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February 12, 2011

The Warthog Waddle

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 and widows in Zambia! (P.S. We’ll be leading a trip there in JUNE…so stay tuned for that fun info!) BUT FOR NOW…get GEARED up with us for the Warthog Waddle!

Here’s the deal. We have just around 175 runners. We’d LOVE 400. And we’d especially LOVE if anyone and everyone running could register as soon as possible to help the planning team know exactly how many to plan for!!! The race will be in Roswell, Georgia and you can register HERE. SOOOO…if you are local or at least within driving distance…come on out and help us by running!!!

IF you register before March 3, 2011–it’s ONLY $25!!! You can laugh at us TRYING to run (it won’t be pretty I tell you!) and it will be the ONE time I run all year:). And it really will be A LOT of fun!!!

Now…I know what some of you are thinking…“I don’t live close by–OR ELSE I’d totally run!” Well, Parker, Laney, Frank, Isaac, Richard and I were talking about that little problem. We put our heads together. And we drew straws.

We want to ask on behalf of Wiphan and the orphans and widows of Zambia that you will consider “running” with us from afar—and letting one of ours RUN FOR YOU!!! (PLEASE…I BEG YOU–TURN OFF THE MUSIC UP TOP BEFORE WATCHING!!!)

Yes–we are totally serious. And Frank would LOVE to run on your behalf!!! He will be training for the kids fun run–and Parker and Laney are ESPECIALLY PUMPED to see how many folks their little brother will be running for!!! Now–to join his team–you can make a donation at www.wiphan.org under the “one time donation”. Choose “Warthog Waddle”, complete the form and in the memo simply write “Frank is running for me!” Your donation IS tax deductible–and can be for any amount! He will be wearing all the names of those he is running for on race day to honor them and thank them for helping him in this race for Wiphan!!!

Now…we need your help too! Will you consider sharing Frank’s video and asking other’s to join his team? I mean–seriously–one…it’s for an AMAZING cause–and two…it’s just funny (or at least we think so!) The kids have watched it a MILLION TIMES!

We also want to thank those who SHARE the video AND support Frank! If you do either or both of these–please let us know in the comment section. Of course you can let us know what you think of Frankie-baby’s video there too! On game day–we will pull one of the names off Frank’s Lighting McQueen tank top to WIN a Wiphan Cookbook AND a Wiphan t-shirt!

Thank you so much for considering joining us at the Warthog Waddle –remember if you think you MIGHT run to go ahead and register RIGHT NOW while you are reading this and thinking about it!!! If you know you can’t be here but would love to join us anyway…we would be HONORED to run on your behalf!!! Thank you so much for helping!!!

Seriously…wouldn’t you love to see these as posters???

Hope you all are having a GREAT weekend!!! MUCH love from our house to yours!? Seriously…if only you could be a fly on the wall and see HALF of the crazy things we do!!! We have SOOOO much fun!

XOXO!

Andrea

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Elle J - February 12, 2011 - 9:38 pm

YES!!!!!!!!!! Frankie-Baby … please RUN FOR ME!!! I will be clicking over now to send in my registration for Frank. Love This, Andrea!!

Christina - February 13, 2011 - 9:25 am

LOVE that Frank! He’s such a good sport! What a precious, fun video.

abby - February 13, 2011 - 7:16 pm

seriously, one of the best videos of all time. go frank!

Nordstroms - February 13, 2011 - 10:10 pm

Oh I love Frank!! And the best of part of the video is when he gets a Krispy Kreme doughnut for finishing the race!

Staci - February 14, 2011 - 8:25 am

What a way to start my day! LOVE the FRANK VIDEO!!! Too much fun!!!

Amy @ Filled With Praise - February 14, 2011 - 2:39 pm

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.
Love ya,
Amy

melissa - February 15, 2011 - 3:25 pm

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!!!

joy - February 15, 2011 - 8:12 pm

Frankie, my man! My money is on you! And, seriously, I think you run MUCH faster than I ever could!

February 12, 2011

Attachment through structure and nurture…and yes–it’s good and real…and WORTH IT!

