GCOA's February event was a great success with families from across the region joining together to celebrate Valentine's Day by showing our shared love for orphans at our "We Heart Orphans" Family Day at Padaro Beach Grill in Carpinteria. We made fun crafty picture frames with Mod Podge to remind us all to pray for orphans and had fun playing in the sand, getting to know each other and eating way too many french fries. The event brought together forever families with children adopted both dometically and internationally, as well pre-adoptive families, and individuals who came out to support the cause of orphan advocacy in our community. We hope everyone enjoyed this first year of the year - a social one that allowed us all to get better acquainted. We also hope you were as encouraged as we were by how many people in our region truly care about orphans. One of the highlights of the day was meeting a woman - who just happened to be at the restaurant for lunch - who had been praying about adoption for two years. When she inquired about who we were, we were able to invite her to join our group and share a variety of resources with her. As it turned out, several of the families who were there for our event go to her church and are involved with an orphan outreach group there. She was able to immediately get connected and told me that meeting us that day really affirmed the calling she was feeling from God. If the entire event happened just for her, it was worth it. Thanks to all who came out to join us on such a gorgeous sunny day in Carp. We look forward to more opportunities to build our orphan advocacy community in 2010! Check out our Facebook group for more fun pictures!
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