Author Archives: admin Today–I wanted to let a sweet sponsor share her story–and journey with Wiphan Care Ministries…and how God has blessed her family and their hearts through sponsorship RIGHT NOW–her daughter is in Zambia serving the precious widows and orphans. Even being a teenager–she said, “YES”. AND she also had the amazing opportunity this week to meet […]  “Oh my! I am having so much fun here with my family that I almost forgot that today is MY ONE MONTH-IVERSARY being home! Happy 1 month Gotcha Day to me! Gotta call some of my crew to see how they are doing!” “Um…yes, is My Miss Miss Mag Mag Pie there?! Um…I’m sorry Mrs. […] Like like like!!! Oh right, this isn’t FB! 😉 adorable as always! happy one month isaac! has it been a month?! WOW! happy one month, ITY! YAY! One month home! You couldn’t look more adorable, little man! Sweetness. We’ve adopted two trios of Russian siblings nearly a decade and half a decade ago, and anniversaries are STILL so important to us! Anniversaries are a great time to rejoice in God’s goodness and faithfulness. We rejoice with you at your one month-iversary! BTW, we’re friends of the Nordstrom family. I know they’ve found your posts and your emails a great encouragement as they wait. May God richly bless your family! Happy one month!!! Denise Happy 1 month home, Isaac! I love you, and I just can’t wait until I can hold you!!!!!!! I love your outfit! yayy, happy one month!! 🙂 kj Happy 1 month, Isaac Temesgen! You are such a cutie!! Happy Anniversary little man!  I am encouraged by orphan advocates. Their are a gazillon of them. BUT…let us not forget how scripture teaches us to care…for BOTH the orphan and widow. ALMOST every time the orphan is mentioned in scripture–which is A LOT…SO IS THE WIDOW. So–my question is this: Why does the widow so often seem to be […] I have a dear friend who is widowed due to cancer that struck her husband, and she is left to raise her three young children solo. Out of all the “little things” I have done for her (little because it never seems to be enough when you care for some one so deeply ~ you just want to do it all), my favorite was surprising her with a bouquet of flowers on her wedding anniversary, the first with out him. Seeing her face shine and reading her eyes ~ said it all. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this post and posted a specific story of such on my blog not long ago. The post wasn’t to “toot my own horn” but to testify that scripture is very right when it says it is worship – true worship. Our hearts must seek to serve both!!! And 1 Timothy 5:3-4 tells us to begin with our own families first. Feel free to read my post in all your free time 🙂 http://johnandchristinaanderson.blogspot.com/2010/05/love-serving-washing-of-feet.html This is a lovely post, and so true. In our Church we believe in helping everyone. Be it a dinner to the sick, visiting the elderly or alone, watching someones kids for a while or just simply calling to see if someone needs anything. I think this video say it all…. Your family pictures are simply fabulous, I’m lucky enough that I get to stitch peoples families and then those are given as gifts to others. Have a happy Tuesday! :)Rachel Berry amen! 🙂 we have a widow in our sunday school class (so hope she is there this sunday) but my hubby just went over and helped build her kids’ a tree house…kristi Yay, glad you focused on this! 🙂 Can’t wait to hear what others’ responses are and get some more good ideas. Love the family picture – you are SO cute and beautiful, both inside and out! 🙂 you pushed me over the edge .. I have been wanting to write about my mom for weeks now just wasn’t sure how to do it and your post today inspired me to finally take a leap of faith to share.. My mom is a widow and sometimes you don’t have to look far to find them .. they are all around us:) again I just love following along Great post as always, Andrea! This has inspired me to take my three boys to visit widows in our local nursing home next week! My heart goes out to these precious women! Bobi Hello! First time commenter here. I am so inspired by your blog! I am passionate about grief and widow care and the role this plays in our local churches. I can’t recommend the book “From One Widow to Another” by Miriam Neef enough. She challenges churches to take the call to care for the widow seriously and offers amazing advice on ways the church can reach out to the widows in their communities and congregations. She also gives heartfelt insight into accepting the “new normal” that a widow/widower faces and encouragement for the road ahead. I know you are so busy right now, but this is a great book to consider when you have time for reading again!  