We now are waiting for approval here to bring Winton into the country and then we have one more step in China. After that step we wait for travel approval and then book our flights!!!! We are as close with our funds as we can count at the moment. We hopefully just need to pull together spending money for traveling there for meals, tips etc. We will not know the exact amount total that is needed until we book the flights and hotels. We are so thankful for all of you that have been a part of bringing Winston home. It is so exciting to see all the names on his frame!!!! There is still time if you would like to add your name. 

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas celebrating our Savior's birth!! Merry Christmas!!

Closer!!!

We have gotten word that our papers are finished in China and on there way back already!!! Huge praise our expedite was granted!!! So we have a few more hopefully short paper steps yet. Here and in China. So we are talking Lord willing possibly 6-8 weeks until travel!!! We are getting CLOSER!!! Closer to travel and closer to totally funded. I will have new numbers soon. We are under the 1,000 mark!!!  We are pushing to wrap up all our fundraisers this week if possible. So Monday night our last round of super soft T-shirts will be closing. You can click   HERE if you would like to order. 

We also have some beautiful ornaments and bracelets that were made in Haiti. We partnered with Apparent project to help raise money for families to stay together in Haiti and to help bring Winston home. We have been selling these hand crafted bracelets and ornaments for $10 each at craft sales and we have a few more left. We would love to sell out so we don't have to return any and can help families in Haiti. I love how this project helps children stay in families and out of the orphanages and also helps those in orphanages come  home to their families. Pictured and listed below are what we have at the moment. Please email me lang4@hometownu.com with anything you would like and I can check if we still have it. (sorry pictures are not the best)

sold out

bottom left striped is available

bottom 4 are available

6 beautiful rainbow available

3 yellow available

If you do not need to shop but would still like to help we also still have the Put Your Name on the Frame happening. We have a special frame that we are adding names to when anyone donates any amount. We would love to fill the frame so Winston can see all the people who have helped him come home!!! 

We are so thankful for all of you and appreciate all your support encouragement and prayers!! They mean the world to us. God Bless!!!

HE KNOWS!!!!

He Knows he has a family!!!!   We had sent a picture album and letter in September to tell Winston he had a family but they had held it until it was closer to time for us to come. It is just too long and hard to wait from the beginning. He just found out that he has a family and got our pictures!!!  They said he is trying to learn how to say Winston the name we have given him and he just beams every time he says it. I can't wait to hug my boy!!! Please pray for his foster brothers. They are happy for him but sad to see him go and I can't imagine how much it hurts to not have families of their own. Pray for God to prepare all of our hearts for the huge changes that will be coming soon!!

PAPERS are on there way!!!

Our papers (dossier) are on there way to China!!!! Please pray they arrive safely and are processed quickly!!! We have been told if things are expedited and continue to move smoothly (there are always bumps) we could possibly travel in late January or February!!!!  We are also so thankful  because gracious gifts keep arriving!!! We are only $1,225 away from being fully funded and we have 2 crafts sales this weekend. Please pray for papers to keep moving, we can get our next documents ready and for hearts to be prepared for all the changes that are coming soon!!! Blessings!!

Excited!!!

We are excited!!! Our papers are on their way back from NY and then we will get them to our agency and Lord willing our papers will be off to China by the end of the week.
Please pray our papers will be expedited there!!!


We are also excited because of some special donations and new calculations we are closer to being fully funded. We only need $6,000 more to be fully funded!!!! 

We would love to Fill Winston's frame with lots of names!!! For any donation amount (every little bit helps) we will put your name on the frame. Donations can be made 4 ways. 2 online and 2 by check/cash

ONLINE
(note a %  is taken out of the gift for fees when done online)
1. You can donate here on our blog on the right side
2. You can donate tax deductible gift at http://reecesrainbow.org/120637/sponsorlang2
OR (100% gift received)
3. checks can be sent to us directly
4. checks can be made out to Reece's Rainbow for a tax deductible gift (attach a note for Winston Lang) We can mail the check in for you or you can mail directly to them at 
Reece's Rainbow
PO Box 146
Combined Locks, WI 54113

We are praying we can be fully funded by the end of December!!!

Please make sure to let me know what name you want written on the frame at lang4@hometownu.com We can not see who makes donations when they first come in.

Praise!!

PRAISE! PRAISE! PRAISE!!  We got a call this morning that our paper was finally approved and in the mail to us!!!! That means things are moving again. Once the paper is in my hand I will zooooooom off to Harrisburg and pay to have each paper stamped with a seal then pay to overnight it to a carrier in New York City who will take them to the Chinese Consulate to be approved.  We will  then get them to our agency asap!!. Our papers (dossier) will then be ready to send to China!!!! YAY!!! Then we PRAY PRAY PRAY that China will grant us an expedite. Which means things could move very quickly and funds will be needed quickly.  We are soooo thankful for those of you who have donated for the Put Your Name on the Frame fundraiser. It is still going (details below) and some new fundraisers will be coming very soon. We have some beautiful Christmas gift ideas coming!!! Thank you for all your support and prayers!!!

