I had to take Eliza’s pictures down for a while. We are still working very hard to bring her home. We have just had to make some changes, and will hopefully be able to share our extremely exciting news with all of you very soon!
In the mean time, know that we are working […] Read more…
Children Of The World Puzzle Fundraiser
Introducing our Children Of The World Puzzle Fundraiser!
We are so excited about this fundraiser. I love this picture of the children with Jesus. In communicates so many things to me.
It is Jesus who places these children in families. And it is He who brings them home.
This picture also reminds me that we are […] Read more…
A New Name
We have sent our 1800A off to immigration and are now waiting for its return so we can send off our dossier to China. We have everything else we need, everything else that is, except the money to send it off, but we know God is making “a way in the desert and streams […] Read more…
The Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny.
Nine baskets…
all in a row…
but still missing one for our sweet daughter on the other side of the world.
We can’t wait to bring you home, Eliza BiLu.
Candy Raiders…
We are thanking Jesus tonight for His death and life and praying that someone in China will share Jesus’ love this Easter with […] Read more…
Faith Like a Mustard Seed
I’ve been thinking a lot about faith lately.
You know, the kind of faith Jesus talked about when he said if we had faith the size of a mustard seed, we could say to the mountain, “Move,” and it would move.
I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you […] Read more…
Another Translation
Here’s another translation of Bilu’s letter. This one was done by a sweet Chinese woman named Ping that I met through a Facebook friend. Her translations are very good, and you can see how much variety there is when doing a translation. This one makes a bit more sense to me.
Dear Mom and Dad,
How […] Read more…
Another Letter
It had been a long day.
The children had not been feeling well. Our teens weren’t in very good moods.
Our boys seemed to need so much more to keep them busy than I had to offer even on a good day, and home school really could have been called anything but school; the word calamity comes to […] Read more…
Just Sharing My Thoughts Today
Sometimes the needs of a large family just seem so diverse and vast that I’d like to hit a pause button somewhere just to slow things down a bit.
We had to make a few quick decisions for our oldest son, Andrew, this week. He is seventeen and in eleventh grade. As many of […] Read more…
Paperwork
Late at night, when the kids are asleep or settling in, and when Mark and I are really feeling the effects of our long days, here’s where you’ll find us…
knee deep in paperwork.
We are driven by a fierce love for a young girl on the other side of the world whom we have never met,
a […] Read more…
