Tonight was our 2nd adoption shower. It was hosted by the church I grew up in. We are grateful for the people in this church. They helped to shape my life. I have so many good memories there. We enjoyed getting to share with them about the adoption. My camera is broken. It quit working last night at Stadium Fest. I do not have any pictures now of this shower. It was so nice. They had a fiesta theme! Bright colors and food. It was so nice. I know there was a lot of hard work that was put into the shower.
At the same time that Brent and I are running around making rooms ready, sorting toys and clothes and getting ready for three new lives in our family, my uncle is fighting for his life. In fact, I don't even know if he will live through the week. He has heart problems. And as far as I know, he is not believer. Yes, he has heard the gospel. More than once I am told. His daughter, Tracy, is a believer. I'm not sure about my aunt.
When was a teenager, he teased me about getting a red convertible when I turned 16 and then again when I graduted high school. For fun, my cousin Jeffrey bought me a red toy convertible at gradution. One of my all-time favorite gifts. I still have it.
My family needs your prayer. I can't imagine what Tracy and my Aunt Sandy are going through and the decisions they have to make tomorrow and in the coming days. My uncle is in desperate need of prayer, maybe the Lord will allow him to live and be coherent and decide to trust Christ. Thank you for praying.
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4.03.2011
3.28.2011
I'm still here. We were gone for a few days. We head to SC to see some friends and then GA to a marriage conference - which was phenomenal! Then we went to MS to visit some more friends. It was a very nice vacation. I still have a few days off so that is terrific!
The marriage conference was put on by FamilyLife.
There were about 500 something people, so it was nice to be in a smaller conference. The longest married couple there had been married for 46 years and there was a couple there who were only married a month ago! I love where Brent and I are in our marriage. I would not want to go back to being a newly married couple, but I can't wait to be married for 46 years!
I may blog more about the topics at the conference a bit later.
There has been a little movement in the adoption area! YES!! We got our approvals from Immigration in the mail today! We got these back so fast! Amazing! Our agency said Peru will approve those approvals and then on to the next step!
Well I'm tired from travelling. Just wanted to check in!
The marriage conference was put on by FamilyLife.
There were about 500 something people, so it was nice to be in a smaller conference. The longest married couple there had been married for 46 years and there was a couple there who were only married a month ago! I love where Brent and I are in our marriage. I would not want to go back to being a newly married couple, but I can't wait to be married for 46 years!
I may blog more about the topics at the conference a bit later.
There has been a little movement in the adoption area! YES!! We got our approvals from Immigration in the mail today! We got these back so fast! Amazing! Our agency said Peru will approve those approvals and then on to the next step!
Well I'm tired from travelling. Just wanted to check in!
3.22.2011
April Showers....
Well it's close enough to April anyway. We have 3 adoption showers to celebrate! Our family did one for us this past Sunday and we have 2 more in April to look forward too!
It's so exciting to see everyone come together and give towards the lives of these kids! One of my favorite surprizes was gift in the mail from Angela! A box from Amazon full of Max Lucado children's books! I love these books and I can't wait to read them to the kids! My mom and I also went to consignment sales this weekend. Confession: it was bit overwhelming. I wasn't completely sure what to get, but picked up a 2 games, a puzzle, some legos, and some more books! Brent and I are going to a marriage retreat soon and we will get to go to IKEA! Maybe we will find some goodies for their rooms!
We have a lot go get ready around the house so we have got to get moving!
We are still waiting to hear back from Immigration. They said it could take up to 5 weeks. I think this starts week 2 of waiting. So we are okay.
Here are the only pictures from the shower. I wanted to take more, but with all the people to see and talk to, I forgot.
It's so exciting to see everyone come together and give towards the lives of these kids! One of my favorite surprizes was gift in the mail from Angela! A box from Amazon full of Max Lucado children's books! I love these books and I can't wait to read them to the kids! My mom and I also went to consignment sales this weekend. Confession: it was bit overwhelming. I wasn't completely sure what to get, but picked up a 2 games, a puzzle, some legos, and some more books! Brent and I are going to a marriage retreat soon and we will get to go to IKEA! Maybe we will find some goodies for their rooms!
We have a lot go get ready around the house so we have got to get moving!
We are still waiting to hear back from Immigration. They said it could take up to 5 weeks. I think this starts week 2 of waiting. So we are okay.
Here are the only pictures from the shower. I wanted to take more, but with all the people to see and talk to, I forgot.
Ethiopia
Well I got a text message today from Sharon! Ethiopia has everything in order - at least getting everything in order in the area of their adoptions. It looks like Sharon and Tim will be able to proceed as normal!! Thank you for your prayers!
3.18.2011
Pray for our friends
Our friends are adopting from Ethiopia. They need your prayers right now. Ethiopia needs your prayer. Tim explains their situation well on his blog. Please pray for them, so their dreams can come true too! Thanks!
3.16.2011
3.06.2011
Sitting still is not an option.
