The Heart of a Child... Baby "Beatrice" Name Reveal!

 

She did it! I am sooooo very proud of my sweet daughter! She made these beautiful tissue paper "Lily Flowers" as gifts for anyone who donated $5 to our Family Sponsorship Page. She made 10, and guess what? All 10 are now gone! Thank you Jesus! That is $50! She is so happy to have helped add $50 to bring home her brother and sister! 

Thank you all who donated for a flower! I was in tears with true joy when the last ones went. Not just because we are $50 closer to bringing them home, no, that's beautiful but not what really makes me joyful.  What makes me truly joyful is that my 10 year old daughter has seen first hand that when God burdens your heart to help, He is faithful. That is hard to write without getting all blubbery again.  Her heart is strongly burdened for the orphans of this world. She was so happy to hear that we were bringing two sweet babies home to be part of our family. At 10 years old she is always wondering what she can do to help. This was what she came up with. This was all her. The design of the tags and all. She did a wonderful job! I am very proud of her. Lily wants nothing more than to be a missionary, like Gladys Aylward, who goes into the world and puts all of her trust in God to rescue and teach the Gospel. This has been her goal for the past 5 years. Nothing that is going away. Yesterday YOU showed her that God is faithful. When He burdens your heart to action He stirs other hearts to action as well. Thank you! This is something she will remember for the rest of her life. Something that will stick with her where ever God leads her in life.

And as promised, who wants to know baby "Beatrice's" Soon to be name? 

You do, right!? 

 

Molly-Anne Jennifer Tannehill

Mama cant wait to get to you baby. I'm trying to move as fast as I can. Oh, how I love these babes.  Thank you to all who have helped us. These babies NEED to be out of there. They NEED to be home. Please, watch for our auctions, think about us when you go to Christmas shop. Share us far and wide.  

They are waiting. We are working. Help us get there! 

Please donate if you can! Your Latte Money today could help rescue two orphans!!  If families see the Body of Christ rallying around families that are adopting, more people will step forward and adopt too! the expense is intimidating. It's scary. But you know what? My God is BIGGER that that number!! 

DONATE HERE IF YOU CAN!

Adoption Costs... Help us Defend the Cause of the Orphan!

Adoption Costs

 

 

"For this child I have prayed, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of Him.

 1 Samuel 1:27

Social Worker Application Fee $250


Passports $140 each-$280


Home Study Fee $2000


Reece's Rainbow Voice of Hope Fund $250


Reece's Rainbow Application Fee $25


USCIS Fees $890


Marriage Certificates $35


FBI Clearance $80


Various Postage $200


Apostille Fees $650


Travel to Europe $7850


Adoption Fees $9000


Travel in Country $500


Child's Medical Appt for Visa $220


Child's Visa Application $230


Child's Passport and Expedition Fees $500

2nd child fees $5,000 (Sawyer!)


Living in Europe for 5 weeks $3500


Travel Items $250


Emergency Fund $1000


Estimate to bring home Beatrice and Sawyer-$32,710

Amount in Beatrice's Grant-$7883.47

Amount in Sawyer's Grant-$201.50

Current amount raised in our Family Sponsorship Page (FSP)-$1042.75

Amount still needed to bring our babies home-$23,582.28

I will update once a week as we do fundraisers!

Check out some of our current fundraisers here!

DONATE HERE!!

Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Deliver the weak and needy from the hand of the wicked. 

Psalm 82:3-4

All For Beatrice and Sawyer! Give Away!!

This is the first of many give aways that we will be doing! We need to grow our fund and bring these babies home!

Are you ready for it? It's a good one! Who doesn't love Essential Oils?!

This is the Family Physician's Kit! Check out all that comes in it! Retail:

Look at all the amazing uses!

DoTerra info:
dōTERRA’s Family Physician Kit is a collection of ten nurturing essential oils, including six single oils and four oil blends. The stunning box includes tips for using the oils, as well as an audio CD featuring dōTERRA’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David K. Hill. In this audio presentation, Dr. Hill teaches listeners how to care for their family’s everyday health needs with simple and safe methods using the ten nurturing essential oils. The kit includes 5 ml bottles of Lavender, Lemon, Peppermint, Melaleuca, Oregano, Frankincense, Deep Blue, Breathe, Digestzen, and On Guard to help families address a multitude of health issues.

