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...]
Things are moving along beautifully with our embryo adoption. God has truly gone before us and is moving every single obstacle that we have faced over the last few weeks. We stand amazed at His goodness to our family. I had a phone consultation with my new doctor last week. I cannot even tell you how blessed I was! She was so amazing and I could tell instantly that God had led us to someone who … [Read more...]
After a few years of wanting to try WordPress, I finally took the plunge. It's way more technical (which I am NOT), but a lot more interesting. I'm excited to learn something new. Thank you, amazing and very talented Liz, for your patience and hard work in designing my new blog and transferring many years of content over. I am so, so grateful. I still need to update the photos on the sidebar … [Read more...]
Julie posted a video of Emma today. I cried. She reminds me so much of my Hasya when we got her out of the orphanage last year. After two and a half years of fighting with everything they had for this little girl, Emma is finally in their arms. So tiny. So very fragile and malnourished. But Emma has HOPE! She has a family who have literally gone to the ends of the earth to rescue her. I … [Read more...]
Good morning, friends. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Ours was good. Anthony and I continue to press in to the things of God and trust Him for unanswered prayers. And even when God is silent, He is so near. So present. So faithful in the silence. We're finding rest and peace in simply knowing that His promises are true--yesterday, today, and forevermore. Abiding. I wanted to … [Read more...]
Continue to store my treasure in heaven."Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being." ~~ Matthew 6:19-21 … [Read more...]
Thank you for believing with us for the lives of these four embryos. It means the absolute world to us! Now unto Him who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly MORE. … [Read more...]
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...]