T-Shirts, Get Your T-Shirts!!!!

We have short sleeve and long sleeve t-shirts available and have discounted the price signifcantly to get them SOLD. 

If you would like to help us, you can go to the LEFT column of this blog and buy a shirt or two OR you may also make a donation by clicking on the DONATE button on the RIGHT column of this blog. 

Right now this is the inventory we have left so it will be first come first serve and I will continually update these numbers at the end of each day as they are selling. 

Short sleeved shirts:  $5.00

Large- 6

XL-8

XXL-14

Long sleeved shirts:  $10.00

Small-1

Large- 3

XL- 10

XXL-18

4 months of updates....

Well, it's been a while so here's what has been going on.

The Orphan Love Mud Run was a HUGE success and in the end we raised over $17,000 total and 7 families were blessed with money to help bring their children home. 

Our next event has been planned out and we are SO very excited about it.  His Little Feet will be returning to Ada, OK and this time with children from India, Ethiopia and Haiti.  We will be having the performances at H2O Church on March 3rd and more information regarding the specifics of that will be announced soon.

We are also planning the next Orphan Love Mud Run for 2013, YES we are!  The date has not been set in stone yet but will likely be at the end of Septemeber like last year (of course scheduling around other mud runs and OU games...you know the important stuff).  Since we planned the last one in 2 months and it was great we figure we can plan this next one way in advance and it will be AMAZING, we have some exciting things to add to it this year so stay tuned...
 

We would love to get more people to "like" our facebook pages so they can too stay updated so if you can help us with that, go "like" our pages (listed below) and tell everyone you know!

 

It's A Child's Life Facebook Page

Orphan Love Mud Run Facebook Page

 

The Mud Run Countdown...

We have 8 more days of Early Bird Registration to sign up for the mud run and get a FREE

t-shirt. 

Remember there is a kids fun run as well as the adult 5K mud run with lots of fun and muddy obstacles to make your way through.

AND... 27 days left until the BIG day!!!  If you want to know all about it, check ouot our website www.itsachildslife.org and make sure you click on the tab that says "Adopting Families" and see who we are running for.  

Below are a few pictures from the location of the course. We are so excited about it as there is a lot of dirt to turn into mud and a lot of fun hills to get in shape with.

 

www.itsachildslife.org

Orphan Love Mud Run 2012

coming soon...

The Orphan Love Mud Run is a 5K obstacle course, wth mud!

All Proceeds go to help adopting families with their expenses to bring their children home!

When: September 29th, 2012

Where: Ada,OK. (exact location TBA soon)

Description: Families who are in the process of adopting and have a completed a home study will qualify to be raise money through Orphan Love Mud Run. 

More information on this will be posted soon but you may contact us through leaving a comment here or on our Facebook page:  http://www.facebook.com/#!/OrphanLoveMudRun

His Little Feet Rocked Ada

We were so blessed to have His Little Feet come to Ada and so many hearts were touched and changed yesterday.  I encourage you to read more about who they are on their website www.hislittlefeet.org 

We are planning on bringing them back every year so if you missed it yesterday, then keep checking back and find out when they will be here again.  They tour all over the US too so if you will be going out of town look on their website where they will be, maybe it will be where you are going.

 

They Will Be HERE Soon!

T-Shirts For Sale

We have t-shirts in and are selling them to raise money for an amazing orphan ministry called His Little Feet that will be coming to Ada in just a couple weeks!  They are bringing orphaned children from Ethiopia and Honduras and will be spending the weekend in Ada and performing in a FREE concert on Sunday, Feb 19th at Dorothy Summers Theater at ECU.  This is something that is going to make a BIG impact on Ada and we are all so excited for this day to come. 

T-shirts come in short and long sleeve and are charcoal gray with light blue and white writing.  You can see the front in the picture to the left and the back has our official website www.itsachildslife.org that will be up and running very soon (hoping by this weekend).   

Short sleeve shirts are $15 and Long sleeve shirts are $20.  We have sizes Small, Med, Large, XL, and XXL.  They are standard t-shirts and they fit true to size whether you are male or female. 

We also have dri-fit type running t-shirts in mens and womens sizes, they look the same but are in black, we only have a few sizes left so if you want one place your order soon!

***If you would like a shirt or would like to make a donation to helping bring His Little Feet to Ada, click on the "donations" or "buy now" button in the left hand corner.  If you are buying a shirt, please type in the instructions box what size you would like.  If you need your shirt shipped, please add $3.00 to help cover shipping costs.***

Thank you and we hope to see you at 6pm on Sun, Feb 19th at Dorothy Summers Theater at ECU

IACL Update

If you are stopping by our site for the first time, WELCOME and thank you for taking a minute to do so!  If you have been here before, thanks for checking back and I apologize there hasn't been an update since March!  We have been working on getting our official website up and running and are almost complete with it as well as with our new logo that we will be using on t-shirts, new brochures, had outs business cards, and the list goes on so check back and soon we will have a lot more to offer and are very excited about it.

Since the last post we have been doing a lot of brainstorming within ourselves and with others on how we can best serve the children and how we can get the word out about the options that exist to help children locally and globally.  I would like to share with you one idea of how YOU can get involved and make a difference in a child's life TODAY.