Yesterday I went to a meeting at a local church where John Rosemond (well-known author on parenting) wanted to guide and share his theory that attachment is a MYTH (you can click here to read one of his articles to read a bit of his 2 cents here) and that our adopted children need “the same authoritative discipline our biological children need” (let me just say that was his quote NOT mine–I am NOT that kind of parent but rather hope to be one of love and structure…don’t think my bio kiddos need that type either…but I’ll save that post for another day!). Now, I have to say I had never heard of this author before–but I was very interested in hearing about his attachment myth–which I think is far-fetched, interesting and quite possibly even dangerous. While it would be nice/easy for a parent to think we can bring kids in from hard places and treat them as if they had never been away from love and nurture for a day in our home–I just can’t go there for the sake of truth–and that I want to be a parent that is willing to acknowledge hard truths and go to the hard places with my little ones and help them heal.

I think we need to be weary of hard-handed discipline not only for our adopted children–but for our biologicial precious ones as well. As I listened to the talk, my heart hurt for the children who may not benefit from healing–and our church needs to be guided to be a place of HEALING instead of hard-handedness. We need to not dismiss our children’s past or what their hearts may have been through–and we also do not need to be motivated by fear OR to allow the law overtake our structure and dismiss the extra love and nurture our kiddos from hard places may need.

I worry about little ones whose hearts and feelings are overlooked—and who are never given nurture and structure to heal. And what WE MISS by understanding healing and the JOY in watching healing take place! We have NOTHING TO FEAR with God as our guide—and as healing takes place in our churches, we will have stronger orphan, foster and adoption ministries!!!

I can’t say enough about Dr.Karyn Purvis and her ministry Empowered to Connect. Parenting authors and advisors in our church could benefit so much by learning from her—listening to her teaching based on years and years of practice and research—and wonderful testimonies of healing!!! I love that Dr.Purvis has posted so many of talks on line for adoptive parents to learn from–and I’m especially excited to attend her Empowered to Connect Conference in Denver this April with one of my Created for Care sidekicks Christy Elphick. (Lemme know if you are going to this too! Would love to see you there!) We are actually going as we are planning on choosing a few of these topics to have this ministry come share for the next Created for Care retreat in 2012!!! (Dates to be announced soon for that so you all can mark your calendars!)

So–while I went to the John Rosemond talk to be a voice for the voiceless and what I believe is the purpose of the church (to be a place of healing)–I had to leave early because I had my little guy with me because against Rosemond’s ideas on the myth of attachment–I actually believe there is such a thing as attachment and my little man goes every where with me for now…although I think he’s getting ready to stay some with some of my VBFFs that he sees every day too;). LOVE that he will go to others now and how much JOY flows from his heart now as healing has taken place! I can’t tell you guys how much FUN the results are of going to the hard places and helping your children heal really can be! YES…it can be and IS hard–but I hope that the eyes will be opened of these other parenting experts who haven’t had or experienced the joy of adopting and they, too, will begin leading our churches into being places of HEALING and HOPE more than any other thing!

OK…I can’t leave just on that–I want to leave you with a RESOURCE that is just INCREDIBLE. Ok…so find 1 hour in your day and listen to THIS talk from Dr.Purvis on parenting our children from hard places. LINK TO DR.PURVIS’S TALK ON CHILDREN FROM HARD PLACES here. (This site offers lots of free talks and amazing resources to better equip you as an adoptive parent.) SO AMAZINGLY GOOD AND HOPEFUL!!!! If you don’t have that 1 hour to listen now–here are some of my favorite quotes from the 1 hour session…

There is “lots of heavy handed discipline in our church”…we need to be a voice for HEALING.

“When parents are equipped to help their adopted children HEAL there WILL BE more adoption and fostering in the church.”

“If we are going to be successful in our church orphan, adoption and ministry—in pre-adoptoin, adoption, post-adoption, prefoster, foster, post-foster—we need to create environments where individuals have permission and a place to grieve their loss.”

“Most of us have a background of single structure parenting—and in that structure our natural way of parenting will hold up just fine under that weight…but if you build a 72 story sky-rises on that foundation—every hairline fracture is going to open wide. There are a lot of families who would do GREAT with a low risk child. A lot of us do great with our own low risk child. But when you take a child from the hard place, the weight is intense—so the fractures that are in every foundation open in those families and our families have to be in the process of healing.”

