Last week Friday was a busy day. It was my daughter’s eleventh birthday. She was having 8 girls overnight for a slumber party. With the 8 guests and her “almost twin” sister, that meant ten 5th grade girls. The party was going to be in the basement. It’s perfect for a slumber party. Wide open spaces, a mini kitchenette, TV with Wii and Netflix, and an air hockey table. However, the boys’ bedroom is open...
On Tuesdays, we take time to focus on some of our families that have received grants from Katelyn's Fund. May you be blessed by their stories….. Last weekend, like every weekend, I was doing laundry and finally remembered to empty the lint tray – something I often forget to do. What I found inside brought tears to my eyes – pink lint. Seems like nothing out of the ordinary for a family with a 9 month old little...
On Tuesdays, we take time to focus on some of our families that have received grants from Katelyn's Fund. May you be blessed by their stories….. We are blessed to be able to share with others what God is doing through adoption in our lives. Our journey to adopt began when God broke our hearts for children without families. We have four birth children and we are currently in the final stages of bringing our two sons...
"We adopt not because we are rescuers, but because we have been rescued". David Platt Read more of his great article – The Gospel and Adoption ...
Here it is the eve of Thanksgiving, and I've been complaining all day! One of my precious friends knows how I feel…because I've been so honest with her today. (I love you, sister!!!) I'm not at all proud of how I'm feeling. In fact, I've been saying to myself, "I SO need to change my mind about how I feel today." Like that's gonna happen! I'm so human…and my mind isn't the problem. It's my heart! For...
On Tuesdays, we take time to focus on some of our families that have received grants from Katelyn's Fund. May you be blessed by their stories….. Last December, we were matched with Bereket and Bikiltu. We thought we would get a court date by April but did not. We learned, along the way, that there is a problem with their paperwork. It is essentially a discrepancy as to whether their father is alive or not. They are...
On Tuesdays, we take time to focus on some of our families that have received grants from Katelyn's Fund. May you be blessed by their stories….. In February, we felt led to move forward with the adoption process and couldn’t wait to get started! We had been talking about and praying about adoption for a few years. After much prayer, our pastor’s preaching, Katelyn’s Fund speakers, and some key nudges from God, we stepped out in faith knowing that...
I am an avid book lover and reader – that is a "Bibliophile" for you that like big words!!! 🙂 So I read a lot – and I enjoy many different types of books. BUT this one hooked me and has given me food to mull around in my mind for days – even after I have finished. It is the story of Katie Davis and her choice to move to Uganda after high school – leave her family, her...
These paragraphs really hit the nail on the head. From my own personal experience and talking with other adoptive families, I know the church can really make a difference the first few weeks home with a new child. Exerpt from the book, Orphanology byTony Merida and Rick Morton, pg. 123: Once a family brings a child home, the church has a whole host of opportunities for ministry. One great way that we the church can help is to step in...
The change of seasons brings new colors, but the cool temperatures also bring the end of life to many once beautiful plants. They will soon wither and turn brown. But a miraculous thing happens to some plants. In dying, they produce seed, and next spring there will be new life, multiplied!
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