How Both Hands Works

The Both Hands concept is unique, and yet very simple.  An adopting family (in this case, us) is paired with a local widow in need of home repairs.  The adopting family recruits a group of friends, called “the team.”  The team will spend a day with the adopting family serving the local widow by doing the home repairs that she is in need of.  The team will also send out sponsorship letters asking their friends, family, and neighbors to sponsor them for the day as they work on the widow’s home.  It is a similar concept to sending out letters asking someone to sponsor you as you run a marathon to raise money for leukemia.  Only, in this case the team will be serving a widow and all of the funds received from the fundraising letters go directly toward covering the cost of the family’s adoption.  The adopting family also sends out letters to all of their family, neighbors, and friends asking for sponsors.  This is an amazingly ingenious concept in which the Christian community is able to serve both the widow and the orphan simultaneously.  We are so blessed to be working with this wonderful organization!

March Adoption Update

We currently have twelve of our eighteen documents certified by the Chinese Embassy and ready for the dossier.  (The dossier is the collection of documents needed by the Chinese government in order to adopt).  The final six documents are currently in Washington D.C. receiving the certification from the Secretary of State.  And then they go to the Chinese Embassy.  After they receive their certification there, we will be able to send our completed dossier to China.  When this happens we will be able to be matched with a child!  Please pray for us as we finish up the document gathering and certifying portion of the process. 

Both Hands Fundraiser

Meet Ms. Mary Alice.

Mary Alice is a local widow whom we will be serving with a group of friends on Saturday April 14.  We will be doing a lot of scraping, painting, wood replacing, electric work, general property clean up, and more.  We are looking forward to getting to know Mary Alice better and serving her in this very practical and hands on way.  Thanks to all of you who are supporting and sponsoring us in this project. 

To sponsor us, please follow the directions at our Both Hands project website: www.bothhandsfoundation.org/brent-and-andrea-roberts.aspx.