A Wonderful Morning

So unbelievably blessed by the seminar this morning. It was so great to meet couples from all over and to hear how God is placing the orphans on there hearts. Jason and I feel so grateful to be apart of AW and to be able to help couples began there process of adoption. We still are so overwhelmed and amazed that God put adoption on our hearts and the huge blessing our daughter has been in our lives. We see God alive and at work all around us and it is exciting!

God is so great!

I LOVE to read stories of people being Gods hands and feet and advocating for the weak. Please read this entry from a blog I follow about an adoption ministry who had a great event last week. It just takes getting the word out and people stepping out in Faith and believing that God is BIG enough to help save these 147 million orphans.

147MILLIONORPHANS rocked the house!!

Yesterday was nothing short of a miracle...nothing short of God's hand. Since the launch of Hearts of Compassion Orphan Care Ministry in November 2009, 6 families have taken the plunge into adoption/foster care! Praise the Lord!!! He is stirring up compassion in the hearts of our church family and it has been amazing to witness. Yesterday afternoon was a big day for our ministry and God showed out! Families, not just from our church, but from many surrounding cities came together and the Lord was there...I believe hearts were touched and a difference was made for some orphans out there. Lifeline Adoption Agency also had a booth and gave out lots of good information....I can't wait to begin hearing stories of change and action!! I pray that God will continue to bless the lives of Suzanne, Gwen, their families and their ministry as they continue to be obedient. God doesn't just call people that have it all together...He calls the people that sometimes seem the least likely. Then, as they rely on Him alone to provide (whether it be finances, change of heart, or whatever), He gives them exactly what they need to do what He has called them to. It just takes stepping out IN FAITH. If it seems logical and you can figure it all out, then what glory does God get in that, if there is no risk, no sacrifice?? We step out IN FAITH when it seems IMPOSSIBLE to US!!! God steps in, does the IMPOSSIBLE and gets the glory HE ALONE deserves. So, I challenge you today to STEP OUT--if it doesn't make sense to the world and those around us, SO WHAT?? Life is a vapor...make a difference for Him and make a difference in an orphan's life today--whatever that looks like for your family.

Please continue to lift up the AWAA seminar in your prayers. Pray that lives would be changed and people would step out in faith.

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3 More Days

I had grand ideas of keeping up with the Joy to Love. I did not however keep in mind that I had a big seminar and CHOC event to prepare for. I still would like to do it in the future. So stay tuned. I would like to encourage you all(especially you California locals) to help spread the word about the America World International Adoption Seminar this Saturday 2/19/2011 from 10-12 at Grace E.V. Free Church in LaMirada. I have been praying all week for the people attending. I pray that hearts would be moved to care for the orphans and that God would be glorified during this wonderful time. It is going to be such a great time of hearing about God's design of adoption and hearing some incredible stories of adoptions. You wont want to miss out. Oh and if you register at AWAA.org on the events page you will get a free copy of Casting Crowns CD.

Happy Valentines Day

This was a great Valentines day. Jason took the day off since he had to fly out to Texas for the week. He let me sleep in and got all the kids ready for school. He made me a yummy smoothie and gave me the most special gift. Eleven years ago we wrote our own vows for our wedding day. For this Valentines he printed them out on beautiful paper and had them matted and framed. It was so special and meant so much to me. After we picked up the boys from school we went to lunch and spent time together before saying goodbye for a couple of days :(

Noah has been saving his money to by his best friend Abbie a special necklace. He has been bugging me to take him shopping. Saturday I took him to target where he picked out a beautiful cross necklace. He picked out a special heart gift bag and everything. When I asked him why a necklace? He said because she likes pretty things :) He is so tenderhearted. This event made this mommy so proud of the sweet boy he is turning out to be. Abbie had a beaming smile and it made his day. Oh the stories we will have for them one day.

One more sweet story. Last night while Jason was reading the bible to the kids I came in the room and Hannah pointed at the book and said "mommy Jesus" I said yes baby your learning about Jesus and she said Yeah! with enthusiasm. It literally took my breath away.

Baseball And Valentines

Saturday was a busy and fun filled day. CHOC Hospital had invited us to a heart patient reunion party. They throw one every year the weekend before Valentines. They had all kinds of crafts and goodies for the kids and lots of yummy food. CHOCO the bear and a big panda were there and Hannah was not excited to see them. She held close to mom and grandma the whole time. We saw a lot of staff that we had met during Hannah's stay including Dr. Gates who performed her amazing surgery. The line to get his picture was longer than the line for CHOCO BEAR. He is a great man and loved by many. The boys enjoyed watching the magician and decorating cookies. Hannah looked too sweet in her valentine dress that I just had to do a little photo shoot.

After the party we went to Jonah's first T-Ball practice. He was so excited and did so well. We are proud of our little guy and can already see lots of baseball in his future.

I have not been able to keep up with the JOY TO LOVE but hope too soon.

Hannah's Gotcha Video

After hours of hard work I finally put together Hannah's Gotcha video. It's not perfect because I'm not that great on the computer but I was pretty proud at how it turned out.