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 [...]
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 [...]
Finally, as of today, I am no longer a mail carrier stalker. I will no longer hurry home from my errands just to check the mailbox. I will no longer be thought strange by the neighbors who see me walk to the mailbox several times before 10 am and then run out the door as [...]
Today is David’s birthday. I honestly think I enjoy his birthday much more than my own. I love figuring out ways to make it a special day for him and thinking up ideas for gifts, however large or small they may be. Last year’s gift was certainly not small–a Bullmastiff puppy that has now morphed [...]
Well, it’s definitely Monday. As the girls take naps, I’m working on nitty gritty details for our paperwork, like emailing Secretary of States and trying to figure out which of our documents will have to be redone because the notarial acknowledgments were insufficient (the state of NC has very high standards!). It has given me [...]
I thought it might be nice to write a little bit on the blog about how this website came to be. I know some of it will repeat the info in the “about us” section, but some of it will be new and a little more personal. Almost as soon as we decided we were [...]
