Living Simply to Please Jesus while Simply Loving One Another
Occasionally when we are recalling the things that the Lord has done, we see His protection, as well as finding what some of His purposes were for a particular situation. About ten years ago, when we were pastoring in Virginia, Autumn, Emma, Graham and Liberty had gone with me to Richmond to take Tyler to…
A day we weren’t sure would ever take place…. BUT God. Always faithful! We just had to begin with a little celebration of something sweet and cold! Six sisters {Autumn, Emma, Liberty, Jubilee, Elizabeth and Ruby} a mom-in-love-to-be {Vicki} a little ol’ grandma {my mom} Savannah {was visiting and was able to join the fun}…
Yesterday Autumn, Karl & Savannah arrived to celebrate Christmas together. We could not wait for them to get here! Last night was “Christmas Eve” and today we celebrated our Christmas together with Autumn. {Autumn was bummed that we had to take down our Christmas tree. It was crispy. Definitely not keeping that…
2011 What a year it was! From start to finish God’s faithfulness was evident, but it was not without it’s challenges, joys, struggles and painful trials. January The year started with Dw and Emma leading yet another team to Kampala to serve the orphans of Uganda. {Graham was on the trip too.} The team was…
Dear Jubilee Promise, Two years ago, Christmas Eve, Emma you and I arrived home from Ch*na. {And two days later – December 26th you turned eight years old!} Waiting was your big ol’ daddy, who kept weeping that you/we were finally{!} here. Two years ago you, sweet girl you looked like this. Sad. Alone. Empty…
Sunday morning about 6:00am we left our home in Phoenix to head to court to complete Isaiah, Jubilee, Elizabeth, Elijah and even {Yippee Jesus!} Ruby’s adoption journey. Our dear friend, Kathi, from Chinese Children had worked tirelessly, not only to get our kids home, but to get us into court as soon as possible…