Author Archives: admin ***Visit www.createdforcare.org to see new information about the March retreat now!!! Registration begins WEDNESDAY!*** I am SUPER excited to finally get to share with y’all that we have prayed…made a GAZILLION phone calls…and worked around the clock since our January retreat registration opened and was full in just 9 hours! After much prayer and trying […]  I have a couple of really fun announcements to make–but my brain hurts from not being able to sleep last night…so the fun announcements have to wait until tomorrow:) Rico Suave has been in Bristol, and momma doesn’t sleep so great when he’s gone! Thankfully–he just got home. Yay! In fun NEWS…Canon shipped my camera […] Too cute!!! I love that Frank— so honest!! So glad you wrote that down! Too cute! Oh, your Frankie Baby! I could just eat him up! And what a priceless conversation and picture. Cute, funny, crazy, treasured moments! And hey–are those my socks??? Just kidding! Love ya! Christina!!!! YOU just made me laugh out loud!!! MAYBE they are your socks! SO FUNNY!!!! You want them back??? Oh…you mean to tell me that YOU don’t NEED them?? Well, then I’d like to keep them. SOOOOO FUNNY!!! Still laugh about that! LOOOOVE YOU. Hearing about these boys always makes my day. Esp this YaYa business. HA and now Frank is retaliating with “snotty.” Ha ha ha. My two youngest are just a year apart; reading this dialogue made me feel like you had been in my house! The YaYa, Snotty exchange is hilarious! You have little geniuses!!! My 5 yr old has been telling our whole family that he will only answer when addressed by his full name but that his “new” middle name is “Fire”. God bless little boys! He he he……Love it! 🙂  WHEW!! Rico Suave jetted off for a guys golf weekend and momma ran solo…until my padres popped in town for a quick Saturday night visit! I forced the parents to come with me to the African Family Fellowship at the Vogeltanz house. My camera is STILL off at Canon (they said it’d be shipped next […] Adorable photos! Please give Emily my best next time you see her! haha – I laughed at the McD’s comment because I had to feed mine there twice this week because it was so crazy there a couple of days and it was the only restaurant with a drive through. And I didnt even have adoption paperwork to do or a husband out of town, so I definitely think you had a great reason! 🙂 Hey Andrea! Chad and I are planning on coming to the conference ( we have to leave early on Sat ). We are not officially registered, I can’t seem to get the website to take my credit card, didn’t get an answer at the church or to my email… soo…. do you think it’s Ok, to just show up? Hope to get to visit with you, we have some exciting news….. (: Love your blogs! We are also adopting from Ethiopia through AGCI! We started exactly one year after you guys and it’s taking WAY longer than we hoped! So we’re a bit jealous of your story, but very encouraged at the same time! Absolutely adorable!!!!  How we saw our invisible and invincible God today… As we pulled up to the assisted living today–I heard my children going back and forth about the words invincible and invisible (Harriett, thank your daughter for me for teaching them the difference!) They came to the conclusion before they jumped out of the van that […] I definitely think all you have shared about God being interested in the details IS TRULY AMAZING! How much of a God-coincidence is it that Isaac and Laura’s boy can now play together. Nobody could have orchestrated that better than our great God. THanks for encouraging me yet again. Definitely think one of the reasons your blog is my favorite is because of how much you focus on trusting and timing – two things I’m constantly working through in my head and heart. Thanks for your encouraging words again! And the funny stories! 🙂 I am moved by your weekly visit to the assisted living facility, and amazed by the reconnection of the boys! Love it! From the perspective that my Grandmother lived a long 98 years, the last 8 with Alzheimer’s … THANK YOU for your service to these precious “Grandparents”. You are not only serving them by being WITH them and treating them with much love, but you are serving their families who may not be able to see them as often as you have dedicated your weekly visits. Thank you. Blessings to your sweet kiddos for “getting it” so young and for adding those laughs to their day. LOVE God stories!!! And the fact that God uses your family to bless those that the world often forgets. I love your heart for the elderly-my favorite place is the nursing home cause it’s like having a ton of grandparents! God made me ready a room that I THOUGHT was for my future adopted child. Now the day it is ready my baby brother needs a place to stay. It is MIND BOGGLING how perfect GOD’s timing is even when we think that delays are unanswered prayers…He knows best! I needed this reminder today!! Love how God is in the details, and how He is always guiding and molding us. Needed this today, thanks! A friend and I have been thinking (need to move beyond that, eh?) of taking our kids to a nursing home for almost a year. We kept getting caught up in the logistics of what to do while there. This is a good reminder just to go! Alright…so you all have seen my emotional mommy side…my not right funny side…are you ready for my nerdy, educational side??? SO…each day when we do math, momma always likes to play games. I *used* to be a public school teacher (before I had Parker)…and I constantly would have ideas that I WANTED to do but […] I LOVE, LOVE YOUR AMAZING IDEAS! We do math obstacle course & I have the kids fish from the “alligator pond” grab numbers or try to get letters/numbers from the “letter fairy” & run, balance beam, swing, jump, roll or crawl. My hubby just laughs cause mommy gets just as much exercise as the kids. We needed a new, fresh idea. A game show is perfect for teaching speaking skills & confidence too!!! Love it, love it!!!! Praying for y’all! Girl, you are NOT RIGHT!!! And I LOVE this video!!!! Andrea, I’ve been reading for a while now, too:) Thanks for the game idea…my homeschooling first grader has been making the bonds all week and loving it! He asks me to play it every day. Keep ’em coming! |
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I am so very excited…can’t wait to register for the March retreat! God bless you and all your helpers who so thoughtfully organized a second retreat…such a blessing!
So excited!! Talking with my friend to figure out what we want to do. Thanks for offering a second retreat. Hoping to register for the March retreat tomorrow. 😀
I’m considering switching to the March retreat because my friend didn’t make it into the January retreat! WOOHOO! And, I’m totally down with being on a team to plan a retreat in another state! 🙂
So excited!!!! Tried to register for the January conference and was so sad that I couldn’t come. Hopefully I will be able to get in on the march conference.
I’m excited that there’s going to be another one even though I can’t go this year…definitely looking to try for next year though…so wonderful to see God at work through all this.
I want to go on retreat. Please send information. Thank you so much
I am a ‘waiting’ adoptive mom. We are hoping to travel in February or March to bring home our daughter, Lily. Therefore, I can’t make it to the March retreat and I know January is already full. I came across your blog and just wanted to connect and I hope that you might continue the retreats in the future. I would love to attend one. God is working in my heart and I am excited to be a part of this journey for Him. Do you have an e-mail distribution?
Love in Christ,
Stephanie