Happy New Year!!

I took this picture on Jubilee’s birthday the other day – {12/26}… and it just seems like an  appropriate way to wish all of you a very blessed New Year… From my treasures {minus the depl*yed biggest boy-treasure} to you and yours… Happy New Year!!!

The “GO” Arm….

As God has continually been stirring our hearts for the orphan, we knew that He was calling us to ‘step it up’.  We are convinced that He is stirring the body of Christ around the world for the orphan.  Never before in history has the plight of the orphan been moving those in the body…

Almost Forgot…..

A few days before Christmas Dw was contacted asking if we would be interested in being interviewed for an article in our town’s newspaper about parents with kids depl*yed during Christmas. We loved the idea!!   Dw and I met up with the reporter in Starbucks one afternoon and spent about an hour with her. …

Honestly…

Well Abi, Ryan and Finn left early this morning.   So very hard to see them go.   San Francisco is such a long ways away.   Christmas is over.    The extra special days {that only come once or twice a year}.   The days that ya’ wish would never end.   All the excitement and festivities…

Jubilee Promise Turns 9

The day after Christmas… a special day in our home… Jubilee Promise turns 9.   She has only been home for one year and two days…. We didn’t do the “breakfast in bed” routine last year….it was all so overwhelming, having just returned from China and knowing she would have no clue what we were…

Lovin’ These Days

 At one point we saw Elizabeth crouched and kind of running between the island and the kitchen table.  We ran to see what she was doing and she was dragging Finn by his legs around the kitchen floor. Finn was enjoying every minute of it!!  I tried to grab my camera and catch it, but…

Christmas Eve’s Eve

As I have been reading through the prayer requests from yesterday I am struck  by how many people are hurting.  I’m so thankful that we have been having an opportunity to pray for one another.   There have been quite a few people who posted late in the day yesterday and today.   If you…