Thank you so much to everyone who donated for the shoes for the kids in Ethiopia! We were able to raise $360 for 12 pairs of shoes being sponsored! Although we didn't meet our goal, I pray they are somehow able to utilize the amount raised to possibly get more than just the 12 shoes purchased.
I have been asked by several if Rebecca will be posting photos of the kids with their new shoes or anything like that. She is currently unable to post photos while in Ethiopia, but when she comes back to the US she will post photos and a story on her blog about the shoes. I will share when she does for those of you who donated to see the impact you made!
If anyone was unable to donate for the shoes, but would like to further down the road... please go to Rebecca's blog and click the Donate button. You can put Shoes in the purpose section and she will know what its for.
(rebeccacrazylove.blogspot.com)
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Please help!
Daniel has a friend who is a missionary in Ethiopia! I recently read a blog post of hers where she talked of children chasing her van begging for food and shoes. As I read this I just began to cry! Something as simple as shoes would mean the world to these kids! And as I read this God told me to get these children shoes. I asked Rebecca how many shoes she needed, she said she has 20 children needing shoes! My goal is to get these shoes to them! She priced shoes, and said they would be about $30 each.
I know this is a BIG ask with us fundraising for our adoption already and i hate asking but feel that God wants us to do more for those in Ethiopia than just adopting a child. But would anyone be willing to partner with us, and sponsor one child at $30 to get them shoes?? Or be willing to donate what you can?? Please let me know if you would like to do this! Help us get these children some shoes, and hope! Here is her blog if you would like to read about her ministry (rebeccacrazylove.blogspot.com)
Contact me if you would like to help!
I know this is a BIG ask with us fundraising for our adoption already and i hate asking but feel that God wants us to do more for those in Ethiopia than just adopting a child. But would anyone be willing to partner with us, and sponsor one child at $30 to get them shoes?? Or be willing to donate what you can?? Please let me know if you would like to do this! Help us get these children some shoes, and hope! Here is her blog if you would like to read about her ministry (rebeccacrazylove.blogspot.com)
Contact me if you would like to help!
Thursday, August 16, 2012
This is my story, this is my song....
Last night in our womens group at church, we talked about being a "Hill Seeker"- meaning don't run from the hard times, push through them. A friend of mine who leads the study shared her testimony and shared all of her "hills" that she has gone climbed and came back down. But one thing that stuck out to me is she kept referencing that she didn't think she could make it through those times, but she did!
I had a rough Senior year in High school, and for a few years that year stuck with me. It was some hard "hills" to climb... and one of them in particular I didn't think I would make it through. My grandpa had brain cancer, and passed away within about 6 months of being diagnosed. He was a HUGE part of my world, and I didn't think I could do life without him. It was hard facing a lot of the big parts of life without him, high school graduation, college, marriage! I didn't think I was going to make it for a long time. It hurt too much. I didn't want to face the world without him. I needed him! And like I mentioned before from the study that she was saying, I didn't think I would make it either. And honestly, I wasn't "making it" for awhile... I tried to find other ways of coping with the hurt, turned to things that did more harm than good just to numb it or distract myself for just a little while to forget the pain of him being gone. See, the problem was.... I wasn't giving any of this to God... I was trying to "fix" it myself. I was angry with God that I had gone through so much in my life in such a short period. It wasn't "fair" for my life to have so much hurt... So I wouldn't share my hurts with him, I didn't tell him my heart and how it ached. Until one day - I realized my way wasn't working, and God told me to give it to him!!! He would heal my hearts aches, that as much as I hurt - he hurt more for me- seeing me hurt! Like my on-going theme lately, HE IS WITH YOU!! Think of someone your with all the time, for me its my husband... after being around someone for so long... you feel what they feel, you hurt when they hurt, you know how they feel when they don't say anything. It's the same way with God, he is ALWAYS with us. Thus he always feels our hurts, disappointments, frustrations, and he hurts with us.
Last night as she shared, and as other women shared their hills... I looked back at my few hills that I have climbed in my life. And I truly have no clue how I got through it. I didn't think I could. But guess what... I did... and God was WITH ME! Through all of it!
What's amazing, is my heart is healing... do I think its totally healed? No... I think that is a constant progress - but I know God is helping me to heal. I've moved to cherishing the memories I had with him, and cherishing who he was... instead of being angry about the things I didnt have with him, and angry that he isnt here. Its there that you find healing, when your willing to let go of those things that haunt you - the anger, bitterness, all of it and find things that you are thankful for instead of turning to those emotions. I found the truth in that when I read this quote from Ann Voskamp's blog the other day:
"When we don’t think there’s much to give thanks for, we don’t think there’s much to live for — because giving thanks to God is the purpose of our lives."
Have you had some ridiculously huge hills recently, and your not thinking you can make it? Keep pushing! Don't give up, because remember after the top - its all downhill from there! And remember your not alone on that hill, he is ALWAYS with you!
