Here we go...

Our family has begun a new, exciting adventure! 2 years ago we adopted a darling little girl from Hunan, China. (www.chrisandtammy.ca) We have been praying for a way to stay connected to Alyssa's orphanage and all the children who are still living there. God led us to a wonderful lady who is going to help our family share love in a small chinese orphanage.

Why the name "Two Homes, One Heart"? There are a couple of reasons we chose this name. In Alyssa's case, she has had two homes (here in Canada and in China) but she is one heart. For our family, we want to share love from our home to the home of many children still living in China. "Heart" represents love and love is the same, whether here or in China so that's also where the "Two Homes, One Heart" stems from.

Our family is committed to raising funds for Alyssa's orphanage so we can provide them with much needed items. This could be anything from clothing, blankets, heaters, air conditioning units, washers & dryers, food, special formual & bottles, toys, etc...

JANUARY'S PROJECT: We are raising $315 for snowsuits for all the children in this particular orphanage.

REACHING THE GOAL: Our son, Caleb, is turning 10 today!! He has asked all his aunts, uncles and grandparents to donate money for our January Project rather than buy him birthday presents. Our family is also doing a bottle drive in our community. Friends have been gracious in donating funds to this month's project as well.

WHAT NEXT: We will send our donation of $315 to our lady in China and she will take it to Alyssa's orphanage and will purchase the snowsuits for the children. We will then receive photos of what was bought and receipts from the store and the orphanage. We'll post photos when we get them!!

Stay tuned to find out what our next project will be! We'll post more photos and writings of our fundraising adventures as we do them.

Another thing I wanted to do on this blog is provide ways to LIVE CHEAPLY! My husband and I have very different ideas on how we should spend our money - especially now that we have decided to take on this "mission". I will add ways for families to save money and perhaps use that extra money to help people in your community or around the world.