Mama~In~Love

I'm in New England spending a long weekend with my mama~in~love. Mama is not healthy and we don't know how long we'll have her so flying cross country to spend 3 nights with her is a blessing. This area of the country is beautiful, even though most of the leaves are off the trees now.

We enjoyed an early Thanksgiving dinner and come tomorrow I'll be flying home and won't see her again till sometime after the first of the year.

I got lucky in the mother in law category, she rocks!

I look forward to the day I get to introduce her to her newest grandson Eli.

Resting in the SON,
~s

30 Days of Give Aways!

And it won't cost you a cent. All you have to do is become a follower of Stefanie's blog over at nihaoyall.com. Each day for 30 days she will post a new item to be given away. Leave a comment and you'll be entered for a chance to win!

All items being given away serve a mighty big purpose. Each and every one of them help bring another child home to his forever family.

How stinkin' cool is that?

Resting in the SON,
~s

Every 5.2 Seconds...

Every 5.2 seconds a child dies without a family...

Alone, hidden away from the world...

This is just so WRONG

How can we stop this tragedy?

What is the answer?

We can pray, we can stand in the gap for these precious ones, we can plead with our sweet Jesus to bring their forever families.

We can help families that are adopting, we can come along side these families and help them financially, we can pray for their journeys. We can rejoice with them as our huge awesome God answers our prayers.

onelessbrokenheart.blogspot.com

theblairfamily-dawn.blogspot.com

marquez.familyjourney.blogspot.com

mostlymayhem.blogspot.com

journey2ethiopia.blogspot.com

goseeklove.com

minus1project.blogspot.com

This is just 5 of the families that are working hard to bring their little ones home, there are so many more.

Tuesday is my day of fasting and prayer, if you have a need or prayer request, leave me a comment and I will be honored to pray for you on Tuesday.

Resting in the SON,

~s

BLAIR FAMILY NEEDS OUR HELP!

Come on body of Christ, it is time to pull together to meet an urgent need. The Blair family needs to raise $4000 in 24 hours or their adoption file will be closed.

Please stop by their blog, read their story, help financially if it is possible, even just $1 will help. If you can't financially, you most certainly can pray.

theblairfamily-dawn.blogspot.com

I can't wait to see how God will answer. I just purchased one of their Christmas cds.

Resting in the SON,
~s

Adoption Give~Aways

So many families are holding give~aways to raise the necessary funds to get their little ones home. Here are a couple going on right now and I plan to add to this list as I find out about them.

marquezfamilyjourney.blogspot.com
onelessbrokenheart.blogspot.com
mostlymayhem.blogspot.com

Stop on by these families blogs and help bring precious little ones home to their forever families.

Resting in the SON,
~s

ORPHAN SUNDAY

Today is Orphan Sunday ~ Please take a moment to pray for all the orphans - an estimated 147 million worldwide. That's a lot of kids with no mama or daddy, no home, no family, no hugs before bedtime, no one to kiss their owies when they hurt themselves, no one to tell them Jesus loves them.

Close your eyes for a moment and imagine, your son or daughter that you love more than life itself, living in an orphanage somewhere, all alone with no mommy hugs and no mommy kisses. Cold in the winter, perhaps not enough food to eat on a daily basis, nothing to call their own. Not a change of clothes, not a baby doll to love on ...

Hard to imagine isn't it? Seems unreal to imagine your kid in that situation. Yet it is the reality of 147 million kids.

I've read that if only 2% of all believers would adopt an orphan, there wouldn't be an orphan crisis in the world. All may not be able to adopt, all my not be called, all may not want to bring a child into their home, but we all can pray. We can pray for these kids, we can pray for those families that are running the race, doing the paperchase, fundraising to be able to afford to bring a little one home to their forever family.

We as a body of Christ can help these families that are called, we can support their adoptions not only by praying, but by donating financially, purchasing items they are selling, leaving a comment on their blog with encouraging words.

Are you called? Has God placed the orphan on your heart but society is telling you you're too old? The world telling you it costs too much ~ heck it costs about the price of a new Chevy Silverado but when you purchase a new truck your friends give you a thumbs up. How do you put a price tag on a human life? How do you put a net worth on someone's life?

Adopting one child will not change the world, after all, what's just one kid out of 147 million right? But you know what? God knows that one kid, God knows every single hair on that kid's head. And HE loves that one little one. And HE tells us when you do for the least of these, you do for ME. It won't change the world, but the world will change for that one little human being who is all alone in this world.


Will you take a few minutes and spend time in prayer for these families and these precious little ones?

Resting in the SON,
~s

Love Is Not A Color

I just love love love this t-shirt that embracingtheleastofthese.blogspot.com is selling. And, they are only $10! And, they will help bring their little one home.

LOVE IS NOT A COLOR - what a powerful message, because love isn't a color. Red, yellow, black and white, they are ALL PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT.

$5 for a chance to win this - $20 donation gets you 8 chances to win!

Wouldn't this make someone happy finding it under the Christmas tree?

You can enter to win this over at onelessbrokenheart.blogspot.com. They are having their first give~away right now that will help two families bring their little guys home from Ethiopia.

I read of a family that is doing all their gift buying for Christmas from fundraising families working hard to bring their little ones home. Isn't that awesome?

I just LOVE watching the body of Christ come together and unite to bring these orphans home to their forever families.

You may be thinking, 'how could $5 make a difference in an adoption that could potentially cost $30,000?' IT DOES! Every single dollar bill, five dollar bill, ten dollar bill, it may not seem like a lot but it is. And every dime is appreciated by the family working so hard to raise the funds needed to get their little one home.

Don't let the enemy fool you by telling you it won't make a difference. The enemy comes to lie, cheat, steal and would love nothing better than for you to believe that your $5 or $10 won't make a difference.

IT.MAKES.A.HUGE.DIFFERENCE!

How about these cool tshirts the Reeves family is selling! You can learn more about their journey at reevesfamily-fun.blogspot.com.

Make a difference, in a child's life.

Resting in the SON,

~s