Saturday, September 5, 2015
Thankful for YOU: Audio Adrenaline - Kings & Queens
Today I am overcome with gratitude for people all over the world who are a part of orphan care. I have heard many times this past summer of people joining trips to go all over the planet to serve people and bring the love of Jesus. There were/are many people who went/are going to Haiti as well.
I am so grateful for these people who are giving of their time, vacations, comfort, and money to serve the people of Haiti. I was thinking about how each person going may not think that they are doing much, but it means the world to Paul and I. YOU who are going, thank you!! YOU may be holding and loving and playing with our child/children. YOU may be painting their orphanage, giving them lovely colors to see. YOU may be feeding them, and serving them. YOU may be giving medical care to our children/child or loving and helping and caring for their birth mother. You may be helping to set up programs that help families in poverty stay together. These thoughts overtake me and my imagination can keep going with all the ways YOU make an impact.
I am so very thankful for YOU who support children financially around the world so that children can attend school and get an education. Support also helps families stay together, lessoning the financial load of a family and allowing their children the ability to learn and get free meals each day.
**THANK YOU for loving well!!**
Matthew 25:40 NIV
"The King will reply, "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
**If you are interested in helping in Haiti specifically check out the Hands and Feet Project and see all the amazing things they are doing to impact and serve Haiti. Such amazing things happening!!**
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Moving Things Along
Wow, did August come and go just like that? We didn't even get a blog post written, but it was a good month of plowing through paperwork and moving closer to the goal of getting our Dossier compiled and off to Haiti. This past weekend we were able to check off the final items on our task list in order to get a homestudy visit scheduled. Hopefully later this week or next we'll hear from a social worker and get our home visit scheduled to happen here in September! While we are waiting for that, we'll try knock off a few other tasks and documents we need to collect for our placing agency in order that once the home study is completed and the report is written we'll be able to certify everything in our dossier and hopefully get it mailed off to Haiti in October!
Thanks for your continued prayer and all the kind words of encouragement; as well as asking how the process is going. Sometimes that's a hard question to answer as things are slow, and honestly not exactly exciting… but we know they are necessary and they are helping us toward the day when we'll bring that precious child(ren) home! God has blessed us immensely with loving family and friends, and by providing just what we've needed in order to pay for each fee as its been due while we've moved along in this process step by step.
Thanks for your continued prayer and all the kind words of encouragement; as well as asking how the process is going. Sometimes that's a hard question to answer as things are slow, and honestly not exactly exciting… but we know they are necessary and they are helping us toward the day when we'll bring that precious child(ren) home! God has blessed us immensely with loving family and friends, and by providing just what we've needed in order to pay for each fee as its been due while we've moved along in this process step by step.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
He Owns it All
Paul wrote about being overwhelmed by so many things, today I am overwhelmed by God's provision.
To step out in faith and know that this is the path you are to be following with God and your family is scary. There are times when I can think, "did I hear you right God?"And yet, HE brings me peace as we take each step forward. One of the steps forward is financially. There have been some neat ways God has already shown up and provided EXACTLY what we needed at the right time, by moving in the hearts of different people. It has never been too much, but just the right amount at the right time.
Our little garage sale we hosted to help towards the adoption went well, as did Zoë's little lemonade stand. It was such a blessing to see Zoë follow through with her idea of making a lemonade stand and then to have it succeed. She was so excited!
All this to say, that there are times when worry and anxiety can sneak in when it comes to financial situations. And yet:
Psalm 50:10 "for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills."
I can remember that HE does indeed own it all. We will still have to sacrifice, but God can and will show up in this process in some cool ways. Not to make much of us, but to bring glory to HIS name.
To step out in faith and know that this is the path you are to be following with God and your family is scary. There are times when I can think, "did I hear you right God?"And yet, HE brings me peace as we take each step forward. One of the steps forward is financially. There have been some neat ways God has already shown up and provided EXACTLY what we needed at the right time, by moving in the hearts of different people. It has never been too much, but just the right amount at the right time.
Our little garage sale we hosted to help towards the adoption went well, as did Zoë's little lemonade stand. It was such a blessing to see Zoë follow through with her idea of making a lemonade stand and then to have it succeed. She was so excited!
All this to say, that there are times when worry and anxiety can sneak in when it comes to financial situations. And yet:
Psalm 50:10 "for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills."
I can remember that HE does indeed own it all. We will still have to sacrifice, but God can and will show up in this process in some cool ways. Not to make much of us, but to bring glory to HIS name.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Overwhelming
Overwhelming; that might be the most accurate word to depict how this first couple weeks of the adoption Journey has been.
Overwhelming … in the amount of support and encouragement we've received from family and friends as we've begun to share about our journey and invite others to join us on it.
Overwhelming … to realized the amount of faith it takes to release our financial security and comfort (goodbye saving account) in order to follow God's leading and truly trust that He is our provider * Jehovah Jireh *.
Overwhelming … how much paperwork we must compile and things that are required as a part of our home study. In the words of our adoption agency, "happy paper chasing"!
Overwhelming … excitement as we think about who the Lord going to welcome into our family and who we get to love as our very own; just as God loves us!
This journey of adopting, even in its embryonic stage, has begun to show us the overwhelming love of Christ in a greater way and the overwhelming purpose His mission has for our life. For maybe one of the first times in our life we can say we are overwhelmed and loving it!
Overwhelming … in the amount of support and encouragement we've received from family and friends as we've begun to share about our journey and invite others to join us on it.
Overwhelming … to realized the amount of faith it takes to release our financial security and comfort (goodbye saving account) in order to follow God's leading and truly trust that He is our provider * Jehovah Jireh *.
Overwhelming … how much paperwork we must compile and things that are required as a part of our home study. In the words of our adoption agency, "happy paper chasing"!
Overwhelming … excitement as we think about who the Lord going to welcome into our family and who we get to love as our very own; just as God loves us!
This journey of adopting, even in its embryonic stage, has begun to show us the overwhelming love of Christ in a greater way and the overwhelming purpose His mission has for our life. For maybe one of the first times in our life we can say we are overwhelmed and loving it!
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