“In adoption studies–50% of adoptive parents are avoidant in their attachment style (meaning they meet physical and basic needs–but not emotional needs…they are present at games and bed time…they give quick hugs and touches but naturally don’t make time for LONG hugs, talks and times of healing). These parents are good-hearted parents willing to take on the challenges of adoption and the orphan crisis–but it also means you have a child who has wounding and the avoidant parent has trouble going to their own pain so it’s really hard for the child to go to the pain.”

“Our churches need to be places of healing—and it will be a place of healing for the orphan when we allow it to also be a place of healing for the mommies and daddies in our own body. We need a culture in our church where it’s okay not to be perfect…until we meet the Maker we are in process.”

“If we could turn our waiting period of adoption into a healing period, we are on the right path.”

“Respect the privacy of family…we can’t catch up on what our children have missed…we can’t do that…but we can spend time with our children and build relationships of family. Let’s not expect newly adopted families–like the mom coming home with baby from the Ukraine on Friday to be in church on Sunday…lets create a culture in the church where we are taking these families meals but not overwhelming them in their family’s newness. For a child just coming home, keep life simple. Let’s make the coming home time for the children to learn who they are and what a family is. Let’s create a culture that honors and supports the family so they can heal.”

“Give families the support they need—cutting grass, taking food, helping with carpool for older children…and understand that families who are fostering and adopting may be dealing with lots of hurt–the child who hasn’t experienced love may be for months pushing away love from their new family…and these families are carrying a world of weight. BUT we can help them with this weight by giving them support. Give families the support they need until their little ones begin to connect as a family…and then you can come in and spend more time with their family.”

“We really have gotten in as a church into the letter of the law and not seeing the heart of God.”

“Lets look at the needs to orphans and our families with eyes of insight…creating an environment for our families—a culture of balance of structure and nurture.”

I don’t want to be a parent of cheap grace or the letter of the law—but of nurture and structure. “There are distancing strategies for parents and distancing strategies for children. There are connecting strategies for parents and connecting strategies for children.” Attachment happens through connecting–and that’s what we want to do–to connect to our children. Good behavior isn’t our goal–connecting is. AND good behavior is a biproduct of connections.

After you listen to her talk/s and begin to understand attachment and bonding—you begin to see it is nothing to fear and there is really so much hope in being brave enough and even obedient to our calling as adoptive parents to GO THERE with our children. There is so much JOY. There can be so much TRIUMPH! AND as we learn how to help them heal–our adoption, fostercare and orphan ministries will GROW and become STRONGER!!! Seek truth and wisdom–and be expectant and equipped to cultivate a spirit of HEALING in our churches!

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Lara - February 12, 2011 - 2:37 pm

Grrreat, just what adoptive parents need to hear – NOT! I am a bit of a mushy gushy mama as it is – I still “wear” my almost 17 month old because I love being close to her! I can’t imagine being heavy handed with any of my children, let alone an adopted one. Boo!

Tracy Sheehy - February 12, 2011 - 3:48 pm

I am so thankful that God is not heavy handed with me and loves me where I am at…takes my hand and moves me to where he wants me! I pray that I approach my parenting with love and grace understanding there has to be structure too. Thanks for sharing!

rachel - February 12, 2011 - 3:57 pm

so, so heart-breaking. i can’t tell you how deeply this disturbs me. attachment does not just pertain to adopted kids. it pertains to bio kids as well. studies show that 45% of low-income/high risk bio kids and i want to say 30% of “normal” kids are insecurely attached. all kids need to know that their voice matters. having parented two securely attached bio kids, then a baby from Ethiopian with pretty serious attachment issues initially, it have been SO clear that she was a *hurting* child. i had to take the initiative to work toward secure attachment, to show her i was dependable when she believed in the deepest parts of her being that she could depend on *no one*. it has taken a long time (been home 1 year soon and still not totally there). it has been painful for everyone, but so very worth it.