I had a rough Senior year in High school, and for a few years that year stuck with me. It was some hard "hills" to climb... and one of them in particular I didn't think I would make it through. My grandpa had brain cancer, and passed away within about 6 months of being diagnosed. He was a HUGE part of my world, and I didn't think I could do life without him. It was hard facing a lot of the big parts of life without him, high school graduation, college, marriage! I didn't think I was going to make it for a long time. It hurt too much. I didn't want to face the world without him. I needed him! And like I mentioned before from the study that she was saying, I didn't think I would make it either. And honestly, I wasn't "making it" for awhile... I tried to find other ways of coping with the hurt, turned to things that did more harm than good just to numb it or distract myself for just a little while to forget the pain of him being gone. See, the problem was.... I wasn't giving any of this to God... I was trying to "fix" it myself. I was angry with God that I had gone through so much in my life in such a short period. It wasn't "fair" for my life to have so much hurt... So I wouldn't share my hurts with him, I didn't tell him my heart and how it ached. Until one day - I realized my way wasn't working, and God told me to give it to him!!! He would heal my hearts aches, that as much as I hurt - he hurt more for me- seeing me hurt! Like my on-going theme lately, HE IS WITH YOU!! Think of someone your with all the time, for me its my husband... after being around someone for so long... you feel what they feel, you hurt when they hurt, you know how they feel when they don't say anything. It's the same way with God, he is ALWAYS with us. Thus he always feels our hurts, disappointments, frustrations, and he hurts with us.
Last night as she shared, and as other women shared their hills... I looked back at my few hills that I have climbed in my life. And I truly have no clue how I got through it. I didn't think I could. But guess what... I did... and God was WITH ME! Through all of it!
What's amazing, is my heart is healing... do I think its totally healed? No... I think that is a constant progress - but I know God is helping me to heal. I've moved to cherishing the memories I had with him, and cherishing who he was... instead of being angry about the things I didnt have with him, and angry that he isnt here. Its there that you find healing, when your willing to let go of those things that haunt you - the anger, bitterness, all of it and find things that you are thankful for instead of turning to those emotions. I found the truth in that when I read this quote from Ann Voskamp's blog the other day:
"When we don’t think there’s much to give thanks for, we don’t think there’s much to live for — because giving thanks to God is the purpose of our lives."
Have you had some ridiculously huge hills recently, and your not thinking you can make it? Keep pushing! Don't give up, because remember after the top - its all downhill from there! And remember your not alone on that hill, he is ALWAYS with you!
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
God you are so good...
I just wanted to share something with you. If you are ever doubting God's presence in a situation... just step back, and ask him to invade that entire situation, sit back and watch him work!
He is faithful, and he will always be with you! This has been an on-going theme with me lately I know. But I guess he just wants me to know he IS WITH ME! In every situation! And I want you to know, that just as much as he is with me, he is ALSO WITH YOU! Don't ever doubt it.
He always works things out for the good of those who love him!
I will never understand why it is so easy for Satan to convince you that you are alone, when you have TONS of people surrounding you. But sometimes adoption is a lonely road, and Satan finds things to make you feel that loneliness. Maybe its because a part of you feels lonely, without your family that you are picturing and waiting for. I'm not sure, but for some reason - its lonely! Maybe because there isn't many who have been there to relate to. But something I figured out, as lonely as I felt. I never had truly given that to God. I never told him, this is how I feel and I need your help! (I know sounds silly, but being lonely didn't seem important at the time compared to our adoption needs) But one day God spoke to me and just said, I' m here... trust me to work this out for you! So I let him have it! I told him how alone I felt, told him how much I needed him to send people who would encourage me, and how much I needed someone to just be there. And guess what.... He Did! He has strategically placed people in my life that could lift me up, and encourage me. That somehow always have just the right words that I need to hear. And I am so thankful for that! So whatever it is that you think isn't that important, give it to him! Let him have it! Let him show you HE IS WITH YOU, and HE CARES ABOUT YOU!
He is faithful, and he will always be with you! This has been an on-going theme with me lately I know. But I guess he just wants me to know he IS WITH ME! In every situation! And I want you to know, that just as much as he is with me, he is ALSO WITH YOU! Don't ever doubt it.
He always works things out for the good of those who love him!
I will never understand why it is so easy for Satan to convince you that you are alone, when you have TONS of people surrounding you. But sometimes adoption is a lonely road, and Satan finds things to make you feel that loneliness. Maybe its because a part of you feels lonely, without your family that you are picturing and waiting for. I'm not sure, but for some reason - its lonely! Maybe because there isn't many who have been there to relate to. But something I figured out, as lonely as I felt. I never had truly given that to God. I never told him, this is how I feel and I need your help! (I know sounds silly, but being lonely didn't seem important at the time compared to our adoption needs) But one day God spoke to me and just said, I' m here... trust me to work this out for you! So I let him have it! I told him how alone I felt, told him how much I needed him to send people who would encourage me, and how much I needed someone to just be there. And guess what.... He Did! He has strategically placed people in my life that could lift me up, and encourage me. That somehow always have just the right words that I need to hear. And I am so thankful for that! So whatever it is that you think isn't that important, give it to him! Let him have it! Let him show you HE IS WITH YOU, and HE CARES ABOUT YOU!
Monday, August 6, 2012
One Month Waiting!
Today is our one month of being on the Waiting List. So now we have 17-23 months to wait :) We arent counting or anything.... haha
This past month has FLOWN by! Was thinking how amazing it will be if they keep flying by until we get our little man!
I just wanted to share with you our one month anniversary of waiting, and thought I would post this video to commemorate the occasion! It was on the radio this morning on my way to work, and I burst into tears. God continue to stir my heart for the nations!
Matthew 12:21 In Him the nations will put their hope.
This past month has FLOWN by! Was thinking how amazing it will be if they keep flying by until we get our little man!
I just wanted to share with you our one month anniversary of waiting, and thought I would post this video to commemorate the occasion! It was on the radio this morning on my way to work, and I burst into tears. God continue to stir my heart for the nations!
Matthew 12:21 In Him the nations will put their hope.
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