November is National Adoption Awareness Month. It's a time when Sundays are set aside in churches to share God's heart for the fatherless and blog posts are written to create an awareness of the millions of precious children who continue to wait to be chosen. My own family has been so blessed to be able to share our story in two churches this month. It has been an absolute … [Read more...]
let’s bring Lillie home!
Hey, friends. I know that many of you in my adoption community know the Patterson family. They are just an amazing, Jesus-loving large family who have such a heart and a passion for the fatherless. The Pattersons are hoping to travel to China soon to adopt their sweet Lillie--a little darling who has Down syndrome and has waited for so many years to be chosen. They are still very short on … [Read more...]
doing SOMETHING!
One of the things that people ask us all the time is, "We don't feel called to foster or adopt but what CAN we do to help?" I love that question. Not everyone is called to adopt a child. Not everyone is called to foster either. Not everyone is called to leave their home and go to a faraway land to be a missionary. When the book of James says to "care for the widow and the orphan" that must … [Read more...]
one family deep in the trenches
Update 10.24: The total on their fundraising page needs to hit $14K for this family to be fully funded. Just about $6500 to go! THANK YOU for caring so deeply for this little love and her precious family. I shared this post with you all last week. So many of you rushed in to help and I cannot tell you how grateful I am! Emma's Mom shared their story with me and … [Read more...]
one little darling in desperate need
Friends, I'm coming to you all tonight in the hope and prayer that you will join one family in much prayer and financial support as they rush to try and save this little darling.Breaks my heart! The Monteleone family have struggled to raise funds to save this little girl's life. I ache for them and for this little lovie who so desperately needs to come home. Adoption fundraising can be … [Read more...]
blessings, trusting, and settling
Don't you just love it when God surprises His children with gifts you never saw coming? My heart has been so challenged in so many ways lately. Yesterday in church as I poured out my heart to the Lord--so needing encouragement from the only ONE whose opinion really matters to me--a man approached me. We go to a small church and I cannot remember ever seeing this man. He gave me an envelope … [Read more...]
MOTHER’S DAY MISSION!
Today I look around my home and see nine beautiful blessings--my treasure on this earth. My heart overflows on this Mother's Day that God has chosen me to be their Mom. What did I ever do to deserve such riches? My heart also aches today for every birth mother who thinks about the child they gave up, for every couple struggling with infertility, and for every heart that longs for their own … [Read more...]
JOY in raising a wounded child
Thank you to so many of you who have been sharing Ryan, Margit, and Kaleb's desperate need for a family. SO many people have read their story and word is getting out.All we need are THREE!Just three families to say yes!As I have been praying for these three precious angels over the last few days, I realized that many people would read their stories and the agency recommendations of who the … [Read more...]
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