Another good Cause

My husband and I are going to start selling a product called Mona Vie. It is a health juice that is good for anyone, especially those with any health issues. The reason I'm mentioning it on this site is that this company supports a humanitarian cause called the MORE project and I found it very touching. Please see the link in our "Fun things for a good cause" links. If any of you are interested in this product or the MORE project please leave a comment on this post and we can be in contact.

The Girl Effect

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The Girl Effect

Please Pray for this girl

There is a family from our agency ACGI that adopted a little girl from Guatemala. She was recently diagnosed with leukemia and has started her treatments. She could use a lot of prayer. I was very touched by a post that her mom and dad wrote on their blog and thought I would share it with you because it is a good reminder of our hope in the Lord. Click here to hear a part of their story.

A beautiful moment from the Lord

Our family has had a very nice weekend together, and the icing on the cake came tonight rather unexpectedly. My husband and I went to a concert at our church to see some friends of ours open for a band called Down Here. We had planned on leaving after watching our friends play, but stayed for a few songs from Down Here. I'm so glad we did. They showed a short video of the hunger and strife of orphans in Africa along with some very sobering statistics. This was incredibly hard for me to watch because my heart has become so burdened for these people. At first I started to tear up, and then I just closed my eyes and listened to the words and to God as he spoke to my heart. I felt my husband sit down behind me and he wrapped his arms around me and I just started sobbing. Luckily it was loud and dark so I didn't cause a scene. This was so therapeutic in so many ways. For one thing, it rekindled my passion for this adoption and reminded me that there is a specific child represented by the wait list number I keep posting about. Two, it gave me even more confirmation that this is the path we are supposed to be walking right now. Three it filled me with joy because when the screen went black after all the heartbreaking photos were shown it left you with the question "will you make a difference in one life" and I was able to wholeheartedly say YES! My husband even felt the power of the moment and I believe God squeezed his heart a little too :) I was very blessed to receive many comforting and beautiful visions during my worship today and the last one came during the song the band played after the slide show. Before they played this song one of the band members said that if all of the little orphans in Africa held hands they would stretch from Seattle to New York...and back...SIX times. This was too much for my heart to handle, and then the words of the song below started to sink in. I pictured the six lines of children stretching across the Northern US and as I was grieving over this God showed me that one of those little ones that would be "standing" holding hands with other kids in Montana was picked out to live right here with us. I love when God's peace fills you...and I was overflowing. This was truly a beautiful weekend and I'm so thankful for it.

Little is Much by downhere

What is the measure of a life well lived
If all I can offer seems too small to give
This is a song for the weaker, the poorer
And so-called failures

Little is much when God's in it
And no one can fathom the plans He holds
Little is much when God's in it
He changes the world with the seeds we sow
Little is much, little is much

Who feels tired and under-qualified
Who feels deserted, and hung out to dry
This is a song for the broken, the beat-up
And so-called losers

Consider a Kingdom in the smallest seed
Consider that giants fall to stones and slings
Consider a child in a manger
Consider the story isn't over
What can be done with what you still have

Some of you may have been affected by this...

I want to be delicate about this post as I know it is a very tender subject. For those of you who have experienced the heartache of infertility my heart goes out to you. I cannot even imagine how difficult that could be, but I received an email that seems to give some hope on this issue. Please read this article and pass it on to anyone that you think can benefit from it. Article

Monthly Call

We got our monthly call today, but we did not get another updated number. Judging by all the other blogs I've read today we have moved up from our #12 spot. Since we did not get our new number I'm going to wait until the next bi-weekly email from AGCI before I get my hopes up on what number we could be. I hope that this month continues to be good for referrals because there will probably be a slow down in Aug. and Sept. My prayer is that our referral will not come Sept 10-22nd, but if it does I guess that's how it was meant to be. So until the beginning of August we are still #12ish.

New Number

So our wonderful case worker took time out of her busy day to email us our new numbers! We are number...