Haiti’s Orphans

Sweet friends, I received another email from my friend Susan a few minutes ago. She lives here in our town and both she and her husband are doctors. As we all know, there are many, many, many families waiting for kids from Haiti. One blog friend, Amy, is trying to get her daughter home. The…

The Orphan

I am thrilled beyond words that over 110 of you have committed to praying (and many fasting) for J and C and the adoption situation at large. Recently (11/29/09) Dw and I team-preached on Adoption/Orphan Awareness. We shared our hearts and yes, adoption is something we are passionate about. One of the things that I…

Tying up Lose Ends

Here’s a few things going on at our home: Sarah called yesterday. Less than 12 hours after Tyler depl*yed she was having coffee with a friend whena man grabbed her wallet and ran. The guy was BIG. There were two of them. All her ID and all Ty’s ID was stolen. She feels violated and…

A Few More Thoughts

Elizabeth and Elijah are recouping from strep. Liberty is throwing up. Dw went for a little while to work on the house. He’s back and he, Tyler and Graham are watching college football. (Sarah’s gone shopping with her sisters and mom.) That’s all Tyler wanted to do when he came home. Watch football with his…

A Favor

If one were to go back and read thru A Place Called Simplicity, you would find (I think) that there was only one other time that I have asked for a favor. On July 21st I wrote what I entitled Would You Help Me Please? In that post I shared about my sweet bloggy friend,…

Jubilee’s Update

Many of you have asked what the status is of our sweet Jubilee Promise…… All of our paperwork is in Guanghzou…..which means that we are just waiting for TA (Travel Assignment). TA usually takes about 4-5 weeks to receive. The paperwork was sent 3 weeks ago. Our prayer is that Almighty God will grant us…