Every child is loved by God and created full of promise and for a purpose. Matthew David “Pookie” Saine was born in November 2009, and placed for adoption with his family soon after birth. He lived every day with enthusiasm, energy, joy and curiousity. He loved camping with his family, playing with his seven siblings and dancing with his hands in the air. “Oh, yeah!” There was nothing sweeter than hearing Pookie’s laugh or snuggling up with him for a nap when he finally crashed.
Following a traffic accident in July 2012, Pookie went to be with the Lord. Although his time on earth was not long, his life continues to be a testimony to God’s goodness and His great love. It is the prayer of Pookie’s family and friends that God will continue to use Pookie’s legacy to bring other children into homes where they are safe, loved and taught about the Lord.
We hope that Pookies’s life will be a picture of the love the Father shows to us as He adopts as His own.
To DONATE BY MAIL, please make out the check to ABBA Fund (do not write the family name on the physical check, which will invalidate the charitable aspect of your gift ... instead either print out this page to send with it or include a separate note to request that we preference your gift toward the family profiled on this page) -- then mail your check and preference request to:
ABBA Fund, PO BOX 868049, Plano, TX 75086-8049
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**AN IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION FROM ABBA FUND ABOUT YOUR DONATION**
Using the online form on this page automatically submits a request to preference your gift to the family profiled on this page as part of ABBA Fund’s Christian Family Adoption Grant Fund. ABBA Fund administers this fund and maintains full control and administration of all donated funds. We also strive to honor our donor’s preference requests in accordance with IRS and Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) guidelines.
The IRS allows donors to state a preference of how their contribution is used and request that the gift support a particular family — and it allows the charitable organization (ABBA Fund) to fully consider that request as long as the donor understands and acknowledges for charitably given tax-deductible gifts that the ultimate authority regarding the disposition of your gift is at the discretion of the charitable organization. By using this online form, or other method described above, you are acknowledging an understanding of those IRS guidelines.