thank you, thank you for warning people about this person. it’s just gut wrenching to read this stuff coming out of the christian community. and in terms of discipline, it’s nothing new. so many christian parenting “experts” do not understand that the Hebrew women on the OT breastfed until their children were 3-5 years old, carried them, comforted them, slept near them. God is described as loving US in that same tender way. biblical parenting is NOT about being a control freak or raising mini-robots. it’s pouring yourself out to show God’s great love in a tangible way.

rachel - February 12, 2011 - 4:12 pm

i’m sorry for all the typos above — i meant “a baby from Ethiopia”, “it HAS been so clear”, and “the Hebrew women OF the Old Testament”. i didn’t proofread well enough because i was still reeling from the post! attachment is near and dear to my heart…

Ashley - February 12, 2011 - 5:40 pm

I had to weep after reading your post. We had no instruction what so ever when we adopted our first child. We have stumbled around and we love her so much, yet we come from a legalistic background and I know its not working and I felt like we were causeing her more problems. I am so thankful that you posted this so we can get good instruction for the two new babies we will be bringin home soon from Ethiopia. Thank you so much agian for posting this. I finally feel like there is some hope and I have someone reliable to go to.

Dawn - February 12, 2011 - 5:47 pm

WOW-have read a book of his and never would have suspected him to say that at all!!!! SHOCKED!!!!!!

I think there is such a balance with any child, but especially a child that has been hurt. With 8 different children all have come from very different places…..I can say that it has sooo much to do with personality, with where they came from, with circumstances – some you may or may not know of, and how their heart heals. This is sooo different for every child.

Julie Johnston - February 12, 2011 - 7:35 pm

I have read a couple of his books, and while some advice was helpful….in the end I found myself wondering if he had ever parented before. A 6 step plan is a nice idea…..and if it really worked we could all just follow the “rules” and turn out happy, dependable, responsible kids! However, I felt his books gave very little room for the “real meat” of a person…their heart. We all have strengths, weaknesses, sins, shortcomings, hurts…..and I believe each child’s little heart must be healed and guided a bit differently for each child. Yea for attatchment! We need to attatch to our kids so that we can learn, seek out and discern (with much prayer and wisdom from the Lord) how to best love each individual child and help them to heal and thrive! I am a little surprised he used the term “authoratative discipline”…..I did not glean that from his books! I really appreciate Dr. Purvis and all I have learned from her! Thank you for this post!

Rory Cookman - February 12, 2011 - 8:50 pm

You gave me a lot to think about. We are adopting from Ethiopia and I am learning a lot from those of you who already have your children home. From what I’m reading I agree with a lot of the attachment philosophy and really try to connect with my own kids in that way. Even in our biological family we have times where we need to spend with each child for a “healing” session because they are harboring hurt or misunderstanding. So, a lot of this is already resonating with me. I think that attachment is going to be really important as we bring an adopted child into our family and I don’t want to make light of it or jump to the next part of my thought too quickly, which is: How do we know when it is the right time to enforce the obeyance of family standards/rules? (And I don’t mean enforce in a harsh, dictator-like way. Maybe “holding accountable” would be a better phrase than “enforce.”) I mean that all of my children are guided through how to be a part of our family, how to interact with one another in a loving and Christ-like way, and the older a child gets the more we help guide them in becoming responsible for things like picking up their rooms, doing their school work, etc. I’m not one to be legalistic, but I also want to make sure I’m not swinging the pendulum too far the other way and neglecting that piece with my adoptive child, especially since we will consider him or her part of our forever family. (Btw: we are adopting an infant, so I know this doesn’t apply in the same way for those adopting older kids.) Two things I hope for my kids besides loving God and serving Him with their whole heart are that they know they are loved by us and are confidently moving into age-appropriate independence so they can one day be secure adults contributing positively to society. I hope this comes across right because I am in no way trying to be controversial. I am merely at the beginning stages of it all trying to ask the right questions so I can be the best parent for a child who needs nurture and structure. Sorry to write a novel. I will keep reading your posts to see what else I can learn along the way.
Thanks for stepping out on this! It helps!

