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Unredeemed
***Update*** For those of you who were having problems hearing it before with Internet Explorer, you should be able to now!!! Enjoy...the countdown has begun... :)"Oh that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead,or engraved in rock forever! I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES,and that in the end he will stand upon the earth...Job 19:23-25It is so hard to believe that nearly a year has passed since we held our Audrey. I have so many thoughts going through my head, and I am praying that God will give me some cohesive way to share...
4.7.09
***update*** I am overwhelmed by the response to this post, and the number of children whose lives are about to change because of your generosity. I received all of the emails you all sent, but many do not include specifics about the child sponsored (name, ID number, project location, etc). Apparently when you forward the email that Compassion sends you, it only allows the reader access to the main site and not to the specific child. Could those of you who sponsored send me all possible information about your child? I am trying to figure out if I will be meeting any of them in...
It Was Love…
**Updated with link to the Children's Bible...***As you can all imagine, the last week or so has been a tangled mess of emotions, and with the combination of an incredible Good Friday message and a beautiful Easter, I feel more peace than I have in awhile.The Lord spoke to me the other night as I was reading the girls the story of Jesus' crucifixion. I talk about this Children's Bible often because I really think it has impacted them. They recall the most beautiful stories in scripture effortlessly, and when I read it I understand why. In fact, part of the way through my...
On a Scale of One to Ten…
***updated to send you all here, to my brother in law Greg's blog. I refer to this later in this post as a family prayer request, but wanted to wait until they made an announcement before passing this information along. Please be in prayer for them..***What do you all think the chances are that we are raptured before my flight tomorrow?Yeah.That's what I'm thinking too.I wanted to give you all a quick update before I left so that I could mention some specific prayer requests. At this moment, I am feeling the most anxious about the flights, which shouldn't surprise...
Name
First of all, if you are one of the people that has been praying for me over the past few days, I want to thank you. You all have walked so far with me in the past year that I feel like I can be honest, and the truth is that about 24 hours into the trip, I decided this was one of the worst choices I had ever made. I sat on a rickety bed in a room with no windows or door keys and I cried my eyes out while Anne told me I was going to be okay. Somewhere between the 16 hour flight, no sleep, and facing the thought of what I was about to experience, I really felt trapped. My brain just kind of...
Our Boy
I got an email from Todd last night titled "Our boy." I had asked him to send me the information about our new sponsor child (we are sponsoring a little girl who I am praying I will get to meet on Friday, but right before we left I felt like we needed to sponsor another). I asked Shaun to have them assign me any child, and didn’t give any other specifics. I wanted to Lord to assign whomever He saw fit, and a few days before I left, I got the packet from Compassion. It was so neat to open it up and have no idea what to expect, and as soon as I saw Mohit’s picture I fell in love with his...
Child Survival Program
Yesterday we went on a home visit and met with the mother of one of the children who is sponsored by Compassion. As we asked her questions about her family life and how they have been impacted by her daughter's sponsorship, someone asked her how many children she had. She answered gently, and it was a longer answer than it should have been. We looked to the translator and he explained that she had one but that she was expecting. Someone asked when she was due and the translator's face changed. "Oh, I am sorry," he replied. "She isn't expecting; she said that she had a six month old baby...
Remember the Part…
About you coming on a ride with us?I had to post this because there is no other way to get a sense for the feeling of riding down bumpy roads in a rickshaw. We're about to heard out for the day to the slums of Calcutta, and I will be back to tell you all about it later, but for now, check out Keely's video from yesterday.(And ladies, just a heads up. If you ever do this, make sure you have, ahem, proper undergarments:) )It was crazy!!!!! Enjoy :)And thanks so much for all of your kind words and encouragement-you have NO idea how much your comments give me strength.Okay, ready? Jump on...
I Have Been Ridiculed and Lied To.
In the event that you are following Melissa's writing, you will know that Pete had a hard day yesterday. He was having some, ummm, digestive issues and pretty much passed out on one of our home visits. Which would be really sad to me had it not been for the fact that a few nights earlier, he had reveled in the fact that he could pump out a post in approximately two and a half minutes. He spent the remainder of the 5 hours in the conference room mocking me and Melissa for taking so long.In fact (and feel free to contact him directly if you would like to address this), he told me that if I...
Speechless.
I can't wait to tell you more.But tonight, I am so emotional I don't think I could do it justice.Let's just say it was an amazing day.And once I have a chance to process this...I will be happy to tell you all about it.In the meantime, click here to sponsor a child.That is, if you really believe it will make a difference...Please pray for our safe travels tomorrow evening...we have been filled to the brim with the Lord's goodness. I will be forever changed by this, and rarely have I found myself so honored to be a part of something like Compassion.I will leave you with a quick video my...