Put Your Name on the Frame

It has been crazy here in the Lang home. I will share more another day but it has been so quiet on the adoption front. We really could use your prayers!!! I still have not gotten my birth certificate but we might have another way to do it if it doesn't come in time for step 2 to be finished. We NEED to finish step 2 and get our papers to China!! We requested an expedite from our government and we were denied but we are trusting in the Lords perfect timing. Everyone in the adoption community has been waiting on Homeland to move their papers through this step and it is taking an exceptionally long time!!! Something that should only take a few weeks is taking over 2 months!  Please pray our papers will come soon so we can finish step 2 and get our papers to China.  Once our papers arrive in China we will request an expedite on that side which does happen more often than here. If we are granted the expedite then things will move very quickly and funds will also be needed quickly. We have been so blessed to have half our funds at this point but we still need to raise $17,000. This is where the Put Your Name on the Frame Fundraiser comes in place. We have always wanted to help our kids see the amazing way God has worked through others to help bring them home. We have a special picture for Winston that is hanging over where he will sleep. It says Adventure Awaits. We can not wait to see all the Lord will do in his life. 

We would love for you to be a part of his story. When you donate any amount we will add your name to the frame. We would love to fill the frame so Winston can see how loved he is by so many. Donations can be made directly to our Reeces Rainbow Account for tax deductible gifts click HERE   or directly to our paypal account on the right. Please remember all online donations will have fees. Checks can be made out to Reeces Rainbow or directly to us. Please email me at  lang4@hometownu.com with any questions and PLEASE let me know what name you would like written on the frame!!!!

This SMILE is what keeps me going. Please keep PRAYING!!

Please Keep Praying

We are so thankful for those of you who continue to pray for us on this hard journey. We could use your prayers that the Lord will continue to move papers. Please pray my birth certificate will arrive very soon. I requested it over a month ago and it still has not arrived. We need it very soon to be able to complete this second phase. Please also continue to pray for papers to be expedited here and in China. We are in the process of going through Home Land Security and we are praying things will move quickly here in the states so that we can send our papers of to China for step three! Thank you to everyone who ordered a shirt we were able to raise $970 and that should help with all the fees for step 2 here in the states. We just finished the second run of shirts but if others would still like to order you can. The link HERE is still active there just has to be 5 shirts ordered for another run of them. It has been so exciting to go different places and see people wearing the shirts. It is such a good reminder to continue to have Faith over Fear. At times is is easy to look ahead and start to let fear set in as to how this is all going to be done. But then we have to stop and remember this is God's work and he will work it all out to his glory!. We are excited to be having a bake sale on Sept 30th at Renningers Market in Kutztown from 8-3. If you are in the area please stop by to see us!! If you enjoy baking we could still use several donations. Click HERE if you would like to sign up to help. Thank you!!!

So Amazing!!

 God is so amazing!! We had a garage sale last weekend and God did amazing things! We could see his hand in all of it from the donations, to sending someone to help when we had no more energy, to special covers to protect from the weather. Thursday we got things set up and covered and then it poured in the night. I just listened to the down pour in the middle of the night and prayed that the covers were not being blown away. In the morning everything was dry!!! The weather looked questionable all day and we had put this sale together so quickly that we were not even able to advertise. So when the early birds did not show we were not so sure how the day would go but God knew. He held the rain away and sent a steady flow of people. We were suppose to end at 3 on Friday so when the dark clouds started coming at 2:30 we began to cover everything up. As we walked into the house at 3 the rains began again. God is so good. When we tallied everything we were amazed at all God had provided. This was our best sale ever and by Sat he provided all we needed for our next big step in the process. It is such an amazing journey to watch God work. 

The next fundraiser that is currently happening is a T-shirt fundraiser. God usually gives us a theme for our adoption and this one is Faith over Fear. We are venturing into a whole new game with an older child in a wheelchair but God has given me such a peace about it all. I have no doubt this is His plan and we are walking in faith. This will be a quick sale it ends on Sept 6th. So make sure to place your orders soon.  shirt order click here. It comes in 3 colors and other styles and as a sweatshirt. 

There have also been some questions about how to donate. You can donate to our paypal account. A % is taken for processing or if you want to donate for a tax deductible donation you can donate to the Reece's Rainbow tax deductible account for Winston. If you do it online a % is taken for fees or you can mail a check to Reese's and the full amount will go to that account.

Reece's Rainbow Tax deductable Donations Click HERE.

or Checks should be made payable to and mailed to:

Reece’s Rainbow

PO Box 146

Combined Locks, WI 54113

***Please include a note for Winston Lang

PRAYERS NEEDED!!! Please pray that we would be approved for an expedite so we are able to get there quickly and not cut it to close to his ageing out date. 

We are excited to see all the Lord will do next. We appreciate all your prayers and support!!

God is on the Move!!

God has been doing amazing things!! He has called us to bring home this precious boy. We have named him Winston. . Every picture and video we have he is always smiling and all the boys are named after Peter which means rock. So when the Lord led us to the name Winston which means joyful rock we knew it was just for him. 

Winston is a tiny 13 year old boy who has cerebral palsy. We have to get to him before his 14th birthday which is in May or he will no longer be able to have a chance of being adopted. This puts us in a time crunch to get papers done and to raise funds so we are already moving full steam ahead. 

I just launched our first fundraiser in a video online so we will see if it works here. 

https://www.facebook.com/daphne.lang.56/videos/823173094516775/

Also save the date we are having a huge yard sale on

 August 18 and 19th. 

Come shop and help bring Winston home!!

If you have items you would like to donate they can be dropped off on 15th and 16th at our house. 

We hope you will join us on this incredible journey and we thank you for your prayers!!!