Rory Cookman
Portland, Oregon
woosterweester@aol.com

Beth Templeton - February 13, 2011 - 3:28 pm

Andrea thank you for directing me to Dr. Purvis’ talk. Very interesting and compelling. One thing I have been thinking about a lot lately is how the gospel of God’s unmerited favor looks and plays out, so to speak, in our parenting. He is all about relationship–relationship is the essence of the gospel. And I want my life to reflect the beauty and power of God’s grace. Every part of my life–especially my parenting.

Jeni - February 14, 2011 - 3:26 pm

Good for you for going and speaking up! I am seeing the confusion in our little guy as he has started 3 visits a week with bio dad who he does not know. It is heartbreaking. That is crazy to think it is a myth.

February 10, 2011

I’m ready to go!!!

Ok…so I needed just about 4 days to recover from the weekend and the 5 months of planning…and this momma is READY TO GO!!! I am SO, SO, SO thankful for the life the Lord has blessed me with–and how He has opened my eyes to SEE. I love my “new normal”. That is perfectly normal to have a van full of kids…that it makes sense to consider adopting again–even a child with HIV seems like nothing to make a deal over…because God looks at the HEART and we should too. I realize this may not be normal to “the world” but as believers if we think like “the world” then–aren’t we of the world…and not really fully Kingdom living?

I want to live for the gospel and LOVE out of it. That my friends is what the vision and heart of last weekend was about. I love how my crazy friend Mitzi McBride described the weekend on her blog and how she knew our God was and IS at work…

I knew God was going to show up, but had NO IDEA what He would do. In my own heart, He revealed some sweet things to me that I didn’t expect regarding finding my strength in Him, praying for my children, being vulnerable in my prayers, and having the time to allow Him to speak sweet things to my heart that were almost overwhelming to take in. So often times we put God in a box and do not realize it… and God wants to be experienced in all the ways He created us… through all our senses, and all our circumstances. (I’ll write more about this another time)

During corporate worship and large gatherings, I was overwhelmed… at the way we worship… at how many stories are weaved so differently, but by the same God… and how He wants to use US to CHANGE THE WORLD! I do NOT DOUBT that God is going to use the women I met last week for great change in this world. “Wasn’t this just a retreat for adoptive mommies?” Yes! BUT I see this going so much deeper… beyond ourselves and our families… and our adoption stories. I see women who represent FAMILIES who want to know more about the hard stuff. They want to know HOW to help the majority of orphans who will never be adopted, they want to give back to the countries their children came from: clean water, jobs, give self-reliance, justice, food, identity in Christ… God has used adoption to change our hearts to be more like His…. and because of that… I see families who won’t walk away at the end of their adoption story and say “the end.” It is just the beginning.

For example, what was going to be a small breakout session on HIV/AIDS and adoption, turned out cram packed full of 50+ moms saying “you know, I need to know more about this issue.” What I think is amazing is that they WERE NOT SCARED to learn more… they are willing to know TRUTH and to walk in it. That doesn’t mean everyone there will walk away and adopt a child living with HIV/AIDS, but what it does mean is that they will no longer be able to live “not knowing” and will be ready to ask God what role they will play in this “silent” crisis… I believe God is going to use the women in that session to WAKE UP THE CHURCH to “go there” in Jesus’ name.

147 Million, Into the Streets, Sixty Feet, The Cupcake Kids, and Wiphan were all there… ALL started or having in leadership adoptive families. These ministries, along with many more, are making a difference on the ground… here and around the world. There is NO TELLING what God is going to do over the next year. I can’t wait to go again next year… sit around… and hear the stories that start with “Last year, I sat here feeling God moving me towards……” The truth is, He is moving hearts… and He wants to move yours towards the things that are on His heart. Be changed… and change the world!

I really think it’s just the beginning. (Makes me think of that song we played to the slideshow “It’s the First Day of the Rest of Your Life”) Oh–our lives as we follow Him are going to be hard alright—but they are going to be GREAT and WILD!!! And this momma is along for the ride! I refuse to live a life that will make me look back at the end and say, “Oh I wish I had…” No regrets. No reserves. I don’t want to live a “normal” life Monday through Saturday and then come alive on Sunday either. I want to seek Him and follow Him fully and radically every day–expecting and looking for a miracle around every bend. Life is just to sweet and the Kingdom is just to real not to. How EXCITING IS THAT?!

