It may take me awhile to get a Created for Care post written. This year was great, just like last year!
This year I decided to get the 3 oldest a little sumthin' sumthin'. (I ran out of cash and that is why Jeff and A didn't get anything. Hey, I'm stickin' with my money plan.)
For Coco, I picked up this 147 shirt.
I love 147's gear and I love what they do, too. Suzanne and Gwen have personalities as big as the 15 passenger vans they drive! I love to listen to them speak.
Lenny got this sweet necklace from Wiphan.
You should check out their program. They have child sponsorship opportunities and they go on trips to Zambia 4 times a year (wanna go Dana?). We were led in worship by these precious children on Saturday morning via Skype. Lenny has worn her necklace to school everyday!
Join Us - Wiphan Care Ministries from Wiphan Care Ministries on Vimeo.
I liked this purse for Liz.
I got it from EPOH a brand of Light Gives Heat. We watched a movie Saturday night about this organization and the couple who started it. Awesome. Heartbreaking and hopeful all at the same time. Check out their stuff! If you use the code Created for Care you can get a discount!
You'll have to go here to watch a video. Do!
I pre-ordered a sweatshirt and cup.
Created for Care has some cute gear, too! If you order anything, just know that you are helping minister to us adoptive mommies by allowing them to keep the cost of the retreat low. Thank you!
Happy shopping!
I've been tossing ideas around in my head of how to write this post. What can I say to stir people? How can I reach hearts? Well, all I can do is share my heart and story and pray that your heart might be touched. More importantly, that it might break.
Four years ago today, Jeff and I sent in our application in the hopes of adopting a little boy from Ethiopia. We were ready to grow our family and felt called to give a child who was already on the earth, and alone, the love of a mom, dad, sisters, and brother.
Bottom line, we said yes and the rest was taken care of. Never in my life have I had to step out in faith as much. Never in my life have I felt more dependent upon God. Never in my life have I had such little control. And it was hard. And it changed me forever. Thank God.
Most of you know our sweet Baby A either in person or you're a follower (thank you, thank you) of our little blog here. You know what a beauty he is. How funny he can be. What a little gabster he is. How he loves vacuum cleaners and singing.
But, did you know this is the first look we got of him?
That at 5 weeks old he was 5 lbs?
The proof is in the pudding people. Kids need love. Kids need homes. Kids need families.
This boy, our boy, deserved no less.
It is overwhelming that there are millions, millions, more like A right now all over the world. Overwhelming is actually an understatement. But, the trick is to not get hung up on the millions. The key is to think of one. ONE.
I read this today on Katie's blog:
His perfect timing, now. Now is where He has called us. And we are just not ready yet. We need to clean up the house a bit and pray a little more and seek more counsel and we don’t know how to do that yet and oh, we have our excuses. And God says, “I’m here now, and I am ok with the mess because I am here for the messy.”
Are you ready to act now? Are you ready to say yes and step out into the unknown, knowing, trusting that the rest will be taken care of? Are you ready to help ONE?
links
the agency we used: http://adoptionsbygladney.com/
organizations: http://www.147millionorphans.com/
http://amazima.org/
families who would so appreciate financial help to bring their little ONE home:
http://thefochtfamily.blogspot.com/
http://doingforone.wordpress.com/
http://allkindsofgoodthings.blogspot.com/
