These last two week have been eerily quiet. So many referrals and then none. *sigh* I like roller coasters and everything, just not mental ones. So just like in Finding Nemo, when Dory tells Marlin to just keep swimming, we just keep waiting.
I keep trying to think of ways to liven up my blog. Maybe, tell some funny stories about my everyday life. Maybe, post some pictures. Maybe, talk about some redecorating projects around the house (this would also help keep me focused on them). I don't know. I don't have kids, so no funny stories there. My dog just loves to sleep. I have come to the conclusion...I'm boring.
What would you guys like to know about? What could someone who is just waiting and has no kids write about that could be entertaining? Hmm...
A REMINDER: Shoe Cutting Party @ my house first part of November. For all the details, check out my last blog post.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
New Project and a Party!!
What's been happening with us? We are waiting. Still. There have been several referrals, and we are very happy about that. The order has been all over the place, so its kinda like waiting on your lottery number to be called. So, we wait, we pray, and we are hopeful.
While we are waiting, I have a new project. I have discovered Solehope.org. This organization helps bring shoes to the children in Uganda and Zambia. Not only do they do this, but they also help widows and widowers that would otherwise have no income by teaching them to make these shoes. Now what does this have to do with me or you? I want to help and I need you to help me! How? I am having a party!! I'm not exactly sure what date will be yet, but it should be within the first 2 weeks of November.
During this party we will be cutting out shoe patterns. These pieces will be sent to Sole Hope, who will then send them on to Uganda and Zambia, to the widows and widowers who will make the shoes. Sole Hope will then purchase the shoes, giving the widows and widowers income, and distribute them to the children who need them. I hope you can come to the party!!
Here's what we will need. Firstly, we will need donated denim. Old jeans will be perfect. This will be half of the fabric needed. We will also need cotton fabric. My letter says that we should be able to explain to fabric stores what we are doing, and most of the time they are happy to donate. We just need a few yards. This will be the outside of the shoe, so keep that in mind if you buy fabric.
Each pattern that is cut requires $10. This money will go to purchase the shoes back from widows and widowers. If you come to the party, please bring $10 for every pair of shoes you plan to cut. I am hoping that if you can't make it to the party, you would be willing to sponsor a pair of shoes (or three). I also have window stickers that can be purchased for $2.
Now, I know I've stressed the "work" phase of the party so far, but rest assured, there will be a "party" phase too. :) We'll have music playing and snacks and finger food to sample between cutting out the patterns. Please contact me if you have questions, want to donate, or want to come to the party. Like I said earlier, the party will be in the first couple of weeks of November so that we will have time to gather supplies and hopefully get some sponsors of shoes. Please share this with anyone you think would be interested in helping!!
While we are waiting, I have a new project. I have discovered Solehope.org. This organization helps bring shoes to the children in Uganda and Zambia. Not only do they do this, but they also help widows and widowers that would otherwise have no income by teaching them to make these shoes. Now what does this have to do with me or you? I want to help and I need you to help me! How? I am having a party!! I'm not exactly sure what date will be yet, but it should be within the first 2 weeks of November.
During this party we will be cutting out shoe patterns. These pieces will be sent to Sole Hope, who will then send them on to Uganda and Zambia, to the widows and widowers who will make the shoes. Sole Hope will then purchase the shoes, giving the widows and widowers income, and distribute them to the children who need them. I hope you can come to the party!!
Here's what we will need. Firstly, we will need donated denim. Old jeans will be perfect. This will be half of the fabric needed. We will also need cotton fabric. My letter says that we should be able to explain to fabric stores what we are doing, and most of the time they are happy to donate. We just need a few yards. This will be the outside of the shoe, so keep that in mind if you buy fabric.
Each pattern that is cut requires $10. This money will go to purchase the shoes back from widows and widowers. If you come to the party, please bring $10 for every pair of shoes you plan to cut. I am hoping that if you can't make it to the party, you would be willing to sponsor a pair of shoes (or three). I also have window stickers that can be purchased for $2.
Now, I know I've stressed the "work" phase of the party so far, but rest assured, there will be a "party" phase too. :) We'll have music playing and snacks and finger food to sample between cutting out the patterns. Please contact me if you have questions, want to donate, or want to come to the party. Like I said earlier, the party will be in the first couple of weeks of November so that we will have time to gather supplies and hopefully get some sponsors of shoes. Please share this with anyone you think would be interested in helping!!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Just a side note...
If you haven't seen the Disney movie "Meet the Robinsons", you should see it now. Oh, and I love this song from it.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Created for Care Retreat
I'm so excited that registration for the Created to Care retreat opened last night. Thinking back to last year I had to talk myself into going. I really didn't know anyone but I am so glad I went. I met some wonderful people and learned some amazing things. It was wonderful to be in a place with 200 other ladies that know excatly what you are talking about and how you feel. This year it will be 400 ladies and I can't wait to see what happens! If you didn't get in this year, make a point to plan for it next year. You won't be disappointed!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Excitement!
Last night, as I was going to sleep, I prayed. I said, "Lord, I'm going to have to throw out a fleece. Well, I don't want to test you but I need something. A sign or something so we know what to do."
I had been praying that God would change our desires. That He would strengthen our desire for Rwanda or take it away and show us something else. Last night, though, I needed something more and I told Him that.
Today, we got an e-mail saying that about 20 new children were transferred to the orphanage and referrals were being made. I checked the yahoo board I read and there it was...a referral!! Not ours, of course, but still a referral!! Exciting!! It was just what I needed to keep me going!
