To China With Love - OPEN for Business

I've been a little quiet on the web for a few weeks, but incredibly BUSY!

I share a LOT about the kids we met at the orphanage.

Words fail me to share about all I've watched God doing in the lives of these children and the families He has called to grow through adoption.  Miracles happening every day!

I often share, especially on Facebook, about the Storyteller Missions team that I will be leading in November to return to the same orphanage.  There are still a few openings for more volunteers...???

AWAA Storyteller Mission Trip November 12-22, 2015

What I don't share much about has been that my family has been hoping, dreaming, and planning to all return with another AWAA Storyteller Missions team in July...

From the moment our plane landed and Miranda and I began sharing our stories about our time with the children and staff at the orphanage, my kids' hearts began to catch the fire of our passionate love for "our China family."  My teenage sons' envisioned shooting hoops on the orphanage playground with the older boys and inspired other team members to collect donated, new soccer balls the team could pack in suitcases to replace the paper and tape balls they saw children playing with in our photos.  Our little girls may not have quite the vision of what they will be able to do for the children and staff at the orphanage, but their lives share the story and testimony of hope for so many of these waiting children.

Dreaming...Advocating...Recruiting...LIVING LIFE have all taken center stage...so I let one thing slide off my mom radar...

How to fund a Wade World Family Mission Trip to China?!?!?

Random comments about "Maybe we should start fundraising soon?" between my husband and I never quite materialized into ACTION.

Now the days, weeks, and months until we are schedule to depart on July 16 are rapidly approaching!

ONLY 88 DAYS!!!!

Uhm...plane tickets, passports, visas...with no fundraising support?

So I proposed a idea to my Facebook friends a few weeks ago...

...a this little idea exploded in a new direction...

...announcing the Grand Opening of...

the TO CHINA WITH LOVE Etsy Store!

To China With Love

Our original inspiration was the artwork project we did with the kids at the orphanage.  

Our family has produced some of our own paintings.

 Then we got really crafty and created some rustic wooden wall art too.

Still feeling lots of creative energy here in Wade World!  Thinking about exploring painting on canvas instead of wood?  Editing some photographs taken over years on our journeys to China to offer as prints.  

Stop by our shop!  Share with your friends!  

I never dreamed or desired a "business."  So this adventure is for the sole purpose of continuing to support our family's mission work with this orphanage in China, for the children we love.