Just coming up for a breather…and wanted to post the video we shared at the WELCOME on Friday night!!! Now this video just represents a few of the families there! It was an AMAZING weekend of learning, encouragement, worship and PURPOSE! More to come from the weekend…but by all means–feel free to share this on […]
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Author Archives: adminWell, it’s here. After four months of planning, the Created for Care adoption momma retreat is here. I wish I could tell you every thing the Lord has in store–but I only know a taste of it. And what I do know–I am humbed and amazed by. There are so many details that the Lord […] OH MY GOODNESS!! I am so tired and should be in bed, but just decided to peek to see if you had anything last minute before the retreat. I cannot believe the Lord has given you that Psalm. Just this week I was meditating on that. It has all new meaning for me, a weary mom, these days. I am SO looking forward to meeting you. Thank you for all that you’ve put into this retreat!! I will continue to pray for this glorious weekend that He so perfectly orchestrated through beautiful women that Care to be the hands and feet of Jesus – to spread His word, to encourage, to love, to never give up. Loving you …. Oh how beautiful. And oh how I wish I was going to be in attendance. oh such sweet true words. Thank you for sharing and for living them out. Praying for you this weekend too! Thank you for these words, Andrea! I cannot wait to be with other like-minded mamas this weekend! So excited for all HE is doing!!! Please let me know if/how I can order CD’s if that is an option. Praying for all the details and all the hearts that will be there! Oh how I needed this today! Thank you SO much for your encouraging words! Wish I could be there:)! after reading this post it makes me even sadder that i won’t be able to be there this weekend, but you will all be in my prayers. i know it will be a blessing to those who go and next year, after my little ones have been home for a while, i will be able to attend what will hopefully be an annual event. your words or more importantly God’s word blessed me today. Thanks so much for sharing this. A friend of mine told me about your blog. We are in the homestudy phase of adopting from Ethiopia. I really needed to read your words and even more the Word that you shared. Thank you. I pray your retreat is wonderfully refreshing and full of Him! I have been praying for you all this weekend! I really wish I could have been there! Let me know if I can order any CDs! I would love that! I love what you wrote about Ps. 84. It was so encouraging to me, as I have been discouraged this week with the journey! And, just this morning my kids and I were belting out “Better is one Day….” So, I loved reading this! God is so sweet and so intentional to us. I pray the Lord blesses you a million-fold Andrea for creating the opportunity for all of us ladies to gather and be refreshed and informed this past weekend! As testimonies were being shared…I realized just how life-changing this weekend was! So many received fresh revelation of how much they are dearly loved by the Father. That alone is HUGE!!! I came away with fresh hope, a new parenting focus, a greater understanding of my precious daughter, and revelation from the Lord showing me more of who I am in Him! All that and more in about 2 days :). God is amazing!! It was so fun rooming with you and getting to know you a bit better too!! May the Lord truly bless you my new friend!!  SOOO…I got bored for about 3 minutes today;) and got out a can of blackboard spraypaint… Don’t you want to know what that is that I spraypainted?? WELL…Rico Suave and I have a strict “if it’s not broken we don’t fix it” policy we live by. Really, it’s just practical. SOOO…every appliance in our home […] i love the chalkboard dishwasher…so right up my alley…so fun, kj I really want to know what kind of drugs you’re taking and get some of those! Is it that 5 Hour Energy? Lots of coffee? Speed? Because I wouldn’t have the creative energy to do something like that on a normal day, let alone TWO DAYS BEFORE HOSTING 250 WOMEN!! You’re nuts. Love you for it. Can’t wait to read that adoption post. It sounds like a lot of what we’ve been talking about. SEE YOU TOMORROW! Andrea, I can’t believe you have the time and energy to do all you do! I have 2 kids and I don’t do half of what you do! (I’m thinking you’re a very organized person and I’m not, but I’m working on it!) Have fun at your retreat! How fun is that! You come up with the cutest ideas and crafts for your kids! I hope I can be as fun as you are with my own as they grow up! Love the idea… just might have to try it! 🙂 BEAUTIFUL! You are amazing and God must gift you incredible amounts of energy. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on why you adopt, and I can’t wait to read the post! 🙂 Praying for your retreat this weekend! Hope I get the opportunity to meet you in person someday too! 🙂 I love this!!!! We have a bit of an eye sore dishwasher and I’m thinking this is a PERFECT idea!! Tucker’s not old enough to play with it yet, but I’m sure the time will fly when he gets home! 