Since coming home from Ethiopia God has really been working in my heart in a new and powerful way. In the little time that I get to myself these days I am thinking about what God has done in my life, what he is currently doing and what he plans to do. I am humbled [...]
Archive for the ‘God’ Category
5 Oct
Happy Birthday Esuyawkal!!!
Today is Esuyawkal’s
1st Birthday!!
I would like to say what an answer to prayer it is that we are able to celebrate Esuyawkal’s birthday with him. For months I prayed that Esuyawkal would be home by his first birthday and God made it happen! It is so meaningful to us that we are able to [...]
1 Oct
The tour
Every parent that comes through Layla has the opportunity to get a tour of the facility, this was something that I had been looking forward to and was excited when we got our opportunity. One of the volunteers at Layla gave us our tour and did are great job. We learned a lot and got [...]
7 Sep
Unprepared and it’s ok
Each day that goes by we are a day closer to leaving and my tummy is starting to flip flop over it. I am excited beyond words to get my arms around Esu, but I am also not prepared to leave Ewan and Anwen. I cannot wait to see Ethiopia, yet feel unprepared for what [...]
14 Jun
Psalm 23
These readings we read at church this morning, they were so good I wanted to share them.
Read these two versions of Psalm 23 and then answer the question below.
Psalm 23- Antithesis (author: Marcia K. Hornok)
The clock is my dictator, I shall not rest.
It makes me lie down only when exhausted.
It leads me to deep depression.
I [...]
8 May
So that is what is going on…
This is the reading for May 8th from Oswald Chambers’s, My Utmost For His Highest.
I can identify very much with the first paragraph about patience, I do often times feel stretched, especially lately. The whole reading is good, but I though for those of you struggling with patience as I am this might be encouraging.
The [...]
3 May
A God thing
This morning I found out from AAI that we did not make it into the next group of cases going into the court system. I sat at the computer and stared at the screen hoping that I was misreading the e-mail. I told Brian and then sat back down to write a post for the [...]
17 Apr
A journey with God
The journey to your child what ever the road you take to get there can sometime be very difficult. The journey is always different too, it never seems that we live these big moments or journey these paths in the same way, we always learn something new about ourselves and sometimes we learn something new [...]
11 Aug
All Is Full of Love
This is a song that is by my favorite artist Bjork. It is a song that for each of my children has been an anthem. When I listen to it I am flooded with memories of them in my womb and wanting them to know that they will be love, that they are loved. As [...]
