Category Archives: Recipes If you have never had peanut butter naturually–then you are missing OUT! I had my first batch in Zambia in 2007 when the Wiphan widows made it in their wooden churns for us. I went right to the market and bought our family a wooden churn to bring home—only when I bought it, Kunda informed […]  Thought we could use a fun little post and you could maybe use my super easy recipe–it is my current Southern addiction and it must be shared;). Now that the heat is on in the South–out comes the sweet tea. Not everyone loves sweet tea (I can’t imagine!)…but I promise you friends—no one can reject […] the tea sounds yummy and i’m so excited about the cookbook and all that it represents. Yum! Love Sweet Tea and yours sounds awesome ~ but I will have to rename it to Sweet Andrea Tea for my recipe box. =) Can’t wait to see the cookbook too. Can’t WAIT! =) oh, you have found another sweet tea lover!! I became addicted when we lived down south, and I am ecstatic to report that our McD here in NY just started carrying their biggie sweet tea! Oh, it makes this momma’s day doable:) I can’t wait to try yours:) LOVE it! I’ll help you sell these!! Thanks! I’m a wannabe Southerner. After spending two years of my life in the south, my children will forever be dressed in smocked clothing and my daughter will wear big bows. I’ll make this tea for my small group! Yes! I too am addicted to Fruit Tea (It’s all I drink when I visit Nashville!) I had not found a good recipe for it, so I am excited you posted this!!  COLLECTING COINS… This week, Parker’s school Fellowship Christian, has been collecting coins to raise money for Wiphan Care Ministries! The kids have gotten REALLY excited about collecting coins this year—if they fill up their classroom jar they get an ICE CREAM PARTY (YUM!). They only have 8 kiddos in the preK classes where the other […] Love your boy’s heart. Precious! Oh our precious children! My oldest (14 yr) came up to me and handed me 100.00 and said it was for the Adoption fund. My reaction was the same as yours…”Are you sure?!” He was insistant and I was humbled. He had been collecting his birthday and Christmas money from family. Love these little world changers! Oh to have their faith! My 8 year old is such a giver and is always reminding me that those little extra things I like to throw in the cart at Target are not needs but wants and the money would be better used to help others. I’m trying to keep up with the reading…not too far behind! […] in Parker’s sweet school were working hard to sell things they made (you can read about it here) to raise money for […]  Guess what was cookin’ in my oven this mornin’? GRANOLA! Here’s the recipe: Homemade Granola Bars 2008, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, All Rights Reserved Prep Time: 25 min Inactive Prep Time: 3 hr 0 min Cook Time: 40 min Level: Easy Serves: 12 to 16 bars Ingredients 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal 1 cup sliced […] I have wondered the same thing about the African American program. I prayed about it and didn’t hear a no, but a not now. So we wait right along with you and I have peace and know that my son is in Ethiopia no matter how hard it is to be patient right now. I made these last summer and my guys gobbled them up in no time! I added a lil bee pollen and flaxseed and they didnt even know:) Hey, I am typing my first comment on a blog. I read yours and Melissa’s everyday so here goes. I know how hard it is to wait and wait for what God has for us. I am not a good person to wait. I am a planner. I like everything planned. I am feeling the need to wait and listen to what God is telling me in all area’s of my life. I am not adopting but I am waiting with you on what God wants for me. THANK YOU SHELLEY for your comment and words of encouragement! REALLY what I needed tonight! Yes, I’m not good at waiting either…it means SO MUCH to know others are walking the path of waiting on Him with me. Thankful you are here in Atlanta—it will be sweet to meet you one day…maybe at an airport with my little one FINALLY in my arms!!!!! AFter losing our referral I questioned too..it is natural…BUT looking at LL…I know I was suppose to get to Ethiopia…And, with the number of orphans in Ethiopia..your son/daughter needs you to hang on…i promise things will pick up soon…I remember the frustrations..I really felt them when we hit the 6 month mark of waiting…praying your child is revealed soon 🙂 kj YUM! Will be searching the market shelves to see if I can find all these ingredients in Hong Kong! Your strength will rise as you wait upon the Lord! I so admire your heart! Praying you get to “meet” your baby soon!  