The Gem Shower!!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you sweet bloggy friends! The Gem Foundation Shower was such a joy! The anticipation was in the air from Gems to Nannies….the  kids loved their presents. Those who gave backpacks awhile back will be happy to know that some left from back then were used to bless these precious Gems…

The Favor

We have been talking a ton lately here at  our Place Called Simplicity about praying specifically. It is exciting how many have begun to do it and have seen God answer in amazingly crazy ways! Well here’s a powerful story to illustrate the point – and it’s been freshly added to our Memorial Box as…

One Purpose

The month of April Orphan Wares had a  Spring Cleaning Extravaganza… Those who shopped during the month of April were entered to win a  donated Gift Card to Hobby Lobby… And the winner is: Andrea E Mother’s Day Graduations Baby’s Arriving Showers Birthdays Orphan Wares  Shop With a Purpose where 100% of proceeds feed the…

We Could Use Your Help

There’s about to be a gathering together  of a sweet pile of precious gems…. and these little gems are going to be  in need of some very fun therapy tools… Mind you, this is definitely not my area of expertise,  however, being Ruby’s mommy I am learning a few terms from her therapies  and some…

I Didn’t Deserve This

There are just some days…. Do you know the kind I mean? The very sort of day  where powerful emotions overtake and all one can think is, “There is nothing I have ever done to deserve this.” Deserve what one might ask? The inexplicable joy and privilege  of mommying all these treasures and the love…

The Perfect Assignment

It was a beautiful time with the March 2014 GO Team here in Uganda. Some had been before on an earlier GO Team and couldn’t wait to get back to serve and joined this team. The team was coordinated only by the Lord with giftings in just what was needed to make Emma’s beautiful place …

Oh me.

Oh my. I was going to start writing a blog post but last night I did not sleep well and so tonight, instead of typing easily, I keep falling asleep each time I begin.   So at the moment, I am thinkin’ this is definitely not-gonna’ work. the Nile But actually, since I’m mentioning falling…

It’s the Little Things…

How often do we stop to be thankful for a crayon? For little ones who have nothing, there is an inexplicable joy that overtakes  when given a simple crayon and piece of construction paper. At today at the feeding program we brought pipe cleaners, beads, crayons, paper, and face painting – truly, it’s the little…

From Uganda….

What a joy to be back serving beside our favorite missionary. The team is amazing…only God could have orchestrated and brought together exactly the group of ladies that were needed for this particular time in history! We have laughed together, loved together and cried together – and it’s only the second day! The days are…