On April 29, 2017, we had the tremendous opportunity to
assist Mrs. Sandy at her house for our Both Hands project. This project allowed
us to gather a team of people to help us gain sponsorship for a community
service project for a widow to help raise money for our adoption. We gathered a team of friends and family who
wrote letters to their friends and family asking them to sponsor them for the
day. The money that was received went straight to our adoption fund. Then, we
worked tirelessly with sponsors and donors to try to get supplies and labor
donated for the day to make a difference in our widow’s home and life.
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| 600 for Sponsorship |
We got connected with Mrs. Sandy through another adoptive
mom in the community, Casey Hamilton. Casey thought of Mrs. Sandy because she
lived next door to her grandparents growing up. We met with Mrs. Sandy and
realized immediately that this was the perfect match. We came up with a list of
things that she would want accomplished on the outside of her home and began
going to work finding the right people. God truly brought the right people in
our path at the right time in order to get this done.
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| Mrs. Sandy |
That day, rain and thunderstorms were in the forecast. We
prayed as we watched the storm pass north of Owensboro leaving us with a nice,
hot day to get all of the work accomplished. Starting at 6:30am that morning
and ending around 4:30pm, we were able to get it all accomplished.
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Time
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Event
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Person
in Charge
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FRIDAY
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PM
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Delivery
of Port-a-potty
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Jeremy
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Delivery
of Dumpster
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Adam
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Delivery
of Bushes and Rock
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Tommy/Jonathan
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SATURDAY
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On-going
|
Check-in
at Table
|
Des
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6:30am
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Set
up
Before
pictures
Morning
Prayer
|
Tyler
Family
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7:00am
|
Break
ground on front landscaping
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Tommy/Jonathan
Dowdy
Family
Ken
Nathan
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7:30am
|
Interview
& Pictures
|
Tyler
Family
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Great
Harvest Pick Up (THIS MEANS COFFEE!!!!)
|
Denise
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8:00am
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Additional
workers for front landscaping
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Dave/Aiden
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Noles
Maintenance Arrives to begin deck work
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Seth
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Gable
and front window boxes (Whenever it works for you)
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Paul
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Ongoing
clean up of back yard (picking up gum balls, raking, weeding, mowing,
weed-eating)
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Everyone
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9:00am-9:30am
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Video
Interviews of:
-Tommy/Jonathan
-Paul/Des
-Seth
-Adam
Why participate? What does this mean
to you?
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Kristin
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10:00am
|
Tyler
Boys to Soccer & Naps
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Ken/Martha
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11:15am
|
Fetta
Pick Up
|
Nathan
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11:30am
|
LUNCH
TIME
|
Everyone
|
|
Team
Pictures & Video
Other
Pictures:
Sandy
& Tylers
Sandy,
Tylers, & Elli/Casey
Sandy,
Elli & Casey
Mark,
Tylers
Roberts,
Tylers
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Everyone
|
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12:00pm
|
Ohio
Valley Roofing begins Gutters
|
Adam
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End
of the Day
|
Clean
Up
|
Bethan
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Interview
with Sandy
|
Kristin
or Shelly
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|
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| Before Picture |
Prior to the day of the event, the Messenger Inquirer interviewed John Mark, Sandy, Casey, and I regarding our relationship to adoption and each other. We hoped that people would read it and be spurred towards looking into the Both Hands project to help them during their adoption process. We also learned a lot about Sandy and vice versa during the interview.
Mrs. Sandy was extremely excited about the success of the project. Her favorite thing was that she could now see out of her front window. She had not been able to look out of the front of her house in many, many years.
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| After Picture |
WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED!
Our families and friends: Ken & Martha Roberts, Mark & Amanda
Tyler, Hannah & Canaan Farris, David, Jodi, Aiden, & Lilyanna Roberts, Kristin
& Nathan Paine, Ryan Bays & Family, Paul & Des Goetz, Morgan
Kenner, Lisa Benton, Stacy Hamilton, Rachel Lewis, April & Derrick
Stacener, Annette Lance, Brandon Swanner & Family, Connie Hardison, Jeremy
Hatfield, Casey Hamilton, Elli York, Sean Bagbey, Shannon Royal, Adam
Patterson, Denise Preece, the Dowdy Family, Brittany Stallings.
Integrity Nursery
& Outdoor Living
GreenBull Landscaping
Noles Maintenance
Services, LLC
Fetta Specialty Pizza
Great Harvest Bread
Company
Sherwin-Williams
The Home Depot
Pleasant Valley
Community Church
Chik-fil-A
Ohio Valley Roofing
& Construction
Emily Kate Massage
Through this project, we were able to make a tremendous
impact on our community through spreading the awareness of adoption and helping
someone in need. Together, we really can make things possible. Through this
project, we raised $15,400 for our adoption and received a matching grant from
our church, Pleasant Valley Community Church, for some additional funds. It is
amazing how God has provided for us during this entire journey financially as
He said He would. We hope that people will see that adoption is possible from a
financial perspective and will inspire others to do the same.
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