I personally have stopped a seizure from progressing for Augustus with Frankincense so I am a FIRM believer in DoTerra oils!  Bergamot, Clary sage, and Frankincense are all anti-convulsive oils! I watched a seizure start and stop within seconds of applying the Frankincense!

So who wants to win this lovely starter kit valued at $150!!

DONATE!!!  
Donate to our Family Sponsorship Page, then email a copy of your paypal receipt to thetannfamily@gmail dot com to be entered in the drawing!
     ** When you donate $15-$20 you will receive ONE entry into the drawing
     ** When you donate $25-49 you will receive TWO entries into the drawing
     ** When you donate $50-$99 you will receive THREE entries into the drawing
     ** When you donate $100+ you will receive FIVE entries into the drawing
CLICK HERE TO DONATE Or click our Sponsorship picture in the top right corner of the side bar.

SHARE!!!
Share this blog post on Facebook and/or Instagram  with the hashtag - #bringinghomethetannehills - and/or share on your blog!!  Comment on this post which of these you've done for ONE entry into the drawing for each!!  (Include blog links please.)

Cooooome on! Look at those faces and feel good about entering for a chance to win DoTerra Oils!!!We will draw when we have 50 donations of $15 or more!!

We will draw 

Living In His Mercy,

Mama

We're Coming Number Six... and SEVEN!

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 

~1 John 3:17~

Yes! You read right! SEVEN! The Lord has decided to not only bless us with one precious child but TWO! And we can share who! Oh yeah!  I know, I know, it's been a while! All you adoptin' folks know that the Dossier packets make your head spin! Those that aren't adopting; It makes your head spin! Ha! 

Are you ready for introductions? Of course you are!

Meet my sweet baby girl, "Beatrice"!

Oh sweet baby girl, how I long to hold you! We're getting so close and working so hard to come and get you! My sweet precious girl will be two in October. She was born without a nose or eyes, but with this hand given to her, she shines with such beauty! Look at that precious face! Don't you just want to squeeze her!? Oh man! Those cheeks are beggin' for a smooch!

Next comes my newest little man! Oh boy, get ready for some cute! This boys eye lashes and big sweet eyes will make you jealous that he's coming home to us :-D

Meet our sweet boy, "Sawyer"!  

Oh sweet boy! How blessed we are to be adding you to our quest to grow our family! Sweet boy will be 3 in January. Hopefully he will be spending it at home with his family! "Sawyer" has compensated hydrocephalus, fused fingers, and a VERY kissable face! We're coming sweet boy, we're coming!

So, there you have it folks. We're working daily to bring home sweet number six and sweet number seven! Your prayers are coveted! 

Keep watching for fundraisers and auctions! We have some really neat items for our give aways! They are coming up soon! We still need quite a bit of funding, I am working on an itemized list. Christmas is coming up and I hope you will look to adoption fundraisers for your shopping! We plan to do all, or at least most, of our Christmas shopping through adoption fundraisers. What better way to celebrate the birth of our Savior than to give with your shopping instead of falling into the hustle and bustle of it all! If you have ideas for something you would like to see in a fundraiser or auction send me a message! You can come and "like" our Facebook fundraiser page to stay up to date on our latest items! 

I praise the Lord for His mercies and gifts! What a beautiful thing to be bringing home two precious babes! Thank you Jesus! 

Living in His Mercy,

Mama

They Need YOU!

He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

Luke 10:2

The Laborers are so few but the harvest sure is plentiful. Friends, this is an orphanage in the country we are adopting from in Eastern Europe. This is reality. How is God asking YOU to serve? We were given permission to share this. I pray that it moves your heart to action. This was taken just recently by another family adopting. I was given permission to share this.

"Friends, this is the reality of life for these children. What will stand out to you about this video is ... nothing. The children do nothing. They sit in the shed all day, and if any of them tries to do anything to relieve their boredom, they are scolded. If you watch all the way through (5 minutes), you will see Fabio at the end. He had put his toy car in the wheelchair and pushed it across the yard. He was told to stop, so he's trying to get the wheelchair out of the grass. Fabio is one of the few children who still attempts to play."

 

 

Please take note that children are calling for "Mama" and one little guys is tied to the railing. If you can not adopt there are so many things you can do to help. These children need prayer warriors. They need advocates. They need families. The families that are adopting them need financial donations to help get these babies home. There IS work that you can do. Many of the children on Reece's Rainbow have people that spend countless hours doing fundraisers for their Grants to encourage families to adopt them. They write blogs about these children and share, share, share. They need people to be their voice. If you can't adopt them you can advocate for them!

