Playing house. . .

I think every parent gets a peak through the window per se into their parenting when their children “play house.”  This is a rather recent playing past time for Fikadu and Tigist and its been wonderful to see it unfold. 
This morning I loved hearing them tell “their children” about God.   Their “daughter” (doll Lisa) had broken [...]

What Orphans Need

I loved reading this post from Together for Adoption this morning. . .
What Orphans Need
When Christians are unsure of their Father’s delight in them, real Christian joy is absent and passionate Christian living is lacking. It is almost impossible (if not entirely impossible) to mobilize Christians who doubt that they are objects of God’s affection [...]

A year ago

Tigist was recently invited to a tea party hosted by one of her friends at church.  The night before we sat down and painted our nails and talked about how fun it was going to be to dress up fancy and drink tea from beautiful dishes. 
After I put her to bed, I couldn’t help but [...]

Time to get real. . .

Today I missed him.  Worship was phenomenal with prophecy and a spontaneous song.  The preaching of the word convicted me of an area of sin and gave me hope for change.  I was reminded of God’s faithfulness as the service closed with the baptism of 6 believers.  And then walking out to my car, children [...]

Orphan Sunday

This video is well worth the minute it takes to watch.
Orphan Sunday from Christian Alliance for Orphans on Vimeo.

Round Two

We have some really exciting news to share. . . We are preparing to adopt again!  While we must wait until January (1 year home with our kiddos) to officially begin again with our agency we are starting to fund raise now.  We have an excellent opportunity for you to get some Christmas shopping done [...]