It’s impossible to express to you how excited I am to get my feet back on that Uganda soil that rocked my world 2 years ago! My heart is overwhelmed with excitement and anticipation because I know, once again, the Lord has a plan for every-single-one-of-us on this trip. I'm ready to have my life flipped upside-down and inside-out again all for His glorious Kingdom when it comes to HIS precious children!
We have an awesome team of 16 orphan-loving-people on this trip. We will be leaving at the end of June and will be in Uganda for 2 weeks. What are we doing? We will be traveling to baby homes to hold and feed the innocent infants. Going to several different orphanages to do projects and VBS's with the young children. We will be doing a feeding program for boys in the slum. We will be ministering to the women of violent crimes, providing counseling services for pregnant and displaced women. We will be providing medical care for sick and injured babies, children, men and women in several different villages. The list goes on and on.... Our trip is PACKED!
With all that being said, as you know, all these things cost money! Would you gather with me in prayer as I am seeking funds and donations to help with all these projects! Did you know that it cost less than a dollar a day to feed an orphan? There will be certain days and nights where we hope to feed anywhere from 300-500 children in one location. I am trusting the Lord for every dollar needed to make sure all these projects can be fulfilled and every mouth can be fed.
For me, the MOST important part of traveling to Uganda is to hold a precious child and tell them that they are loved. Tell them that Jesus loves them. Sing over them and pray with them. Tell them that He cares for them. That he died for them so that they may live. Many times this message is hard to receive when their belly's are empty and starving. Not only is my heart to feed them the Truth about Jesus but to also provide a warm meal for them, even if it's the only meal they will eat that week.
Would you gather with me in prayer as we seek to fulfill all necessary financial needs for this trip? If you would feel led to contribute and donate, your tax-deductible gift through Bread For Life Ministries will help share the gospel of Truth and fill the empty bellies of the most beautiful children on planet earth.
37 days my friends to raise as much money as possible. Are you with me? Will you join me in this?
There are no limits to what your support can accomplish! Together we can change the life of one child, over and over and over again!
Thank you isn't even enough, but THANK YOU in advance. Your support means the world to me!
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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