Please, help be the Hands and Feet of our Savior! 

Here you will find ways YOU can help! 
http://reecesrainbow.org/waystohelp

Here you will find the profile of three newly listed babes that need YOU! 

http://reecesrainbow.org/61182/finn 

Finn

Boy, born August 2010
Achondroplasia with anostosis of long bones and musculoskeletal system malformation

What a handsome boy Finn is!   Such serious eyes.

Gasper

http://reecesrainbow.org/61043/gaspar

Boy, born July 2006
PRC
Spina bifida (post operative) and hydrocephalus (post operative)

Gaspar can stand with support, and is currently being trained to walk. His caregivers believe that there is a good chance for him to walk in the future, maybe just with crutches. He does not have bowel/bladder control, but knows when he goes. He is a sweet boy with a great personality. He is waiting for his forever family to help him be the best that he can be!

Ava and Mia 

reecesrainbow.org/60615/ava-mia

Sisters age 5 and 3
Gorgeous girls!

The older girl has a malformation in her hip. She walks, she runs, but she does have a noticeable limp.
The younger girl has been diagnosed as having ‘small eyes’. Some children with this problem are blind but she can see. She runs and plays and a casual observer would not think that she has a vision problem. But, up close you can see her turning her head to the side and really concentrating when she wants to see something.


Living In His Mercy,

Melissa

Where Would God Have You Go?

My words are cheap. They mean very little. Therefore, I will not waste yours or my time by speaking my words but His...

Peace be with you.

 

Luke 10

  1Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come.2And He was saying to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.3“Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.4“Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way.5“Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’6“If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.7“Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house.8“Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you;9and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’10“But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,11‘Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’12“I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
    13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.14“But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.15“And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!
    16“The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
The Happy Results
    17The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”18And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.19“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.20“Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
    21At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.22“All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”
    23Turning to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see,24for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”
    25And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”26And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?”27And he answered, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”28And He said to him, “You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE.”29But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
The Good Samaritan
    30Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.31“And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.32“Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.33“But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,34and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.35“On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’36“Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?”37And he said, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do the same.”
Martha and Mary
    38Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.39She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.40But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.”41But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;42but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”
 

We Have an Announcement

Today is a special day for us. 

Today we made everything super official. 

We took the big step. 

We....

Bought her first outfits!

Awwwww!

Wait.

Who is *her*?

The Lord has said go, we are going.
Where are we going?

For her.

Who is she?

Number 6.
Yes, you read right. Number 6. We will no longer be a 5 child home.
6 will be our new number.
I like 6.
Of course, I like 12 too.
 >>feel free to insert my cheesy grin here<<

Oh how this makes me long to hold her. To tell her that I'm her Mama. I can see her walking around with the rest of the crew playing in these dresses. They aren't just dresses, they're the first item in this home that is all for *her*. They will be tucked neatly into *her* drawer. Waiting just for *her*.

She is my baby. If the unthinkable happens, I will be crushed as if loosing my baby. Hook, line, and sinker; I am hooked. Her face brings me the same joy I felt when I looked into the face of each of my children for the first time. I can honestly tell you that I did not know if I would be attached to a child we were adopting the same as when I was pregnant or if I would grow to love them in that same way. I wondered. I prayed. I have looked at hundreds of photolistings. I'm sure the majority of international adopters do. My heart melted for many. I cried for some. I love them all. My heart has a place that is long and wide for the orphans of this world.

But when I saw *her*. Oh, when I saw her. There are no words. My stomach felt nervous. My heart felt joyful. I *had* to know more about her. Where is she? 

We were looking for a little *boy* with Down Syndrome.

*She* doesn't have Down Syndrome but a different special need. 

She's in Eastern Europe! Oh no, That would be way to hard! The country requires longer travel.

No. She couldn't be the one He has for us. 

Wait.

God is she the one you would have us bring home? 

Oh.

She was already being pursued by another couple. 

I cried.

How could I feel so attached. How silly I'm being.  Get a grip Melissa, she isn't *your* child. You should be happy that she will be adopted soon.

Let's pursue a different country. The worker at the agency for that country says we're a perfect match and it would be easy travel. 

Ok Lord. You have a babe for us elsewhere.

Application done and pre-approval ready.

Oh.

I have an email. 

The other family can't commit to her, do we want her?

YES LORD! YES, WE WANT HER!

We're coming number six, we're coming.