🙂 Have a GREAT time at the retreat!!! We’re leaving on Wednesday to GO GET OUR BOY!!!!! :):) i came to your site from Lara posting on FB. looking forward to getting to know you more and read what you have to share. Thanks for the thought-provoking read this morning. I quoted you in a blog post. Hope you don’t mind! Thanks so much for putting into words WHY we adopt…even though you haven’t “posted” it yet;)! And your creativity ROCKS!! Especially to those of us who were deprived of that particular gene! Andrea, LOVE this idea!!!! I HAVE to do it! Thank you! 🙂 Love your project 🙂 Love, love, love the chalkboard dishwasher!!! SO cute!! Can’t wait for the weekend!! Praying we make it even through the ice storm!! 🙂 What a fabulous idea! We are all about using something in a “new” & exciting way for the kiddos. Seriously looking forward to the post because I have found it difficult to explain just how deeply moved by God’s word I have been in regards to orphans. God definitely changes the hearts of those he prepares to care for the fatherless in whatever way he chooses. Praying for SUN to melt the ice & safe travel for all! you are hilarious…i want some of your energy dear!!!!! I am excited to hear more of your thoughts on why you all adopted and I am loving the dishwasher! I have never commented but have enjoyed your blog for many months! Absolutely LOVE your dishwasher:) but then again I love everything “Andrea” 🙂 Praying for you sweet friend as you prepare for this weekend. Oh how I wish I could be there. So fun!!! I downloaded your Lent tree docs and we’ve been out collecting our ornaments. I’m so excited about doing that this year with the littles. Have a great weekend, I can’t wait to hear all about the retreat! SO sweet ! Blessings for your retreat. Pax,m What a GREAT idea! {P.S. ours is loud too…although its pretty new…boo!}  I’ve been wanting to write THIS post for over a year now. Finally–tonight I write it. And I’m not sure how it will turn out…because there is so much I would like to say about this girl… Some of you may have heard of her…or read her blog “Compass to my Heart”. Her name is […] Tears are flowing down my face…all I can do is cry..and praise God. Oh to be even a tiny piece of this incredible story..written by God… I am so glad you gave her back story! I am FB friends with Christie, and I’ve always wanted to know more specfics about her and what she’s doing. Beautiful! A beautiful post about an incredibly beautiful woman. My life is better because I know Christie. I can’t wait to see what God is going to do through her and George! Beautiful post, Andrea, of a woman who is so inspirational to me and so many others. I “found her” through you in May ’10 when I was so touched about reading the first post about her (on your blog) that I immediately private msg’d her on FB and we became friends. You said it so perfectly above, I won’t repeat =) but I say it a lot … she is the real-deal … a true example of being the Hands and Feet of Jesus. I-heart-you-both! I just recently “met” Christie on facebook through my little sister and I must say God has certainly blessed me by making her a small part of her life as well! This is one AMAZING woman doing things most of us can’t even fathom! I’m glad you took the time to write about her and the work God is doing through her! I pray that more and more friends and friends of friends read her story, learn of what she’s doing and feel drawn to be a part of it all as well! Bless you, Bless Christie and bless the precious people of Bugabo Village! What I’m lovin’ even more is how my life has become intertwined with so many of you that are so far away from me…..and then finding out you are all friends! =) Have followed you for over a year now, started following Christie in November. Can’t even remember how I found her! That’s the fun and ironic part… And then to discover we have a mutual friend in you girl. I love how HE fills my life with such blessings in friends that I have yet to meet. Feel honored and blessed to be a part of what Christie is doing in Bugabo. Can’t wait to see pictures of that Borehole being dug today!!! ♥ God is good! He STILL moves mountains! LOVE her heart!!! She amazes me at the depth of her faith. Love reading her story….started following this past summer…..and loved to see how God provided EVERYTHING!!! Another time when God just blows you away! I became a “friend” of Christy through facebook this past year and have loved following her story and seeing her ministry unfold! Thank you for sharing her story here! OH Andrea!! You know how I love you and Christie both!! My heart melts and I have enough tears just reading your blogs most of the time but you writing this…. oh my!!! They are streaming now!! Love you guys, this was/is beautiful!! I am reading this and my heart is full. I have to say, that in recent months, I have been amazed at how God has worked through some of my high school classmates. I have connected to you and Christie through Katie’s blog and I must say that I have been amazed at how God has worked through you guys. You have encouraged me in my walk beyond words. You guys encourage to take risks that would normally take me months to mull over. You guys teach me to trust God to in ways I never have before. I just recently wrote about Christie as well because she just blows my mind…so with all that said. Thank you to you and them for sharing your journeys because it means more than you know. Wow, I didn’t know her story. Thanks for sharing!  