Two Days Left to Give [Make a tax deductible donation before 2012 is officially over!]

This is a glimpse into Gift's story.
Her Mom died when she was a baby. Her family was unable to care for her. She spent the first few years of her life in an orphanage.
Although she is now back at home with her Jjajja (Grandmother), she lost some critical years at home.
We need you to understand that this could have been prevented. That Gift never had to be placed in an orphanage. She could have stayed in her family. Her family just lacked the resources to make this possible.
We share with you Gift's story because we need it to be real to you.
This is not another batch of statistics or a well-written research article on children living in institutional care in Africa.
It is a story of a little girl who should have never been separated from her family.
This family is one of the many reasons we are launching Abide Family Center.
Why we have come to believe so strongly in the strength and resiliency of the African family.
Why we are asking you to consider making an end of the year donation to help us in the construction of our new property in Bugembe, Jinja, Uganda.
The property that will welcome with open arms and serve families like Gift's.
Because we believe children belong in families, not in orphanages.

We have two days left in the month of December and we are only 4 RAK's away from our goal. This means we need just under $2,000 donated in the next 2 days to reach our goal. We invite you to make an end of the year donation to Abide to support the construction underway on our property in Uganda. If you have been abundantly blessed this year and have some extra money to give. You can donate online here: DONATE TO ABIDE [We use PayPal for donations, which is a secure server]

Abide Family Center is a project of The Antioch Group, a 501c3/nonprofit.  This means your donation is tax deductible.  Make your donation and make sure to claim it on your 2012 taxes before the year is over.

We hope you all had an excellent Christmas and we wish you a very safe and blessed new year. We are so excited to see all that God has in store for Abide in 2013. The most exciting year for us yet!

With love,
Kelsey & Megan
(and the rest of the Abide team)

Christmas Giving

Is your Christmas shopping list left with that one person who seems to have everything? Still stumped on what to give them?

How about making a donation to Abide Family Center in their honor?

Donate on our website and in the comments mention that you are donating in someone's honor and which card you would like. We will then send you one of the cards below that you can give to the person on Christmas morning!

Here in the link to donate via paypal (all donations are tax deductible) 

http://www.abidefamilycenter.org/donate0.aspx 

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All donation will be included in our Countdown to Kindness! Keep following on Facebook or the blog

Check out where your donations are going for the Countdown to Kindness

This is where your donations are going. Our new home in Uganda. Complete with a (NEW) wall and gate around the property thanks to your generous donations. Next phase: construction on the actual structure already standing and the building of a brand new structure that will serve as emergency housing for families at Abide !! We can't say thank you enough! God is good.





This is the actual building where Abide's services will be run out of, it's what the photo of the wall above is enclosing. As you can see, the last three units at the far end are not complete. The money from the the Countdown to Kindness is going toward the completion of these units & the building of transitional housing for families without anywhere to stay.