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My Doll Baby

The time is now!

Our family has had so much going on lately but I believe now that the time has come so that I can share now on our blog what the Lord is stirring within us.
We believe the Lord is calling us onto the mission field. After about 3 years of stirring in our hearts we believe to be clear now that the Lord has spoken and that we intend now to follow.
We are not sure as to what directions he is wanting us to go. We have had several doors open and close. We do feel though that he is directing our steps and desire to be right behind him.
So after much prayer and fasting we are waiting in expectation for him to show where in his perfect will he wants us to be.
So if you would please be in prayer with us as we make this big decision and as soon as we know the answer the Lord gives us, we promise to post!

Letter from Corie

Corie just handed this to me saying she just had to write what was on her heart.
Wow! She has the biggest heart.

She wrote:
I just want to say that red,yellow, black and white they are precious in his sight, Jesus Loves the little children of the world."
We should see through his sight, follow him not yourself!
What would Jesus do?
Jesus wouldn't pay attention to what people said or thought if people approved or not.
If God tells you to adopt, do it!
If God tells you to go into the mission field. Do it for HIM.
Its just like if a parent finds out his son or daughter was getting picked on cause they were white, How would you feel?
How do you think God would feel if if picked on hes child because of the color of his skin.
If you judge someone because of the color of their skin, then you should be upset to find out that you have hurt Jesus, OUR FATHERS feelings for not loving on his child.

By Corie Age 11

Sweet Caroline

Caroline

Thursday Night Throw Down

Seems like this blog always seems to present my girls more than anyone else so today my blog is about my son! I am so proud of him, love everything about being his mom... I tell him all the time, "did I ever tell you about the time I dreamed when I was pregnant that I pulled you out of my stomach like a kangaroo just so i could see what you looked like?" Yes mom he says. well I don't think i will ever have enough of looking at my sweet boys face.
I love you C.

County Fair 2008

Last night was Josie's first fair! we had such a blast she loved it so much and so then ofcourse we did just watching the kids. I love that there are still some first well lots of first I still have to look forward to with her.
My neices were showing their pigs last night. they did so great and of course looked adorable if i do say so myself.
My dad, my grandma, my step-mom, my sister and my three neices were all there so we had a great family night!

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding:
in all ways acknowledge him,and he will make your path straight.


As we are trying to seek God's guidence for a very big decision in our life, there isn't any clearer verse to hold on to than this one!

Comment that I Loved!

Haircuts with a view

My Future Hairdresser!
I was at the doctors office the other day and since it was one occasion that I didn't have to be on my toes chasing my very active 2 year old I had to chance to sit and read a magazine. Right off the bat i was drawn to a story of adoption and this time it was something you don't see very often. It was a black family with a white adopted child. It was there story and this is how they put it that I thought was so awesome. they quoted "we don't decide the race of our children, God does!"
Isn't that awesome! They were sharing there story of infertility and ofter no child after 9 years they had decided to adopt and before they could even contact a adoption agency they got of call from a grandmother with a 18 year old grandaughter needing to place her child for adoption. She told them of only one thing that may concern them and that was that she was of white race. This family never had given it any thought other that it would be a black child that would be part of their family expecially since black children are often harder to place but God had different plans.
This is how I see it... there are orphans all over this world but God knows the face and to him they are all his children and if your open to adoption, not that I always could say I would definatly follow what I am saying because we all have our hangups, but if we are truely willing to be open to do what the Lord has for you in His perfect plan then sometimes we just have to look past us, and look for HIM!

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What is God saying about you?Is it "religion again" Or does He dine with you, fellowship with you, and share with you deep secrets and plans for the future?

In the same way we can eat and eat and still not be nutrionally healthy, is the same way we can be overnourished with church programs, religious structures, and traditions of men and yet be missing the deeper things of God.

today it ways so heavy on my heart as I listened to a hispanic Preacher preach today speaking of cultures and the way we get stuck on traditions. THat drives me so crazy. Everyone has there on way of worshiping and what everway a person goes about worshiping the Lord and making there personal relationship should be the way they do it. We should all have the desire to not waste one minute with religion but with true worship.