On a side note—I have officially added “Go to Africa with Mitzi McBride” to my bucket list. You just gotta know this girl. I can only imagine her crazy self in Africa. Truly, it’s something to be added to my bucket list.

SOOOOO…in this momma’s home this morning—I think we need a Frankie baby and ITY fix:). Don’t you???

The big kids were at school and I told the babies we needed to have Valentine pictures made for their cards. SO…momma got on it! Don’t you think their little Valentine’s are going to love them???

Ladies…ladies…don’t get too excited. I’m his REAL Valentine this year…willing to only share him for 5 minutes with Kylie (his little preschool friend AND neighbor)…arrived to preschool early this week to see him holding her hand on the playground. How sweet is THAT? He was helping her up the stairs to the slide and EVERYTHING! Hey…I’m raising a modern day knight here ladies!!! Watch out!

THEN…it was ITY’s turn. I got this one for his Valentine picture…I was going to crop the juice out because this is a face this little guy makes 24/7 that I love…AND YOU HAVE TO SEE HIS HAIR CUT!!! I took him over to Aunt Nisia’s and she called it “fresh”…I think that’s good, right?!BUT I was scrolling through pics and decided to pull out an old one instead!

Seriously–how cute is this?!

THEN…after seeing a bunch of pictures of my old, tired self from peoples retreat pictures–I decided it was time for a change. Which means–I got out the scissors–which some of you know I do often just because IT’S JUST HAIR! (I know this makes my hair dresser friends gasp!) SO…BANGS ARE BACK! Okay–so I was going for a Lara Dinsmore look…but I went way too short…
Okay–so bad? Sure. But it’s JUST HAIR! And thought you’d like to see my crazy…just one of the many things that happens in a-day-in-the-life here:)

In other news…I got a new diaper bag! HA! I know you guys really care right? WELL…it’s not just any bag! It benefits the ministry 147 Million Orphans! AND it’s my new favorite accessory:). You can buy one here: 147 Million Store Isn’t that a fun bag???

Alright…I have something really exciting and hold-your-side funny to share with you all this weekend!!! I’ll give you a few hints–and I’m NOT a part of it: tight black shorts, wife beater tank, sweat band and benefits orphans. Crazy combo, huh? Hang tight folks—it’s coming your way this weekend and I can’t wait to share…because I’m crazy like that!

After a few nights of good sleep…I do believe I have hit the ground running!!!

Love to you all!!! XOXO,

Andrea

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Christie - February 11, 2011 - 8:17 am

Andrea- I love the Valentine’s Day cards and I love your bangs! Good job with all!!
Christie

Lara - February 11, 2011 - 9:11 am

You didn’t tell me you cut your bangs yourself! They look great! I haven’t done that since I was 4 and it didn’t work out so well for me that time….

Liz - February 11, 2011 - 9:24 am

Kylie has been carrying Frank’s Valentine picture around all morning….she even put “him” in a chair next to her during breakfast!!! Not gonna lie, you would make a REALLY cool MIL 🙂
Oh, and LOVE the bangs!! I may start coming to you house for haircuts!!

Dawn - February 11, 2011 - 11:28 am

Andrea- you totally crack me up! Love your kiddos they are soo cute! Love your bag too 🙂

Can’t wait to hear your funny 🙂

mitzi - February 11, 2011 - 2:57 pm

girl… thanks for the shout out… me… you… Zambia… ITS ON!!!!

AND, the bangs are actually impressive… quite cute! nice job…. love you girl…

Katie - February 12, 2011 - 11:34 am

Hi Andrea. Been reading your blog for a while now but haven’t commented yet. I just wanted to say THANK YOU for not being content to just stay where God had you. Thank you for being willing to step out in faith and adopt and share about the good and the hard and to be a voice through your blog for orphans everywhere. God has used you to help me get a clearer vision of what adoption is about and strengthened my faith that God’s grace will be sufficient no matter what along the adoption process that we’re in. I really think the Lord must be so pleased with how you are seeking to be His hands and feet. Thanks for being His instrument of grace!

