We had an”I Love You Party” for the babies and toddlers. Parties dedicated to simply celebrate the children, to let them know they are special and loved. They were in the seventh heaven during their parties. It’s a beautiful thing to see the sparkle in the eye of a child when he knows he is [...]
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Love That Will {not} Let Me Go
Posted in acceptance, adoption, celebration, orphans, Uganda, tagged Love that will not let me go, sacrifice, true Christianity, true love on December 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My love for you is so strong it won’t let you go. Love is as powerful as death. “We just sold our new house and down scaled to a smaller, older one to free up cash to give more to Uganda,” the man told us today as he wiped [...]
Writing our Yes
Posted in adoption, children, faith, memoir, mission, vision on July 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Picking up the pen, writing the address, knowing this will go some place far away–and change our lives. Answering the questions, seeing our lives squished down into blue ink on a form. Making big x’s through the yes boxes: yes, we understand Uganda is dangerous. Yes, we will not hold you responsible for sickness or [...]
a little more { real }
Posted in adoption, faith, mission, Uganda on July 4, 2011 | 5 Comments »
In early November, barring any unforeseen obstacles, we are traveling to Uganda, East Africa. There Delmar and I will work at an orphanage together for four months. It feels good to have made another intentional choice to follow God into another leap-of-faith adventure. Somehow, every time I make a good choices in life, it makes [...]
A Lullaby to our Little One
Posted in adoption, faith on June 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The guardian angel is protectively holding the hands of a little toddler, watching over his every step. As soon as I saw this figurine, I knew it was for us. It was a message to me from God that He is taking care of our children, right now. I almost cried as I held it. [...]
Africa, Lord?
Posted in adoption, faith, mission, Uganda on May 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Many of you know we are seriously praying about going overseas after Delmar’s internship at Camp Andrews is over. Our heart is for adoption and the orphan crisis. Our long term vision and goals are to adopt ourselves and also to bring awareness to the orphan crisis to the churches here in the United States. [...]
A Happy Surprise
Posted in adoption, faith, mission on April 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It’s always good to be surprised, in a happy way. Someone just blessed us with a large sum of money; whoever you are, thank you very much. It will be used for God’s work: it will probably be used in helping us go on the mission field after camp or our future adoption. Our faith [...]
Our Next Adventure
Posted in adoption, children, mission, Uganda, vision on April 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Delmar and I are praying about going overseas for six months to volunteer at an orphanage or children’s home. We’d like to go right after Camp Andrews. It would not only allow us to serve God in helping the children, but it will give us first-hand experience for our own adoptions and also it will [...]
Orphan Awareness Banquet
Posted in adoption, mission on March 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we had our Orphan Awareness Banquet. People from all over attended: one man drove all the way from Canada. Others came from Indiana and New York City and from all parts of Pennsylvania. We were touched that there was so much interest in orphan care. 138 people attended plus children. We pray it [...]
What Are We Known For?
Posted in adoption, children, church, devotional, faith, vision on March 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Our Orphan Awareness Banquet is coming up on Friday night. We’re so excited about it and seeing how God will move. We have 144 people registered to come and around twenty children. Please pray it will be a resounding success for God and His heart for orphans. I spent the evening working on our resource [...]
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