Adoption Promoted in Bangor, ME Christmas Parade

From Mike & Tonya Davis, AWAA Associates in the State of Maine:

“I first told my husband, Mike, that we needed to bring our girls to see the Christmas parade this year.  As soon as I said that, I thought….we need to be IN the parade and help spread the word about the need of these precious children.   Within a couple of hours I had people donating items and wanting to participate; so off we went with the idea!

I was thinking and praying of a theme, and as I was listening to my Steven Curtis Chapman Christmas CD, I heard the song “All I Really Want for Christmas”.  I thought….PERFECT!
 
I contacted a friend who has also adopted and who makes banners.  I told him what I wanted our banner to say and told him I would love to have a couple of pictures of children and to make the writing look like a child's writing.  Well, he worked his magic and they came out better than what I hoped! 

 

I emailed our adoption group, then contacted the local radio station looking for adoptive families to walk with us and get involved in any way.  I had two ladies step up.  They really helped me a lot with decorating and purchasing some of the materials we needed.  I think we had somewhere around 20 children, most adopted, and about 17 adults.  We passed out 400 AWAA info flyers along with 200 flyers inviting people to attend our monthly adoption group!

 
We just prayed the Lord would guide us as we passed these flyers out and prayed they would land in the right hands.  My desire is for AWAA and the desire for adoption to have more of a presence in Maine!  We need A LOT more families to step out in faith to bring these children home, as well as to help others bring them home!
 
It was a FUN night with lots of giggles, Christmas cookies and candy canes!  We plan to do this again next Christmas, and also the fourth of July parade!”