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, [...]
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 in Old Navy on Black Friday morning this year. I didn’t really need to do much shopping on that dreadful day, but David needed some jeans and they were on a great sale. As I was getting in line to check out, I was so tempted to take a little peek at the [...]
A couple of months ago I began a new line of items to sell as we continue to raise funds to bring our sweet baby home. I saw a similar item somewhere in internet-land and got creative with making fabric cutouts of the continent of Africa and using high-quality iron-on material to put them on [...]
It was one year ago today that I lost one of the most important people in my life, my Paw Paw June. He passed away at 11:00 on Sunday morning. That was special to us because he was a man who never wanted to miss church and it meant a great deal to know that [...]
