As many of you know, we were first introduced to our Elijah through a sponsorship program with the Philip Hayden Foundation. At the beginning of this year their monthly newsletter challenged us to recruit “9 in ‘09″, meaning nine new sponsors in 2009. I posted about this earlier this year in March here. So far we have added just one new sponsor to our list of nine (thanks Anna Grace’s family!). I wanted to repost this to encourage you all to pray about this and see if God is leading you to be a part of this amazing organization that is doing so much for China’s special needs orphans. It’s only $35 a month, just a dollar a day, to make a difference in the life of a child. As James 1:27 says, looking after orphans is pure religion. If you are led to do this please let us know; we’d love to rejoice in this opportunity with you.
Here is Elijah with one of his favorite little ones at PHF.

Hi Jocelyn, I always follow your blog, Thanks for sharing the news and pictures about your family, i enjoy seeing them! Is the Anna Grace the one who got adopted at the same time with Elijah? If so, do you have any new pictures of her? The ayis who took care of her would love to see. You can email to me at sara.zhou@chinaorphans.org
Thank you!
Sara