Author Archives: admin SO fun! Just saw that my favorite Kids Worship CD is giving away a FREE song! You can download it here: http://www.seedsfamilyworship.net/love/ If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you know that I LOOOOOVE Seeds Family Worship CDs! There are many things I have invested in to help build up my kiddos in […] I hate war movies. My husband, on the other hand, loves them. Watching Band of Brothers with him…may be his love language. Not too long ago, I walked into the living room to find my husband folding clothes (my love language) and one of the Brothers movies was on. I did my best to watch […] Thank you for this, it is exactly what I needed today! Thank you thank you thank you! Wow, Andrea. God is shining straight through you. Thanks for sharing your honest fears and longing to obey. Thank you. I get this, more than I wish to openly admit. I say I want to be open to God and His plan for caring for the least of these, but only if it will fit into what I think would work. Oh we were just talking about this yesterday afternoon! Thank you for sharing Andrea! I feel ya girl! I’m sooo there with you, the fear thing, no regrets, steeping out into unknown territory, kingdom living…Its a daily battle for me. Thanks for the reminder that even though there can be a lot more pain there is SO MUCH JOY!!! We get to be used by God Himself as His hands and feet and along the way witness some of the most amazing miracles. Thank you for sharing! You are singing my song…right there with you strugggling and wrestling! Thank you for putting it into words! Thank you for such a raw and honest post! (they always are) this really spoke to me. Once again God speaks through you to exactly the thing I have been praying about, stepping out in faith yet fearing what others may think all the while. My heart bleeds when others hurt. I just wrote in my prayer journal today that it doesn’t pay to fear others judgement. Each person has people they envy or think of as better than them just like each person has those they may judge for different reasons. Maybe that’s why God tells us not to judge or envy. As long as we LISTEN to what he tells US & ACT on it even when it doesn’t seem to make sense. For me what God lays on my heart so often doesn’t make sense to me & oh how I over-analyze it, but it sure makes sense to the other person when I just do whatever he calls me to do. You never know how even the smallest things you feel led to do or say may have a huge impact on another who is struggling. Gal6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. John 16:33 I have told you these things so that you may have peace. Seriously girl-reading this blog is better than watching a sermon! Keep it up! Thank you for jump starting my heart! your words shake my heart .. I’m praying for you and your next right steps .. God already knows them and who cares what other people think .. all that matters is what God thinks .. I’ll be praying for you! Thanks again for keeping me reminded of kingdom living not earthly living! Thank you for sharing that… I don’t know what our future holds–we’re taking it one step at a time, but I also want to live without regrets. I also know that this adoption journey is changing us and opening our eyes in ways that are hard, but GOOD. And I am super excited to see what happens in our lives because of it. 🙂 T.H.A.N.K. Y.O.U. The last prayer line was key for me. I think many of us can say we have thought/done the same (perhaps different topic) but same way of living/thinking/doing. Thank you for your raw honesty. Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. You’ve spoken directly to what I’m struggling with at this very moment. Hanging out with you next w/end could just be dangerous…in such a good way! Not sure my hubby gets what he is sending me too! 🙂 That adoption bug could ignite again! AMAZING yet again! Your words always come at the most perfect times! I SO needed this today!!! Cannot wait to share this with my husband tonight! I can so relate to the thoughts of living life not knowing what I know now, worried about all the worldly things, I pray to live a life for the Kingdom! Cannot wait to see you on Friday, it is going to be a blast! Love this, Andrea. I am the same way…want to live my life willing to take risks for Christ…there is so much JOY in being ALL IN with Him! Thank you for sharing your heart and how God is working in you! This time last year, God led us to take a crazy leap of faith and jump from the path of adopting a healthy infant from Ethiopia to that of brining home siblings, ages 2 and 5, both HIV positive. We struggled through the decision, just as anyone would – there is such fear there! As we researched and educated ourselves, we found that so much of that fear is unfounded. God had a perfect plan for these brilliant, incredible little people, and He gave them a name and a hope, just as He did for all of us through Jesus! Just last night, my husband and I were talking and weeping together, with our beautiful, now healthy children sleeping in their room, as we were talking of what could have been – surely would have been – for them. What a transformation in their lives and in our own hearts! For anyone reading who could use encouragement in this, check into the website http://www.positivelyadopted.com, prayerfully asking the God of peace to cast out all fear. A year later, we find ourselves in the midst of a totally different sort of life-changing decision, and again we have to lean on Him as we die a little more to ourselves and to the world. Thank you for your post – it brought me encouragement! I.SO.GET.THIS. Sad, to admit. I try so hard to lay it all out for God, but I often find areas in which I am still trying to coax Him as to “how” to do it, or “when” to do something, or “which way best fits my agenda or life.” Good thing He sees my heart’s desire and forgives me when I fall short! :o)  Lately at our house…it’s been COLD and rainy…and the mister has been cozy in his pjs…AND SHADES too of course;) If you want ITY to be your new VBFF–you just give him a pair of shades…the only problem is…IS WHEN he decides to do other things with them… “Poor Rosie!” is now a common phrase […] Amen and Amen. I just LOVE the Lord ushering our hearts away to whisper into them… praying for you… can’t wait to see what God does next with your heart being so broken for Him. You are such a blessing. Praying for the retreat as well. Can’t wait to hear about all of it! Hoping it happens again and I have the blessing of being a part of it. Beautifully written! God is sooo amazing!!!! *love the pics too- too cute! I know that God is using you so much!! Keep trusting Him!!! Can’t wait for the retreat!!! First, wanted to say thank you for all that you allow God to do through you (and thank you for sharing it). 