It's 10:30 at night and I can't sit still. I haven't been able to sit still for 2 days now. Friday night there was a women's conference at church and I finally had to leave for a second and ask God to help me calm down enough to listen. On Saturday, work was good, but the 4 hours lasted forever. Then I locked my keys in my car! ha! So I just paced around in front of the bookstore waiting for the locksmith. My mom and I went to Huntsville and then her car started smoking! Not a good car day! It also rained all day, but I love the rain. So I didn't mind at all.
But I can't seem to stay in one location very long. I gotta keep moving.
Why? Because we have the MOST BEAUTIFUL pictures!! They keep coming! I wish you could see them! Big brown eyes, adorable smiles from all three kids! Every picture is filled with laughter and smiles!
WE CANNOT WAIT TO MEET THEM! We wish we could have left yesterday!
Brent and I went through our pictures on our facebook last night trying to look at them through the eyes of people who haven't ever met us, WOW! The picture of us HILARIOUS! We laughed till water was pouring out of our eyes!
Brent is always making a funny face or being silly. I love him. :)
I feel like I have been attached at the hip to the computer looking at pictures over and over, waiting to see if there are new ones. I guess I think if I look at the pictures enough, we will magically be beamed over to Peru! haha!!
Sitting still will not be an option for awhile. Ecclesiastes 3 says "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." Well this is definitely a time to LAUGH and a time to DANCE!!
"Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Psalm 126:2
"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy." Job 8:21
"Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness" Psalm 115:1
"..so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it." Isaiah 41:20
Thank you for rejoicing with us! Keep dancing!
But I can't seem to stay in one location very long. I gotta keep moving.
Why? Because we have the MOST BEAUTIFUL pictures!! They keep coming! I wish you could see them! Big brown eyes, adorable smiles from all three kids! Every picture is filled with laughter and smiles!
WE CANNOT WAIT TO MEET THEM! We wish we could have left yesterday!
Brent and I went through our pictures on our facebook last night trying to look at them through the eyes of people who haven't ever met us, WOW! The picture of us HILARIOUS! We laughed till water was pouring out of our eyes!
Brent is always making a funny face or being silly. I love him. :)
I feel like I have been attached at the hip to the computer looking at pictures over and over, waiting to see if there are new ones. I guess I think if I look at the pictures enough, we will magically be beamed over to Peru! haha!!
Sitting still will not be an option for awhile. Ecclesiastes 3 says "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." Well this is definitely a time to LAUGH and a time to DANCE!!
"Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
Psalm 126:2
"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy." Job 8:21
"Not to us, LORD, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness" Psalm 115:1
"..so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it." Isaiah 41:20
Thank you for rejoicing with us! Keep dancing!
Happy Birthday
Michael, my brother, and I celebrated our birthday's in February! I know these pictures are a bit late, but better late than never I guess!
Michael's birthday is one day and mine is the next day. I love sharing birthdays with him.
Happy Birthday to us!
Michael's birthday is one day and mine is the next day. I love sharing birthdays with him.
Happy Birthday to us!
Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire
As you know I was reading the book, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala. I finished it a week or so ago. Brent has it now.
We have also enjoyed reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan and Radical by David Platt. Both of these books have the same message. But what I noticed about Jim Cymbala and his wife is that they have been living out what Francis Chan and David Platt talk about in their books for years and years! They have a firey love for Christ and follows Jesus' teachings in the Bible, not a five step program. They also has a sincere love for people to be changed by Jesus. Jim Cymbala is a humble man. This shows even through his writing. He is a man of prayer. When he prays, he obeys. He doesn't come up with 1000 excuses not to do what God asked of him, he just does it and trusts God through it all.
I also love that in this book he talks about the struggles and doubts along the way that he and his wife have faced. They are not super Christians, they have fears and sins like the rest of us, but they pray and obey and let God use their weaknesses and their love to display His glory.
We had a women's conference the church this weekend. Our speaker gave a definition of the word glory. She said glory means the exact or correct estimation of who God is. How am I showing God's glory each day in my life? How are you?
I encourage you to read the books above. But mostly model your life after Jesus. He is who the world needs anyway, not another program.
We have also enjoyed reading Crazy Love by Francis Chan and Radical by David Platt. Both of these books have the same message. But what I noticed about Jim Cymbala and his wife is that they have been living out what Francis Chan and David Platt talk about in their books for years and years! They have a firey love for Christ and follows Jesus' teachings in the Bible, not a five step program. They also has a sincere love for people to be changed by Jesus. Jim Cymbala is a humble man. This shows even through his writing. He is a man of prayer. When he prays, he obeys. He doesn't come up with 1000 excuses not to do what God asked of him, he just does it and trusts God through it all.
I also love that in this book he talks about the struggles and doubts along the way that he and his wife have faced. They are not super Christians, they have fears and sins like the rest of us, but they pray and obey and let God use their weaknesses and their love to display His glory.
We had a women's conference the church this weekend. Our speaker gave a definition of the word glory. She said glory means the exact or correct estimation of who God is. How am I showing God's glory each day in my life? How are you?
I encourage you to read the books above. But mostly model your life after Jesus. He is who the world needs anyway, not another program.
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