Thank you to all the friends who contributed to this post and who have been interwoven with our adoption story of Hope and Brittan...
Annie Hamlin Speaks about Her Friendship with Stephanie...
"Many of you may know my sweet, amazing friend, Stephanie Carpenter, founder and director of Ting Ministries. I first "met" this amazing family about 10 years ago. The Lord used Steph to plant a seed, one that would grow and change my life forever!
Not only did the Lord pick a sweet, incredibly faithful mentor for me but He picked one whose heart is exactly as mine.
Steph loves to run - check!
Steph loves animals - check!
Steph is involved in dog rescue - check!
Steph is heavily involved in orphan care - check!
Steph has adopted multiple times - check!
The difference is that this amazing family has adopted 7 beautiful, higher needs girls from all over, including Bulgaria and China. They are in process for 2 more high needs girls from China, who were locked away in a room, left to die. Steph fought to get them file ready and have fought against SO many attacks since their process began.
Steph's girls are amazing and beautiful and so very very special but their needs are more than most families are willing to take on. Steph and her wonderful Hubby, Brian, chose to follow the Lord with abandon! Their home and their hearts are so full of love and blessings and tremendous witness. They are the founders of Ting Ministries."
About Ting Ministries (from their website):
"We are the Carpenter family. We have seven (soon to be nine) special daughters adopted from all around the world! Brian and Stephanie Carpenter are founders/directors of Ting Ministries – a 501(c)3 Christian nonprofit orphan ministry. We are passionate about caring for “The Least of These” and being a Voice for the Voiceless.
Our daughters all have some type of special need – some mild and some more severe – but they are all our treasured daughters. Their special needs include: deafness, blindness, post traumatic stress disorder, Cerebral Palsy, spastic quadriplegia, Spina bifida, feeding tubes, epilepsy/seizure disorder, cochlear implant, club feet and other orthopedic issues, failure-to-thrive, global developmental delay, institutionalization etc.
Our first adoption was from Russia and Sasha was never supposed to walk and was headed to a mental institution. She is now 20 years old and a double major at Bucknell University. Sasha is also the Administrative Assistant and Director of Social Media of Ting Ministries and has a heart for the aging out orphans.
Ting Ministries got its name from the Carpenters' daughter Ellianna, whose Taiwanese name is Ya-Ting which means "to listen with your heart." Avigayil “Tin Tin” is adopted from the Philippines and her orphanage and region is where Ting Ministries began ministry work in 2009. Today, Ting Ministries works in the USA, Philippines, Ukraine, China and Bulgaria."
Annie Shares Our Urgent Need:
"I am writing this today to ask for help. Steph, in the middle of their adoption of 2 more high needs kiddos, helped us with our adoption of Will in so many ways, too many to even get into here but now they need help!
This incredibly faithful family needs $4,577 and they need it... like yesterday!!!
The total from their agency for the remainder of the adoptions, including travel and post adoption services, is $35,277
Please take a moment to pray for this family, to share this post and if you feel so led... DONATE!
Not feeling as if you are being called to adoption? Well, this is a wonderful way to help another family who has felt called and has said "YES Lord!"
Just go here to donate - www.paypal.me/tingministries
Hope and Brittain...
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