🙂 Secondly, Toben (almost 3) caught a glance of the glasses on Rosie and thought it was SO FUNNY! 🙂 See you soon! 🙂 Wow. I loved your post and I feel like God is teaching us much the same. We have put it all on the line for an adoption we know He has called us too, and I have to say, it has been hard and I will never be the same, but it is the BEST most BLESSED journey I have ever been on. I am so glad the Lord is teaching me and letting me be a part of this, I’m so glad I didn’t say NO and missed this. I NEVER want to miss what God has for me because I think it is too hard or too risky. He is sooo faithful when we step out in faith to meet us with His mighty Grace!! You can watch this and see our 2 min video about our journey this far. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eeoGYyvhvs  SOO…if you have been reading my blog for a year now–then you will remember the VALENTINE BLESSING COOKIES! Now, I see no need to try and reinvent the wheel when we got so much sweetness out of it last year!!! SO, I’m reposting the instructions for what we do for Valentine’s! I’m posting this NOW–because […] How fun! I’ve gotta give that a try! your so crafty andrea…inspires me! ;0) I want to do these things when Isaac gets older and when hopefully we have more children running around, Lord willing! ;0) I’ve got our fortune cookies ready and waiting! Looking forward to pulling them out again this year. 🙂 You’re the coolest mom, EVER!! Can I be your kid? 😉 You know I’m working on them – almost done! 🙂 As for the Lent tree, thanks for getting back to me but I’m still a bit overwhelmed where to begin to look in a store as big as Walmart without spending 4 hours there! 🙂 ha! And as much as I would LOVE to do this with my kids, I don’t know where the 4 hours to find everything would come from! 🙂 Maybe you can give us some clues in a future blog post? 😉 😉 Can we move in next door when we repatriate?! iwe do a jesse tree at christmas, same idea as this lent tree, LOVE IT. i am now opening all my christmas boxes to dig out ones that will match up. i would love to see yours for some ideas on the ones i dont have. so would you please post pictures (with all your extra time) or you ornaments. thanks Thanks for re-posting this. I sent a set to my husband in Afghanistan last year, thankfully he is home this Valentine’s! I also just saved the ones for my kids so I could use them as long a possible. Thanks for reminding me to dig them out, quickly! Hey friend! I made them!!! And I love them!!!!! Check it out if you want to… Hi Andrea! Love the “fortune cookie” craft idea. It is very safe to say that mine were just a little “off.” 🙂 I blogged about it if you are up for a laugh. 🙂  SOOO…here is a little sneak peak into life here the last few days… FRANK is going through a SERIOUSLY quirky phase of soccer shirts. He is wearing them EVERY day…some times 5 at a time–and all way too big for him because they belong to Parker. On Wednesday, Frank insisted (I’m talking about FIT insisted!) […] That last pic and your comment about it cracked me up. Love seeing the pictures of your kids– clear to me how much they love one another. My girls are 15 months apart in age, and I LOVE it. It is hard sometimes, but I wouldn’t trade it. Love the pictures of your precious kiddos!!! And I am laughing at the little bitty shirt!! TOO FUNNY!! 🙂 I am cracking up at the big shirt and little shirt…too funny! Okay, laughing out loud at the shirt! That is why my husband doesn’t even want me to do his laundry! 🙂 He does his own cuz I don’t do all the “right steps” and fold it correctily (is it pockets out or in…hmm…can’t remember…ha). Cracks me up! Blessings, Jenny oh friend i LOVE your pictures you take! so precious and capture the moment perfectly! My Isaac’s feet do that too in the chair…so adorable! I am hysterically laughing at the last pic! I never mastered laundry either. I just picked back up on your blog recently and I am so thrilled for you that you have baby I home and that your family has so beautifully welcomed him into your lives. What a true blessing! xo hilarious…love the shirt on hubby 🙂 kj oh your description of why you needed a #4 is so tugging at my heart… but on a lighter note, love that your hubby is such a good sport letting you take a pic of him for th eblog! HA! 🙂 And Frank going to preschool like that. So cute! Oh my dear! Whooo hoooo! That’s awesome! What a trooper. Great post! He he he he- love the pics 🙂 Don’t worry laundry is not my strong point either…in fact Jason does it otherwise- not sure what we would wear around here 🙂 Oh my, how precious 🙂 my last 3 girls (we have 5) are each 11mo. a part, love-love-love having them close in age!!!… and tell the hubby that he rocks that shirt. (hahahahah).. 🙂 Haha! Frank is precious! And it could be worse than soccer shirts, my brother had a friend that wore his batman costume for a solid year when they were 4, to school, birthday parties, everywhere. Your pictures are precious as always. Got my t-shirt in the mail yesterday! whoo-hoo! 🙂 Oh that is SO funny Andrea! Our Piper needs a number 4, too and we CANNOT wait for her to have her sister:) I love your blog and your photography! I have an award for you on my blog. Come and get it! Martie |
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Just checked out the music–LOVE that I can learn right along with Megan and Toben!! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thanks for sharing this!! We’ve loved the Hide ’em in Your Heart scripture CDs from Steve Green but need some more scripture to learn with fun songs =) Yes – it’s helped me a TON in memorizing too and I love it when I can recall it at just the right time. Hope yall have fun at the retreat! Wish I could be there and can’t wait for the recordings!
So excited about this! Just ordered our first Seeds CD just last week…of course, I ordered the “Faith” one! Now, I’ll have to use this coupon code and order another one! Thanks! I know my kids will LOVE this…and I will too!
thanks!!! Love Seeds Family Worship!