As promised, I’m sharing my book list mentioned in my last post, Bookin’ It In 2012. In addition to reading through the Bible, I’ve chosen 24 books of various genres for this year. I’m determined to read at least these 24 and then I have several more that [...]
Four days before Christmas we got an email from our family coordinator at our agency, AWAA, letting us know we are now on deck! Honestly, this doesn’t change much for us since we’re in the yahoo group for our agency’s Ethiopia families and already knew (from tracking the “unofficial” list kept by all of us [...]
It is high time for me to get back on the blogging wagon! I’ve poured myself a nice big cup of coffee and settled down to write since I’m home today with two sick little girls. There are several reasons why it’s been so long since I’ve posted anything. For one thing, nothing was happening [...]
I’ve seen this video several times and every time it renews my passionate resolve to advocate for the orphan. If every Christian were gripped with this truth – that we are the hands and feet of Christ and that we have a responsibility to the weak, the hungry, the orphaned children of God upon this [...]
We still don’t know a lot about how things are going to play out in Ethiopia, but the things that we do know at this point have been encouraging and positive. First of all, our agency gave this bit of info a couple of weeks ago (I know. I need to update more frequently.): America [...]
It’s really ironic that my last post was about our discouragement with our extended wait for a referral. At that time, I was down because our wait was increased by a matter of a few months. Little did I know that what was waiting for us days later was news that our wait could potentially [...]
Today marks five months since our dossier was sent to Ethiopia. I was so thrilled when all the paperwork was complete and we mailed it all off! I immediately began enjoying the ease of this stage. No documents to gather, no one to harass about signing or mailing papers, no visits with a social worker, [...]
“The B-I-B-L-E! Yes, that’s the book for me!” My girls love that song and it really sums things up for me right now. I just reached the halfway point in my Bible in 90 Days Challenge (you can read about the start of this adventure in this previous post) and I’m so happy to say [...]
I don’t have to tell you how much I love Matthew West’s song “One Less.” And when I found this Scripture-filled video I knew I had to share it here! The truth is, I’m wrestling. There is a deep wrestling in my soul regarding PURE RELIGION (James 1:27). We are called to the widows and [...]
I was just looking at our blog and was not very happy with how little I’ve been writing lately. I was even less happy to see that the last two posts have focused on our fundraisers. Although a big reality in our adoption story, it’s not so flattering to have two posts in a row [...]