February 10, 2011

Songs…

Here’s a list of the songs we sang throughout the weekend during worship. I’ve already made a cd in iTunes from them,

How He Loves Us
None But Jesus
The Stand
How Great Is Our God
Your Grace Is Enough
Mighty To Save
Our God
Come Away
Never Let Go
Healer
Oh Lord Your Beautiful
Here I Am To Worship
Come Home

If you want to make a cd of these in iTunes–and just copy the one I made so you don’t have to search for each one–then just go to your iTunes account, go to the store and click on ‘Ping’ and in the search type in my name ‘Andrea Young’. I created a mix called “Created for Care”. You can buy all the songs right there on iTunes and then burn your cd.

And speaking of cds–we will have information this weekend available on how to purchase audio CDs and DVDs from the weekend! We are so thankful to our donor who made this possible–so we could send home every mom with a complete set from the weekend. More to come on that–and news on something exciting we will be doing with future sales!!! ALSO–we will have dates soon for you to mark your calendars for the NEXT Created for Care retreat in 2012! Yes…a LONG time away–BUT it’s never too early for busy moms to mark their calendars!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

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Elizabeth Smith - February 10, 2011 - 8:27 am

Thanks for doing the leg work on this! I downloaded all this morning! 🙂

Robyn Beall - February 10, 2011 - 9:18 am

That’s awesome! I had tried to write down every song we sang this weekend to do the same thing, but knew I was missing a few! I’ll be downloading this shortly!

Thanks for an amazing weekend! I’ve even been told I looked radiant! 🙂

Christy - February 10, 2011 - 2:34 pm

Wow… your ministry just keeps continuing even after this is over. What a God thing!

Dawn - February 10, 2011 - 4:45 pm

I AM PRAYING I CAN MAKE THE NEXT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We should be settled into our new home in Tampa by then :)!!!!!!!

Jennifer - February 12, 2011 - 9:48 am

I will be marking my calendar for sure!!!! LOVE the place you held it at this year…that King Bed was a-mazing! 🙂 BUT…thinking you’ll have to get the Braves stadium to fit all the people who want to come! So fun!!!!

February 9, 2011

Created for Care stories on your blogs…

Thank you for sharing your stories and the encouragement you guys received at the Created for Care Retreat!!! I’d love to share your stories–so if you wrote something about the weekend on your blog–please send your blog address link about the weekend via my contact page so I can add it to the list! In the mean time…enjoy reading how moms were met each in very different yet AMAZING ways…God is SO good!!!

Kimberly Chalk
The Chalk Family – Pics from the Retreat
Waiting on a Word
This is the Life! – The B Family
A Child to Love
Schulz Sightings
Kim Young – Shut Up In My Bones
Holding God’s Hand in the Journey
The McBrides
Growing Up Silva
Surrendering to the Unknown
Saving Grace – Baby Neema Blog
The Cupcake Kids
The Teabo Tribe
Lovin’ Much
The Johnson Journey
Enlarging Our Tent This is a Great Adventure
Hearing It Toys in My Coffee
Our Journey to 6
Jones Always and Forever
The Bice Family Blog
My Resting Place
Filled with Praise
Our Something Beautiful
We Love our Lucy
Dockery Bambino
Lovin Much
The Growin’ Gothros
The Shubins
Begin with One
Inexhaustible Love
Blessed Bentons
And 2 Became 5
The Farmer’s Wife Tells All
Mixon Mania
Leigh-One Day at a Time
Adding Astons
The Brown Brigade
Love, Faith and Family
The Mullis Family
My Redburn Journal
Gifted Branches
Becoming a Family of Five

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Bobi Bobbitt - February 9, 2011 - 3:13 pm

I am so behind on blogging! Have still not blogged about this amazing weekend! Hope to get to it tonight, if I do, I will let you know so you can add my blog to the list, thanks for doing this, Andrea! Great idea!

Alison - February 9, 2011 - 9:18 pm

Just got all of my MANY pictures posted on our blog! Andrea, I know I’ve told you already, but the weekend was truly amazing!! What a blessing! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

Debb - February 11, 2011 - 1:23 am

Posted about our FABULOUS weekend retreat! I hope you realize just how MANY lives you helped God touch, Andrea! Your heart is beautiful!

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