Be a DHS volunteer and take a child out of the shelter for a few hours, the day, and/or night.  I have done this and can't speak enough about about it!  I filled out the 3 page volunteer application and 1 page background check, submitted it to our local DHS and 2 days later got a phone call that I was approved!  This cost $0 to do, and when I had a day off for my birthday leave at work I took a little 11 year old girl with me to get our hair and nails done, go shopping, out to eat and get snow cones.  I think I was more excited than she was but when she was getting her nails done and looked at me and said "I'm so glad you came and got me today, I've never had my nails done professionally before and have never done so much in one day." I then realized this one day of doing things that many people do often for themselves or their kids was not something usual for this little girl, this was really special to her (and me).  Personally I work full time and don't often get a lot of free time to do things like we did that day but it doesn't have to be that extravagant either.  This past weekend I picked her up, got something to eat and a snow cone (of course) and brought her back to my house to play in the baby pool and slip n slide with our 2 1/2 year old and they both had a blast!  With all that said, if this is something you would like to do too, let us know and you can directly contact me HERE.

Please share this information with your friends and family and as always please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have, that is what we are here for!

Next Meeting: Foster Care

Our next meeting has been scheduled so put it on your calendars and please help us spread the word, invite all your friends,  family, co-workers, neighbors, etc, to come!

Saturday, March 26th 

4:00-6:00 pm

 

At H2O Church in Ada, OK

We will have a few announcements of exciting things going on and the majority of the gathering will be focused on FOSTER CARE.  We have some guest speakers coming that may allow us all to see different perspectives of how the system works and what needs exist that anyone can help out with.

This meeting will be mostly run by Mike and Amanda Williams as they have been involved in foster care first hand and have learned a lot and had their eyes opened to some pretty amazing things. 

If you are going to Seussical that night, it starts at 7:00pm and we are walking distance from McSwain theater!

Haitian Children's Choir Coming to Ada, OK!!!!

What:  Haitian Children's Choir to benefit "His Little Feet" serving orphaned and vulnerable children world wide

Where:  Legacy Church in Ada, OK

When:  Wednesday, March 9th, at 6:30pm

 

The love offering taken at the concert will benefit "His Little Feet" ministry.  This ministry is so in tune with our heart and we wanted to let you all know and invite you to join us! 

They are touring the nation and as God would have it they crossed Paths with Rachel and Scott Miller of Legacy Church.  

We have little time to spread the word...please tell your friends and family and lets show this ministry and these children what God is doing in the heart of Ada!

 Check out their website here:
http://www.hislittlefeet.org/

2nd Meeting Date Set

Attention...we will be having our 2nd meeting in the next few weeks so mark your calendars for...

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

4:00-6:00pm

At H2O Church

We will have some more information about how YOU can get involved  in ways to help a child's life, and there are SO many ways!!!!  

There will also be more video clips, handouts and even a couple small door prizes so tell your friends and family, for every person you get to come will get you another entry to win something, again these are small somethings but still isn't it fun to win?

First Meeting!!!

We are very excited to announce that we will be having our first meeting for It's A Child's Life and hope to see YOU there!  Please bring whomever you would like and help us spread the word.  We promise there is a place for everyone whether you are already interested in adoption, foster care, orphan support OR just want to come and see who we are and what we are about.

JANUARY 8th, 2011

5:00pm

H2O Church in Ada, OK

(Main St & Broadway)

RSVP to joelymelissa@yahoo.com and let me know if you will need childcare and what ages your children are.

Thanks so mcuh for your support, we really are encouraged to help provide a voice for those who don't have one and do everything we can to defend the orphans!

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

Isaiah 1:17

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

James 1:27

What is It's A Child's Life?

It's A Child's Life is a non-profit organization developed amongst a group of friends that have a heart for orphans and feel called to make a difference in childrens' lives through various avenues of orphan care. 

"You may choose to look the other way, but you may never again say that you did not know." ~William Wilberforce

 

WHO?  The founders of this organization are:  Jason & Joely O'Neal, Kent & Cari Denson, Mike & Amanda Williams, and Paul & Ginger Emrich.  Each family feels called to make a change in different ways.  Whether you may have an interest in domestic or international adoption, foster care, sponsorship, mentoring and ministering or just want to know what you can do to help that would suit you best, we are here to help.  

WHAT?  We will be hosting our first meeting/get-together to introduce our group and explain what we are here for, why we have decided to start It's A Child's Life  and answer any questions you may have on anything related to helping and support for orphans or for the families that are being called to take them in.

WHEN?  To Be Determined:  our first meeting will be held in January 2011 but the exact date has not been set yet.

WHERE?  H2O Church on the corner of Main St. and Broadway in Ada, OK 74820

WHY?  This is the most important part...Because it is our job to defend the orphans, to take a stand and give a voice to those who don't have one because if we don't, who will?  We know adoption or foster-care may not be for everyone but we also know there are so many ways that anyone can help support those who are called to do so.  Each and every one of us has our own biological children and we know how blessed we are to have them and how blessed they are to have the loving families they have.  We also know how many children are our there today and don't know what love is, don't know that they will have food, clean water, clothing, shelter or anyone to love them from day to day and it breaks our hearts.  We all are burdened for different things in regards to orphan care but we are all in agreement that we need to step up and make a change and want you to help us in our mission to defend those without a voice......and Why Not?

Here are some more answers to WHY???

 
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.  John 14:18

There are 147 million orphans and about 2 BILLION proclaimed Christians worldwide  today, If only 7% of Christians had their hearts opened up to adoption, there would no longer be orphans!

²⁶ Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. ²⁷ Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:26-27 

 

If every Christian church in the United States supported 1 family from their congregation to adopt a child from the U.S, there would be no more orphans in the U.S.

Some countries, children are sold into slavery, prostitution or left to take care of themselves if they don't get adopted.  The children in these orphanages have been dealt a bad hand by no fault of their own, but they are the ones who pay the price.  

One person cannot change the world by him or herself but it just takes one person to change the life of one child.  Imagine if every adult in this world thought this way and acted upon it?!?

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