SO…the countdown is on people–it’s on like Donkey Kong. And I am SO stinkin’ excited to meet 257 of my soon-to-be new VBFFs this weekend! Ok…truly its 250 new VBFFs…BUT if you count the audio people (who get the pleasure of having me ask questions EVERY day) and Karl our resort planner (who thinks April, […] wow, that might be the sweetest gift EVER!! wow..so thoughtful, kj great post. love the pics. my isaac LOVES our dog too!how sweet of her to send those gifts to you and your children! I LOVED the chalkboard story and now im really wishing we had an IKEA near us! I would have loved to join you girls this year but it didnt work out. I hope you all have a WONDERFUL time and if this ever happens again I will try hard to be there! What amazing friends God has put into your life! A true blessing from Him! 🙂 Can’t wait to hear all about the retreat! Okay….i definitely needed that this morning!!! Don’t you just love ikea??? We have the same pillow;). Oh, and the poem…you had me crying before 7!!! So praying that we have a picture to show you on friday Please pray we can make it to the airport on Friday…we’ve got about 3/4 inch of ice and expected to get 20 inches of snow on top of it today…….I NEED to get to GA on Friday to be with you all!!! Oh sweet Andrea, it was just something little. You pour into all of us out here in bloggy land…just wanted something to let you know we care and value you, your heart, your realness and your love for God! I have learned so much through you and your encouragement has been incredible! I am so glad that you loved “He giveth more grace” My Nanna use to sing this old hymn growing up…she was such a godly woman who loved with everything she had! So. special. for. me. that you are using this at the retreat cause you know my HEART will be there and will be praying for all my fellow adopting mommas! Can’t wait to hear all about it…I want DETAILS!!! xoxo Caytie God is going to do some amazing things at the retreat…can’t wait to hear about it:) What a precious gift from Caytie! And I have to tell you I got our Seeds CD in the mail yesterday…we are obsessed with it! Gotta blog about it today and send people over here to get the coupon code! We heart Seeds!!! I REALLY want to be insanely jealous- ok so I am…..due to our ‘big announcement’ that is coming out Saturday- I knew I couldn’t come to the retreat. So I will deal with it, but I am still jealous!!!! PRAYING for all the AWESOME WOMEN that will be there and be refreshed for GOD! Loving all the many countless hours you have put in over a LOOONNNGGG time to do this. LOVE seeing the many Blessings the Lord is pouring over your sweet spirit! NOW just so you know being camp directors for 11 years- I GET how much work goes into what you are doing. On top of your Wiphan work, and being a mommy! So know that we have been and will continue to pray for this to be AMAZING OUTPOURING OF GOD!!! BLESSINGS on this very special weekend…..and hoping and praying that one day- I can actually meet you for real to just give you and your sweet family a hug 🙂 your posts always encourage me. though this one kind of depressed me since i don’t have an ikea. that pillow is awesome. 🙂 love your creativity! 1. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!! Fun! My buddy Erica will be there having fun for me! : ) Loved this post! Thanks mucho! Isn’t it amazing how God uses others to lift us up at exactly the right times? Praying for an amazing, relaxing, fun-filled, spirit-filled (pajama friendly) retreat for all! |
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by admin
Beautiful video ~ the song could not have been any more perfect. =)
such a beautiful video. i know it was an amazing weekend. so wish i could have been there!!!!
Super cute video, great work Andrea! Sooo hope to be there with all my Seattle girls next year =) We’re already talking about it!
A common theme I keep hearing…”I didn’t know about that. I would have gone!”. I keep having to explain that since it filled up right away, I didn’t advertise it!!! You struck a need!
LOVED this weekend, Andrea! It was so amazing!! Thank you so much for everything that you and your friends did for us! You are precious!!
Since we were late arriving, I missed this- so thank you for posting it!!! What a fabulous weekend!! God is so good :).
Thank you so much for following God and creating this event. It was such a blessing to me!
Andrea, this weekend was SUCH a blessing to me. You and your team did an incredible job focusing on 250 mommas’ hearts! THANK YOU!
The video is just beautiful.
Wish I had been there to soak up all your love, joy, and wisdom.
Blessings from Hong Kong,
Kim
Amazing video!!! I wish so much I could have been there! But…. I heard you guys are going to do another one next year???? I will definitely be there! 🙂
I SOOOO wish I could have been there!! I just can’t wait to join everyone next year it’s a must.. It sounded amazing and to you a big thank you for following God’s call to organize such a great event!!
I was so blessed this weekend. Though I left emotionally, spiritually, and physically exhausted God reminded me, once again, that He has a wonderful plan for our family. Thank you, Andrea, for all you did to make this weekend possible!
LoVe it! Can’t wait to hear more!!!
Oh what a great video!! How I wished I could have been there, but it sounds like you all had an AMAZING time:) Next year I will be there, Lord willing! hugs