"Train up a child in the way he should go:
And when he is old, he will not depart from it."Proverbs 22:6
Hannah, (my 7 year old daughter) LOVES the orphan.
She will NOT stop talking about them.
There is a golden gem in the center of her heart that tells me,
our Father has something brewing for this sweet angel.
She told me the other night as we were out on a walk:
“Mommy I have a secret I want to tell you but I don’t know if I should.”
I said,
“Well honey, you know you can tell your mommy anything.
What makes you think you can’t tell me?”
She says,
“Well I don’t know if you will understand.”
I said,
“Oh honey, try me. I will do my best to understand.”
With a deep breath and a few more steps, she preceded to tell me,
“Mommy, the Lord told me we are going to Africa .”
I said
“Oh really? Baby, that’s awesome.
Why is that a secret and why do you think you can’t tell me?”
She said,
“Well I don’t know when we are going but I know we are going.
Does that sound weird?”
I said,
“No honey, it sounds like the voice of our Father.
That is how He speaks to us.
He makes something very clear in our hearts that we know it to be true,
even if we have no idea how it will happen.
That is the exciting part of following Jesus.
So now, you know what we need to do?
We need to wait.
We need to pray and wait patiently.
The Lord will tell us everything we need to know exactly when we need to know it!”
With that she smiled with complete joy and satisfaction,
I put my arm around her and we began to pray as we walked.
This is my 7 year old daughter.
The Lord has a call on her life.
I know He does.
Precious moments that money could never buy,
stitched in my heart and mind, forever.
Thank you Jesus!
This is not the first time I wrote about her precious heart.
I wrote about another time here.
Simply PRICELESS!
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,
for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child
will never enter it.'
And he took the children in his arms
placed his hands in them and blessed them."
Mark 10:14-16


Today our family is on a mission. However, our story began back in 2003. We were married, blessed with 3 beautiful children and the world’s best loving little Shiz-Tu of a man-dog! (We really love him. Probably too much. But that is not what this blog is about!)
My husbands name is Chris but my kids and I call him ‘Papa’! We have been married for over 8 years. We have seen some amazing mountain tops in our marriage and we have also swam in the depths of the oceans floor. We know that God is alive, working and ALL POWERFUL. We are living proof!
Our children are amazing. They REALLY do make us laugh. So many times we just look at each other and shake our heads because they are so cute and unpredictable. They force us to learn humility, mercy and grace constantly and we fail daily. It’s actually very sobering.
We are completely broken people. Sinners in need of grace, forgiveness and mercy like you need air and water. We give our brokenness to Jesus. We turn in all our failures and sinful ways in hopes that Jesus will use these vessels (our lives, our bodies) for His ultimate and complete Glory and unto His Kingdom.
What is this blog about? It’s about Jesus and Orphans!
As you will read, we are now on a mission. To love the orphan! To serve HIS children and help provide for any urgent needs we encounter.
We originally were praying about adoption. However, we are now praying that the Lord would just SEND US, if that is His plan.
We have started a ministry called, "Bread For Life" and we bake and sell bread to help raise money for children in need. It began in December of 2011, we have raised almost $20,000! This little ministry is being turned into a non-profit and we are seeking the Lord for what He has in store for us next.
If you can get past all the misspelled words, run on sentences and confusing grammar than sit back and be encouraged! God is on the move in our hearts and we are thrilled! We invite you to laugh, cry, pray, rejoice and hope that Christ be glorified through our lives.
There is a war to fight and we are headed to battle!
This is our mission, Our Story.
(To start at the beginning of our blog,
Adoption Timeline: May 23, 2011 Passports * June 6, 2011 Fingerprinting * Getting paperwork completed for homestudy * Woe, hold up... Lord are you calling us... are we to "GO!" and adopt/serve/teach/love/feed? ... Hold on. This calling just got a lot more exciting! Stay tuned!








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