Jesus said, Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteiousness, for they shall be filled" Matthew 5:6

When you are beginning to develop a hunger for the deeper things of god, He will fill you!
However sometimes just being in a good service is not enough.
I believe God is raising us up to not just want to be "church as normal" anylonger.

God's coming to Dinner

If we are not careful, we can allow life to get us into the same old ruts without even realizing it. Our relationship with the Lord can suffer the same fate. when we don't do what it takes to stay sharp and sensititve to the Holy Spirit, our praise worship, offerings, and even preaching can become a heartless routine to God. As a believer, you can pray, read your bible and go to church every week and still be losing site of your first love. It is not that you don't love the Lord, but the business of life can bring you to a point of losing your freshness, your enthusisiasm, and your sensitivity to His Spirit and what pleases Him.
What if you mother who was a great cook got so caught up in other things that all she made for everymeal was meatloaf, I don't think it would take you long to choose somewhere else to eat. We would probably have disappointing comments like, Aw, not meatloaf again. What if God were hungry and all we had to feed Him is our same dull religious rountines day after day? Just like ending up with meatloaf on the table every night, I can just hear our Heavenly Father sighing, "Religion again"
by Jentezen Franklin in the book "Fasting"

Life is back to normal around here the kids are back in school we are back to a pretty good schedule. Football is about to begin for Christian, there were so many times last year when I just knew Josie would be home at least for football season that my heart would just break but I am sure the way she loves to run around she is going to make up for it in full force this year. Junior High also began for C this year and that about broke my heart but its fun though to watch our kids coming into their own with each new stage.
we have finally begun to landscape our yard that has been on hold for 2 years while all the extra money we could possibly round up went to Guatemala. So that seems to be monumental to me just to see that finally happen........but now the Rain! but I want complain its allowed me to have 2 very lazy days just hangin around the house.
Anyway does anyone know of any good womens bible studies they would recommend for me. It is time to dedicate myself now that the routine has started to set in. I would love one that I could go to it seems that maybe I have sat here at the house long enough and may be time for me to start minglin again. I would also love one so that Josie has one to play with friends. Anyway were gonna pray on that, that we will begin in the right direction. I feel my energy is back and the Lord I know don't want me just sitting here in the house and not using any of my busy bodiedness.

Today we completed our last step of finalizing our adoption by doing a our reconition(i can't spell that) anyway of adoption in our state. So thank goodness all is over and done.

I love her more than words.

Goosebumps

Catching up

O.K. after much technical difficulties I am going to do my best to try to catch up and share our Busy summer! This is my first year as a stay-at-home mom and boy have we played hard. We camped, went four wheeler riding, went to church camp, went to Wild River country, went to the beach, went to West Virginia, swam most everyday, and I have some of the most awesome pictures and between those and Guatemala pictures that I still haven't developed I have a huge job ahead of me in getting that done alone as well as I may need to go to work just to be able to afford to get them all developed. I will say though we have had the best!!! Our family was all together this summer and the stress of the adoption was gone!!! Praise the Lord!, so i just can't say enough but I am ready for school to start! I am tired.
P.s can someone please tell me how to turn this blog into a book?
I am ready to do that atleast I would like to make our adoption journey part of this into a book soon. So any advice I would appreciate it!
Anyway, I would like to share that the prays I asked for regarding us finding God's direction for our family, I would like to say that we feel them and God is at work. I can't wait to explain but need to get a little farther in the process but we are definatly feeling some peace about this. So thank you.
Anyway Today is the Day that the Lord made!! So I will rejoice and be Glad in it!

Pictures

i am going to try one more time at posting our vacation photos.

Dangerously Surrender

I have just started reading the book "Dangerously Surrender" that has been talked about on many of the blogs I read so if you have read it our would like to get started reading it.. it is on sale now at Christian Book Outlet. I would love to get any comments you may have on this book or my comments about it.

"For you to become a seriously disturbed, surrendered person of faith, you will have to be willing to say yes in advance--- to give God your answer before you have heard the question."

Am I willing to say yes before the question?
Is my family willing to say yes before the question?