thirty-one fundraiser

Our thirty-one fundraiser has come to a close and I have really enjoyed getting to know this great product!

We sold right at $300 and earn 25% of that! I think that is a great start!

We will be having another thirty-one fundraiser in May/June I hope!

Total along with a very generous donation of $100, we earned $175 through this fundraiser!

PRAISE THE LORD!

He provides! I am so blessed to be on this journey!

If you find anything you would like to order please contact Anne Little at morekids4me@gmail.com , let her know you want your order to bless our adoption and she will make it happen!!

She is AWESOME!

Cabrini Winter Ball 2012

I love my husband, seriously, I love him so much.....He is so handsome, dashing, kind, gentle, loving, patient, faithful............wait...those are the fruit of the Spirit! awesome!

Honey, your fruits are showing...hehe

Thanks to some fabulously awesome friends, we were able to go to the Cabrini Ball for the first time ever. In fact, when I was much younger, I would hear about people getting dressed up to go and would secretly wish that I could go one day.....and look here I am.

Although, I did have a lot of fun with my hubby, I kept thinking how many orphans could be fed with the cost of this function...but for the most part I had a lot of fun with my hubby.

THE DRESS:
I bought my dress at a thrift store, bought tulle in the same color, cut off the sash, put the tulle and sash together to make sleeves. It was also a touch too big so I took it in on both sides so it would stay up above my milk producers (sorry but I dont think men read my blog anyway). It turned out well except it was a touch too tight, so everytime I sneezed, I popped a stitch. SO funny....... and since it was at a casino and they were smoking outside the ballroom, I sneezed a lot.


Now I am on the hunt for next year's dress. ....wish me luck

We told my family tonight that we were adopting. Almost all of them were there any many of them either already knew or were suspicious.

I am so glad I am on this journey. This is a God calling to be sure. It is a burden.

I weep for these babies..

I want to hold them...

I want to kiss them...

Give them medical care...


I truly try to stay off the computer because I have seen how much time can be sucked out of my day if I am not careful. Trying to balance a housefull and an adoption is HUGE! Especially if you want to maintain sanity!!

I love the feeling that I am going to make a difference in this little boy's life. (Hopefully 2 little boys). In all honesty....HE will be the one making a huge impact on all of our lives. Giving is more for the giver than the recipient. It is amazing how that works.

As I say goodnight to my babies here, kiss them, tuck them in, I am hoping my Chinese sons have a good noontime where they are.....

WHY?

Why not adopt?

1. Financial Cost
Jahovah Jireh - God is my provider

2. Fear of unknown
Jahovah Shalom - God is my peace

3. Danger in foreign lands
Jahovah Nissi - God is my banner; my refuge

My God is faithful, and when he draws hearts to spread His Word and love, he will be with us.

We are growing our family!!

Well as most of our dearest friends know, we are growing our family!! No, we are not pregnant.....we are....ADOPTING!!

We had always had a heart for adoption but now God is allowing us to really activate that calling!

God showed us that we were to adopt from Columbia South America. We are very excited and blessed blessed blessed!!

I know most people think we are crazy with 6 kids and homeschooling! This shouldnt be that much of a shock.....maybe we should just go ahead and lay it out that we may adopt every few years until we age out! haha...there now we dont have to keep announcing it!

Love you yall!

Fundraising starts this week.....

Ye' Ole School House

Our goal this year is to be lovers of learning. It wasnt as important to us WHAT we studied, as LOVING studying together, as a family, every night.

Billy's new year's resolution was to gather every night together to read God's word, sing, play instruments, pray, talk, and share. It is January 26th and we have not missed a night. Even when we went out of town, Billy pulled the car over at a gas station, pulled out our huge KJV Thomas Chainlink Bible (thanks Muna), and read to us. This simple act of leadership from my priest has turned my family upside down. God's presence is in our home in a major way and we are SO happy to have Him!

This year Abigail is studying the 20th century to present day (we will end with the presidential election next November!). The littles get some of the overflow but are mostly geared towards storybooks, and hands-on science.

We also began delivering hot lunches on Tuesday as a side business, and family meals for Tuesday nights for busy moms! That has been a wonderful experience to work together as a family. We cook everything from scratch and it is yummy!

2011 In Review

Coming Soon....