Category Archives: Orphan & Widow Care Spring is in the air–and there is nothing more fun than getting the kids out and doing something as a family…AND with friends!!! Do you ever think, “Gosh–I want to do SOMETHING for the sake of orphans…but I’m not sure what WE could do?!” Well, here is an AMAAAZZIIIIINNNG (AMAZING!) opportunity!!! Children (young and old;) […]  First–there are very few things that take my breath away–but I just had to hold it for a bit on Saturday at the Wiphan Warthog Waddle. The day started with RAIN–and I was sure few would come out. BUT to my surprise MANY did. I was taken back again when one a regular racer and […] What a precious video of Frank racing to the finish. I’m so thankful to have connected with Shelly at Created for Care (ha – even though I didn’t actually meet her until a week later!) She has been so instrumental in our adoption and such a blessing to me as we have gone through this transition. Love that gal! Yay Frank! So proud of you!!! Thank you for running for me. Praying for your family’s week. Andrea, God has certainly blessed you for raising your hands up to him to be used! Thank you for sharing the living gospel. It always seems I study the word and then you post a living example just after! I love it! Thank you for the kleenex warning! Incredible video of incredible love in action! It was SO great to meet you and talk with you on Saturday! I loved seeing so many people coming together on a yucky, rainy day just for the orphans and widows thousands of miles away–how cool is that?? All I could think about as I watched Frank’s video was how awesome that Father / son relationship is…and how it completely parallels our relationship with our Heavenly Father. He’s always right there, encouraging us, pushing us on, and letting us know He’s right behind us. Frank is blessed with both fathers. ps – my 3 year old daughter is sitting on my lap chanting “Go Frank, Go Frank, Go Frank!” :0) What determination your little one has…Go Frank! Thanks for letting me be a part of race day, even from South Florida! It was SO great to chat with you on Saturday! It made my heart so happy to see so many people come together for the orphan and the widow. I know God has some awesome plans in the works! Thanks for running for me Frank!!! I was so happy to see that you hit every puddle – and you never gave up! Thank you for making a difference for my sponsored child, Margret, on behalf of me on the West Coast who could not attend. Way to go, Buddy!!!  Well…if there’s one boy I’m proud of today–it’s the little trouper who refused a ride in a stroller and RAN the ENTIRE race! He was the sweeper for race day…but the cheers from the crowd as he came made this momma so proud! SERIOUSLY?! What 2 year old has this kind of determination?! He woke […] So beautiful! I know you must have been so proud of your children and their hearts! I wish I lived a little closer – oh to have been a part of such a wonderful day! I get chills looking at the pictures of Frank running for me and everyone else that could not attend but would have enjoyed to. I especially loved seeing the room filled with so many people loving Wiphan – makes me smile thinking how great for my sweet girl and all of her friends who are being loved and cared for by so many!! Great work, Andrea and Team! xoxo I absolutely LOVE reading your blog! I have been friends with the Bowen’s for many years and love the work of WIPHAN. I can’t even remember how I linked to your blog, but it was a joy to read your about your “journey to Isaac!” I’m so proud of Frankie baby for running the entire race! Thanks again for your blog. God uses your words to encourage and challenge me. And….I LOVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY!! I realized after finding your blog that you were friends with Addie. I love the pics you have done of her family! Blessings!! i can’t thank you enough for taking the time to plop down on the floor with us and chat. It was wonderful to meet you and your two littles. Thanks for sharing, too… Glad it turn out great for Wiphan even with the rain. Your kids are always so stinkin’ cute!  If you are a blog reader of mine, you know I process through writing what God is teaching me–and you also know any time I take a few days off from writing its usually not because I’m busy (because writing is HOW this momma unwinds from her busy)…it’s usually because He’s teaching me and it’s […] This is especially encouraging to me today. Thank you for what you share. He is the King of Glory! So true….there are soo many ways to serve widows and orphans. And many of us forget those. Oh, howI wish I could go to Zambia! Next time hopefully! I have been pouring over my bible this morning – heavy heart – and I asked God for His words, and as I continued to thumbs through verses, skipping around, I thought of Andrea and how I longed for her to write. After awhile I checked into your blog – THIS appeared. Melting away with tears …. Love this…have been thinking so much lately about these precious orphans who are unadoptable. I feel like God is showing us so much… Oh Andrea I am dying to go on a service trip right now. We have friends that just returned from Honduras and I tried to stow away with them. I would love to go, but I am hopeful that I will be in Africa by the end of summer. Amen! It has been very humbling to see that there are so many ways we can follow God’s call to live out true religion. He is teaching me that “helping orphans & the poor” has many faces. It’s encouraging to know that God will use us just as we are daily in many different ways to help those who are struggling silently be it in our own home town or around the world. Makes me thank God that he is so much bigger than we think & that he created all of us to fulfill different purposes. I’ve been reading James 1:27 every day lately and was so excited to read your post on it! I’m terrible at keeping up with my blog and when I do it’s usually just pics of Ryder…but thought about you when I shared this today so take a peek at it if you have time… http://andyandashleymac.blogspot.com/2011/02/nickels-dimes-and-quarters.html  Yep–it’s TIME to register forrrrr…THE WARTHOG WADDLE! Every year, Wiphan focuses on ONE big fundraiser…last year it was the cookbooks–and THIS year…we are runnin’ off all that cookin’! Wiphan Care Ministries is a ministry that we LOVE and love being a part of–and would LOVE for you to join us in caring for the orphans […] YES!!!!!!!!!! Frankie-Baby … please RUN FOR ME!!! I will be clicking over now to send in my registration for Frank. Love This, Andrea!! LOVE that Frank! He’s such a good sport! What a precious, fun video. seriously, one of the best videos of all time. go frank! Oh I love Frank!! And the best of part of the video is when he gets a Krispy Kreme doughnut for finishing the race! What a way to start my day! LOVE the FRANK VIDEO!!! Too much fun!!! This video CRACKS me up. I love that you had to pin the biking shorts in the back to keep them on him 🙂 Frank will definitely be running for me. RUN FRANK RUN! I will post your video on my blog this week. I have seen it all Andrea!! How did you have time to think about this and come up with this and film in and put it together all in the last week. You are beyond all of us! Precious Video and great idea!! I will let you know if I can run with you guys in Roswell! Should be fun!!! Frankie, my man! My money is on you! And, seriously, I think you run MUCH faster than I ever could! |
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I love watching you do life so beautifully!
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Kim
We’re doing cupcake sales in Missouri!
We are hosting one April 15th at Guardian Angel Preschool in Florida 🙂 We are getting as many families and children involved as possible, both in making and buying!!!!
We’re having a sale with all of my neighbors in Birmingham on April 16!! Can’t wait!