Praise the Lord!!
I had been praying that God would change our desires. That He would strengthen our desire for Rwanda or take it away and show us something else. Last night, though, I needed something more and I told Him that.
Today, we got an e-mail saying that about 20 new children were transferred to the orphanage and referrals were being made. I checked the yahoo board I read and there it was...a referral!! Not ours, of course, but still a referral!! Exciting!! It was just what I needed to keep me going!
Praise the Lord!!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Approval.....
and regret.
We got our letter today. It was dated 8/09/11 and it said we are approved and we have 6 months to be matched or our case is going to be closed. Is this good news? I'm not sure. Our clock is ticking now. We have waited forever for this and now I don't feel the excitement I thought it would bring.
Tick....tick....tick
We got our letter today. It was dated 8/09/11 and it said we are approved and we have 6 months to be matched or our case is going to be closed. Is this good news? I'm not sure. Our clock is ticking now. We have waited forever for this and now I don't feel the excitement I thought it would bring.
Tick....tick....tick
Monday, August 1, 2011
Where there's fire, there's smoke...or is there?
With all that is going on with this adoption, the ups and downs and rumors it may end without a child, I have been thinking alot about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
You are probably thinking, "Wow, that is random." Let me explain. We probably all know the story but let me sum it up anyway.
King Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, had made an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide. He had decided that everyone was going to bow down and worship this idol. If they refused, they would be thrown immediately into a fiery furnace. So, they gather everyone together and they even hired a band. When the music started to play, that was everyone's cue to bow down and worship this idol. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, did not bow down. So, some astrologers, people who wanted to get in good with the king, came to King Nebuchadnezzar and pointed out the three men that didn't bow down. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were brought forward and the king asked them, "Is it true you are not worshipping the image I made? If you don't, I'm going to throw you into the fiery furnace!"
Now let me quote Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
WOW! They just told the king that they are willing to endure the furnace because God can save them and even if He doesn't they were still going to serve God and not worship this false idol. So...the king threw them in the fiery furnace, bound with ropes. This fire was so hot it killed the soldier that got just close enough to throw them in. King Nebuchadnezzar watched and he saw four men in the furnace and they were unbound and unharmed.
This is the part I love....the last part of Daniel 3:26-27.
"So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire, and the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisors crowed around them. They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them."
They didn't even smell like smoke! Did you see that? I never saw it till I did the Beth Moore study of Daniel and now I can't stop thinking about it. When King Nebuchadnezzar saw this, he praised God and decreed no one will ever talk bad about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's God or they would be cut into little pieces. King Nebuchadnezzar was a little dramatic. :)
What on earth does this have to do with adoption? Well, here is what I think. The ups and the downs of this have been a trial for me. I am a worrier and I have the tendency to get bitter and angry. It is a daily battle to keep these emotions in check. So, when I feel these emotions start to bubble up, I just tell myself, "I don't want to smell like smoke." God's going to take me through this trial and I don't know if I will end up with the daughter from Rwanda that I have been dreaming about but I can control whether or not "I smell like smoke" at the end. If people know the troubles we have gone through and can look at me and say, "You look peaceful, I wouldn't even think anything had happened." That is just the same as saying, "You went through that fire? You don't even smell like smoke."
Maybe then they will praise God!
You are probably thinking, "Wow, that is random." Let me explain. We probably all know the story but let me sum it up anyway.
King Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, had made an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide. He had decided that everyone was going to bow down and worship this idol. If they refused, they would be thrown immediately into a fiery furnace. So, they gather everyone together and they even hired a band. When the music started to play, that was everyone's cue to bow down and worship this idol. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, did not bow down. So, some astrologers, people who wanted to get in good with the king, came to King Nebuchadnezzar and pointed out the three men that didn't bow down. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were brought forward and the king asked them, "Is it true you are not worshipping the image I made? If you don't, I'm going to throw you into the fiery furnace!"
Now let me quote Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
WOW! They just told the king that they are willing to endure the furnace because God can save them and even if He doesn't they were still going to serve God and not worship this false idol. So...the king threw them in the fiery furnace, bound with ropes. This fire was so hot it killed the soldier that got just close enough to throw them in. King Nebuchadnezzar watched and he saw four men in the furnace and they were unbound and unharmed.
This is the part I love....the last part of Daniel 3:26-27.
"So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire, and the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisors crowed around them. They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them."
They didn't even smell like smoke! Did you see that? I never saw it till I did the Beth Moore study of Daniel and now I can't stop thinking about it. When King Nebuchadnezzar saw this, he praised God and decreed no one will ever talk bad about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's God or they would be cut into little pieces. King Nebuchadnezzar was a little dramatic. :)
What on earth does this have to do with adoption? Well, here is what I think. The ups and the downs of this have been a trial for me. I am a worrier and I have the tendency to get bitter and angry. It is a daily battle to keep these emotions in check. So, when I feel these emotions start to bubble up, I just tell myself, "I don't want to smell like smoke." God's going to take me through this trial and I don't know if I will end up with the daughter from Rwanda that I have been dreaming about but I can control whether or not "I smell like smoke" at the end. If people know the troubles we have gone through and can look at me and say, "You look peaceful, I wouldn't even think anything had happened." That is just the same as saying, "You went through that fire? You don't even smell like smoke."
Maybe then they will praise God!
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