Whether adopting or you just have little kids–many of us stay-at-home moms with little ones find ourselves at home for much of the day. The question is–how to be HEALTHY and keep the “coo coo” out of the cocoon when you are at home with little ones! I have by NO MEANS mastered it…we’re only […] Love his face with the ice cream! Too cute!Thank you for your tips for cocooning and I will definitely be referring back to these posts someday:)Praying for his Isaacs night sleep:) oh, his face is priceless with the ice cream!!! Love it! love the post, especially the one about setting goals! I love how you keep your children in mind and where they are at growing to know what craft or thing to do! how neat! LOVE LOVE LOVE Isaac’s face while he is eating icecream! adorable! My husband and son really enjoyed that little video too! Thanks for the tips on cocooning….I’m really nervous for that part. But I loved hearing from someone that if you are feelign crazy its okay to change the plan as needed….I tend to be an all or nothing girl so that is wonderful to here. =) So glad you are keeping from going “coo coo” during your cocooning! Ice cream – yummy. So fun that Isaac was asking for more later! AND, I can NOT get over how much Frank looks like your dad. Goodness!!! Same facial expressions, too. He must be one proud papa! My…how you are growing. I am proud of you for being flexible and trying to do the best for your family. Wish I could be there for you to bring you a meal and take your laundry. Like I said…transition is HARD. Like a whole new level of hard. Hugs… Good advice on the cocooning stage! I don’t think I am going to do well with this! I go crazy staying in the house…we are always out and about! This will be a big adjustment, for sure! Will have to look back at these tips! 🙂 Your title cracks me up. Good tips!!! Sweet, sweet pictures. Have been out of town and loving catching up with Isaac Temesgen ! I tried to write a couple of week ago and the computer ate up all the words…He is sooooo precious,beautiful and adorable …we continue to lift your family in prayer. Ya- the ‘flexibility’ in those low toned bodies. I’ll never forget the first time I brought T into a conveinence store and let him walk. within 30 seconds he was squeeling and looking back and forth, front and back so fast his feet couldn’t keep up with where his eyes were headed… he started and turned and did a split right there in the middle of the store. Lesson learned by momma. too adorable…I always got out..i guess you knew that…I never stayed home much at all..just wore LL ALL the time while out…she was happy, i was happy, my 4 littles were happy…and I’d go Coo Coo staying home every day…Staying home all day every day makes me crazy!! :)loved the video, kj  For a year we dreamed of this sweet baby–and although we missed the first 10 months…we RELISH in every FIRST! Here are some sweet firsts from this week… “My first time wearing shoes…” (You are sitting SO well little man! And to think you couldn’t do this by yourself 4 weeks ago! We start physical […] oh andrea….i just love the pics of Isaac and of course the videos! loved his wave but loved his face in this second video even more! QUESTION: Where did you get his “worth the wait” shirt in the first video? I would really like to get that for my Isaac! :0) what fun firsts. his smile, his eyes…he is absolutely enchanting, andrea! Andrea, I can’t thank you enough for all your posts, photos, videos, & fun silliness! You are helping ease the time while we wait! Thank you for being Free Therapy! I can’t wait to be on the wait list! 🙂 Only one more document away!! God Bless, http://www.bethebodyfor1.blogspot.com So cute! Love that last pic..it says to me look here big brother….let’s go do something quick before mommy notices 🙂 he he he…. That’s what our boys do and they are all close in age- yep…. 🙂 Love, love, love to see more video of ITY! I feel like I see the toddler version of those faces everyday! The “What in the world is that?!” face. So funny… We brought E home at 10 months, too, and missed a lot of her firsts, so I know exactly how important those “firsts” are! He’s amazing!! What priceless first. Love that popsicle video. Really … I cannot get enough of Isaac! He is seriously cute… I mean seriously! ITY is so cute in the videos. I love the last picture. I can’t wait to meet ITY. Hang in there. You seem to be doing a wonderful job. We continue to pray for you and your family. Oh sweet Isaac, I make the very same face when I eat green beans, too! Love how much he’s grown! As always… another precious post from a precious family! What an inspiration you are to us! Leaving for Nashville this coming week for AGCI’s conference!!!!! Counting down the days, praying that God will do amazing things in our hearts while learning more about adoption! I would like to send a little something to Isaac, what address should I mail it to? You can just email me… jbjjbobbitt@earthlink.net! bobi bobbitt, edenton, nc |
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BEAUTIFUL!!! Loved the words shared and video. So lovely. I started sponsoring in May and this trip was my first time to share a letter with my girl. I continue to pray that it reaches her and that she is well.
OH WOW! The photos … the words … the music. All heartstiring!
Andrea, thank you so much for sharing Ingrid’s story. I think I might have met Astrida when I was there. Her sweet face looks very familiar. Like Ingrid said, I feel hugely blessed to be involved with Wiphan. Thank you for sharing the slideshow on your blog. Love you, precious friend! See you next week!!