The First Day of Lent…DAY 1 ORNAMENT: THE MUSTARD SEED Ahhhh…Wednesday, February 17th! The day we have looked forward to so we can begin our Lent Tree (GO TO CRAFTS and scroll down to EASTER – LENT TREE to download our guide to do one yourself!) When the children wake up–we’ll begin our first day […] Yum, that ham recipe looks wonderful. May have to add that to our list of things to try. And I’m all for a yummy dish that’s easy too! Thanks for passing it along. And love your weekly dinner with your friends. What a sweet blessing to have friends to live life with! Have a wonderful day! Love your lent tree…… 🙂 Love Matt 17:20 too! You’re killin me with the recipes girl!!! Must…. have…. ham!! lol I’m stock piling recipes for next weeks menu. And where did I miss the Lent tree? I want details! That looks like a great activity for my kids. I still have a mustard seed bracelet that a woman gave me when I was about 8 years old. It’s always been my ‘lucky charm’. 30 years later and it’s still one of my favorite most cherished possessions. Link me up for the tree! Oh…. and I made my very first McKlinky today! And it worked! lol Check it out. The guide to the Lent tree is under CRAFTS…under Easter:). It’s going to be a really meaningful 40 day journey!!!!! “How many of us avoid digging into the world’s issues and problems for fear we might have to do something?” — This statement you made really hit me hard. That used to be me. I didn’t want to know. I didn’t want to cry. I didn’t want to feel guilty. I didn’t want to have to do something. How funny that God turned that person into a mother with a heart for adoption. Now I DO know. Now I DO cry. Now I DO feel guilty. Now I DO want to do something. I don’t know where the verse is found…but goes something like, “once your eyes have seen you can not turn back”. How true it is. Thank you for being a stepping stone for opening my eyes to the truth. Congratulations on your new addition! Adopting is such an awesome way to add to your family! Lindsey Petersen I caught that too this morning about the sin offerings. They had to be burned outside of the camp no where near the Tabernacle. That just reminds me that I need to be pure & holy before God. I need to ask for forgiveness of my sins, even hidden ones, & ask Him to reveal them to me so that I can make my requests known to Him. God can’t be near sin, so we need to purify our hearts before we come before Him. So excited to get started on the tree! Doing it a little different since I slacked on getting all the ornaments. For this year I’m just pulling together some clip art to represent all of the items. Might not be as fun as the actual ornaments but I’m hoping the end result is the same! Megan, I really appreciated your comment! I totally relate…I didn’t want to know, didn’t want to cry or feel the guilt but now I stand asking God to send me. How can I serve them Lord? He is AWESOME! Proverbs 24:12 […] was special and like no other for our family?! Well–guess what day he arrived??? ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF LENT! Guess what ornament we placed on our Lent Tree on this day? A mountain and a mustard seed! On this […] |
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oh, I wish that I had brought home a wooden churn from Yemen! Do you know where I can get one here? I love fresh peanut butter – and would love to have the kids entertained and get exercise at the same time!:)
Yum! We make our own peanut butter too….only I just stick the nuts in the juicer…and wha-la! I have my great-grandma’s butter churn…gonna have to try it out one day! Your garden looks beautiful!
I giggled when you said “Frank is a machine!” How adorable. You have a great spirit. You will be in my prayers Sunday evening. Pretty soon you will be commenting on Isaac’s guns 🙂
wow! that churn is a lot bigger than i thought from the first picture! YUUUUM! i am a peanut butter addict and this looks delicious!!!!
I loved this whole post!!! Your children are so cute!! And your Frankie reminds me of my youngest with literally no hair!! So cute!!! Your garden looks like quite the garden!!! And the lady I used to clean house for showed me how to make peanut butter one time but it would be so cool to have a churn from Africa!! We will be praying again for your family knowing that Gods will is the best!!!
LOVE home made peanut butter- we usually get the natural stuff!! Your kids are soo cute. Watching Little House on The Prairie and realizing what used to happen all the time- yep- they are capable of sooo much more than we even think of!
Oh my goodness, that looks sooo good! I love, love, love peanut butter! Looks so much better than the reduced-fat Jif that we buy! Ha! Have never even thought about making my own peanut butter…will have to try it sometime!
oh wow my friend…that looks SO yummy! I have had natural peanut butter from the stores but NEVER made my own! Lord willing, if I get to go to Africa next year I want to buy one of those things!
that peanut butter sure looks yummy! :))
This whole post just made me smile.. and I simply *must* try making peanut butter with my girls this weekend, looks like fun. I LOVED the picture of little Laney when she had had enough & was just flat out pooped! 🙂 and little FRANK?…. oh, what a little machine he is. 🙂 LOVE it…. TOTALLY made me smile!!!!… Praying for you hard over here & just wanted you to know…. and I won’t stop until that sweet baby is in your arms. ((hugs))…