Another Day in Paradise

Each and every day my husband's favorite phrase is "just another day in paradise."
He uses this phrase over and over and over.
With a smile it rolls off his tongue.
My husband has no worries.. Maybe because he is a man or that he is good about hiding his feelings.
Me on the other hand I am a worrier.  I worry about a lot and a lot of times I have to stop and remind
myself to hand these worries over to our Lord.  Lately my worries were raising the funds for our adoption.

 With unexpected medical and other unexpected fees this has caused us many delays.
The pass several days I have not blog nor I posted for needing funds and during this time we have needed
these the most.  Like most families we are like them we have to raise some of our funds. And no better
reason to beg than to beg or your child or children.  Very sad when a person comes to this low in begging.
I remember the first time I met someone begging I was 7 years old in Alabama.  An older woman was begging for some change in front of a grocery store for something to eat. Growing up on a farm we always had food.. Because we grew most all our food.  So my mother carried over a basket of vegetables and some fruit. It was then I knew we had to be there for one another in this world.

Something about Braska photo and her story and her brother Zack's story.  As I vision them both being separated and both living with CF I thought how these children must feel.  And what they must be dealing with and one day be pulled apart from one another. I could not imagine first off living in an orphanage more or less with a sibling and one day they were gone. Not this is not fair nor is life some days.

Lately these pass few weeks I learned a lot of about life.  You think being my age I have seen all and been through days of pain and worries.  I have develop friendship from all so many people whom I never personally met. As I now today feel like that older woman in Alabama begging for my children to come home.  I have sat down and budget and planned.  But it seems when you plan the most it is not just the funds you need to worry about it is the grief from others that is included in the worries.  If I could only open up others hearts and fill them with my own heart at this moment they would cry beside me. 

In October I realize our Lord has plans in a direction I am having a hard time with.  Seeing one of my children ill and helplessly nothing I can do but pray and wait.  At this moment I am handing all these worries to our Lord funds and all.  For my heart, stomach and head can not deal with these no longer..
I learn in life there is nothing in life than comes with out a price or a worry.

Let me stop and pray.. And I ask everyone else to remember to pray also..

BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF AN ADOPTION

TODAY YOU WILL SEE WHAT A LITTLE LOVE DOES BEFORE AND AFTER AN ADOPTION

SEE THE SADNESS IN THEIR TINY EYES

THESE PHOTOS WILL TELL IT ALL.

AND THIS LUCKY LITTLE ONE HAS FOUND HER HOME. SHE IS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES

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A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR PURCHASING 

ONE OF OUR PET ORPHAN ROCKS

THERE ARE MANY ORPHAN ROCKS STILL AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

ALL FINAL AGENCY FEES ARE DUE NOW

WE PLEASE ASK EVERYONE 

TO DONATE TO OUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT

THESE FUNDS WILL BE SEND DIRECTLY TO

OUR ADOPTION AGENCY

SO WE MAY TRAVEL.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT AND WE NEED 

YOUR HELP AND PRAYERS

For the Love of Rocks

I love rocks and I have always loved to collect and pick them up when we travel.  One good thing about it most of the time they are free and like snowflakes seldom will you ever find two exactly a like.  I have rocks from England, Germany, Scotland, France, Ireland, Holland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Poland and the list goes on and on. I can not tell you just how many rocks I have picked up through the years.  Almost like when I find a penny I place it in my pocket.  As my children were growing up we would go rock hunting. And before you knew it with all the rocks I had collected as a child I was now adding in my children and my grand children rocks. I have around our home several rocks and one of my favorite is from Stonehedge in England. Back in 1968 you were able to go right up to the stones and touch them. And around them you would find smaller stones and rocks.  So back then I would gather up several during each visit. Since then my love for picking up rocks and pennies have always been there. 

Well the other day I brought some paint and decided to paint a few rocks for fun. Chrissie loves to paint as well as Patrick.  With Aspergers it is hard to keep his mind focused for long periods of time. But painting and art work he can keep his mind focus for an hour or so. As he was painting he told me to bad we could not sell these rocks.. Not having anything I could sell to fund raise I thought why not.  We needed the funds to pay off our agency and do it quickly.  So we posted on FB like the Pet Rock but Orphan Pet Rocks for Adoption.  We glued on eyes hair and there left in front of us several cute little rocks.

As I posted the Rocks I got more comments and we ended up collecting over $200.00 in funds.
With each of the children painting their hearts out for their new brother and sister.  Today Rocks and yesterday pennies tomorrow what will it be?

WHILE WE SLEPT HERE IN THE US *IN RUSSIA

This morning while we all slept warm in our beds thousands of citizens in Russia protested the adoption ban in the freezing cold.

 It was estimated that between 10,000 and 20,000 showed up in Moscow 
to protest and there were 7 other cities where they protested also. 
One of the signs below reads "Every child deserves a family" and the signs with pictures 
are the ones of people who voted to ban adoptions. 
There is so much going on in Russia right now. 
Please pray for their citizens and continue to pray for the orphans.

Thank you-thank you

A BIG THANK YOU TO:

James Gandy of Memphis TN 
Jennifer Hall of  Little Rock AR
Blosum-Buddi.com  of Vancocouver WA
Tamara Saylor of Woodburn IN
Chrissy Graham of Hilliard OH

ALL THESE FUNDS WERE ADDED TO OUR THERMOMETERS
 FOR BRASKA & ZACK'S TRAVEL FUNDS HOME

THIS BRINGS US TO $388.00 ON OUR THERMOMETER