Beautiful article on an adoption initiative in Colorado highlighting current needs in our state—and what we as believers can do about it: Adoption initiative halves numbers of kids needing families By Electa Draper The Denver Post The number of Colorado children in foster care awaiting permanent adoption has been cut in half by a partnership […]
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Author Archives: adminpictures of the garden are comin’! BUT I also promise…PICTURES of our KIDS in ZAMBIA are coming with video tomorrow too. It’s gonna be rainy tomorrow here…so I’ll be uploading away!!! I’ve been completely MIA enjoying our family being together again!!! Toby is safely unpacked…Richard is rested up…and we’re ready to roll!!! Can’t wait to […] So glad you’re getting family time in….enjoy! Can’t wait to see the pictures and video and I’m especially looking forward to hearing what’s in store for the widows program. I wore my shirt to bible study this morning and did a short infomercial about Wiphan:) My hubby and “Toby the dog” are officially home from Zambia! And boy do THEY have stories to tell…stories, videos, slideshows all to come—but for now…we are ALL crashing at nap time after a long, hard week on both the home front and the mission field! GOD IS SOOOO GOOD! Can you imagine our car […] Pictures, please, of your new garden … ya know, in your extra free time. =) Glad your hubby and Toby are home safely and looking forward to reading about their adventures. Now ~ sweet dreams! WHAT….no pictures?!?! Even iPhone pics will do:-) YAY! Glad they are home. Yep it’s official…you’ve lost your mind 🙂 Just kidding…I always get involved in crazy projects when my hubby is gone! Glad the reinforcements have landed though! Just where does all this energy and creativity come from?!:) Can’t wait to see photos. You know – I sooo wish we lived closer to each other…I think we could have a lot of fun being insane together 🙂 I want to see pictures of this flower garden!!! Man, I WISH I had your energy! Pictures please! so glad that they both made it home safely! Can’t wait to see pics and hear more about your trip. And I do not think that you are crazy – that is just the sort of thing that I would do! Yeah for the flower garden! Love in bloom! How awesome! Glad they are home safely! Anxious for pictures!!!!! 🙂 You crack me up! 1 am?! At Walmart at 12am?! LOL. […] part of our heart is with our widows and orphans. I shared a little bit more about ole Toby here and promised for more details on his trip. Well…enough from me […]  TOBY! I can’t believe it!!! He’ll be back in less than 24 hours!!! Remember how Toby the stuffed dog (my 5 year old’s classroom pet) got to come home with us last weekend??? Well…I just can’t stand it as I JUST got word that Toby is OFFICIALLY on his way home from his BIG adventure! […] what a precious story. How very exciting and what a great teaching tool for both sets of students. Go Toby Go!! Any new info from Tues mtg about sponsorship of Widows with Wiphan?? =) I know you have really missed TOBY and can’t wait for TOBY to get home. Good job on surviving all week without TOBY and hope he doesn’t have to go to work, oh I mean school first thing tomorrow. I am so glad Toby and Richard are on their way home. I am sure they will have some stories to tell. Don’t you just love the beauty God creates in the hearts of children! I can’t wait to see Toby’s story unfold!!! Awesome! Does Toby have video footage in store?! 😉 hint hint! Glad your hubby (and Toby) are safely on their way home. I know it’s been a long week for you girlfriend! ♥ you constantly amaze me with your true love of life! Welcome home toby!!!! Can’t wait for more pics! I can not wait until the kids hear about Toby’s trip…so cool. It will keep great dialog going at my house for sure! […] If not—I first shared about him here. And we unveiled where that little stinker stuck off to here. Yep, give our family a class pet to take care and see what we do?! We send him into the mission […]  My friend Addie really should have a blog. Really. She should. BUT I get to learn things about mommyhood with her…and while I waste time updating my blog…she is really getting all the insight and I get to hang out with her and contemplate that good stuff with her. WELLLL…we planned a playdate for Monday […] I love that quote! Praying for God’s guidance for all families!!!! andrea – I completely agree! I am oddly peaceful (not a quality that most people would use to describe me) and excited about the ethiopian changes. God knew of these changes before we fell in love with ethiopian and its children, and now we will have the opportunity to travel to that beautiful country twice! My husband and I love to travel internationally, but have not since the three kiddos came along – now we get to do it twice! YEAH!!! and we get to meet our daughter weeks before we would have! Thank you again for your encouraging, uplifting blog – wish we lived closer:) Praying for you all (and for us as we hope to start the process)… and I’m now only 2 days behind in the reading… catching up! Addie gets a gold star for such a clean house display when she did not know that her BFF was going to be taking pix when she wasn’t home and posting to the world!! =) We all need THAT Addie in our life. =) YAY for God Moments and YAY for recognizing God Moments. Your post made me smile. Awesome playroom! Tell Addie we love it!!! 🙂 And remember God has you right where He wants you! Enjoy the ride girlfriend! 🙂 AMEN sister!!!!!!!! Wow..changes to Ethiopia! Sounds like you are handling it all with such grace! I am thinking of going to India if we don’t make it b/f the court break. I’ll make my own 2 trip “requirement”…LOL! Love your pictures…your post just made me smile! Jenny Wow..changes to Ethiopia! Sounds like you are handling it all with such grace! I am thinking of going to India if we don’t make it b/f the court break. I’ll make my own 2 trip “requirement”…LOL! Love your pictures…your post just made me smile! Jenny Love your friend’s place and pillow. I also love the idea that you might get picked up by Hobby Lobby 🙂 You crack me up. I wish we lived closer because I totally could have used some of your cheer last week. However, your prayers have really helped. God has uplifted me and I am so thankful. I too see the bright side of this new news and I am okay with it. We are all in this for the right reasons and He will bring it to completion in His time. I just had to check out your blog this evening after being on the same conference call earlier today. I knew you would have an awesome perspective about the changes and would blog about it. I am feeling the same way and want to comment with a big “AMEN!” You put everything into words so beautifully. I know God is writing my story too! Blessings to you and your family! Thanks, Andrea. I certainly needed to be reminded today to give Him praise in ALL things! You are amazing! K Love your perspective. Praying for you and all of the families (and precious children) in the process!. Where do I start?! I just “happen” to find your blog online. We received our referral exactly 1 week ago with AGCI. The new information was surprising, but the peace of God is interesting isn’t it? I can’t figure out how I feel so calm and even excited about meeting my 2 little girls so soon – God’s grace and plan are amazing!! I didn’t know there was a way to connect with other AGCI people. I would love to know to how – please do tell! Blessings, Kimberly |
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AMEN- love this article. I have read Jim Daly’s book & cried! As a mother to 6 children that we have adopted through the foster care system- IT IS NECESSARY & WONDERFUL to have churches actually get behind the system & CHANGE the world one child at a time!!!!! In Louisiana there are over 5,000 in foster care. Nationwide 250,000 in foster care! These children sometimes get to go back to their birth families, and sometimes don’t, but either way they need someone now to help them heal & give them support!
Be that child’s hero!!!!!!!!!
Just posted about your ministry. Sorry it has taken me this long…this sickness has just messed with my week 🙂 Have a great weekend.
Blessings,
Amy
Great article. Thanks for posting.
We live in Colorado and have seen this amazing movement develop first-hand. There is also a local ministry called Project 1:27 that facilitates and assists in foster-to-adopt cases through partnering with local churches. We already have a couple of friends who have felt God’s call in this direction and are at various stages of the process. And to that we say, Praise God!
So enjoyed chatting with you on the phone today. Thanks for sacrificing computer time :). We learned about this “model” through our friends at Hope for Orphans – great stuff!