Becca, over at The Holt House, and her husband are preparing to adopt a new baby! Not only do I know how costly the process can be, but you know I love to encourage families to adopt. To help raise funds, she is having a raffle for a very nice Nikon D3000 DSLR camera or a $50 cash card to Fry's food stores (also good at Kroger, Dillon's, Food 4 Less, Fry's, King Soopers, Tom Thumb, Ralph's, etc.)
Please pop over to Becca's blog and buy a raffle ticket. It's not much out of your pocket, but it all adds up. And you will be helping a sweet baby get a loving family.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Love Without Boundaries
There are a bajillion organizations out there doing Kingdom work by supporting, loving, and advocating for orphans. You could send money to a different group each day and still not cover them all.
If you are not in a place to adopt right now but are wondering what you can do to change the life of a child, please consider the work done by Love Without Boundaries. What started out as a small group of adoptive parents raising money for one child to have surgery has grown into a dedicated group that provides foster care, assistance to orphanages, education, and all kinds of medical support for orphans in China.
I think one of this group's best efforts has been to help Chinese families who are living in poverty get medical care for their children, children that may have ended up in an orphanage because the families couldn't afford the right medical care. Keeping families together and making sure every child has a home -- that is good work.
If you are not in a place to adopt right now but are wondering what you can do to change the life of a child, please consider the work done by Love Without Boundaries. What started out as a small group of adoptive parents raising money for one child to have surgery has grown into a dedicated group that provides foster care, assistance to orphanages, education, and all kinds of medical support for orphans in China.
I think one of this group's best efforts has been to help Chinese families who are living in poverty get medical care for their children, children that may have ended up in an orphanage because the families couldn't afford the right medical care. Keeping families together and making sure every child has a home -- that is good work.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
I love it, I love it not, I love it ...
I'm having a love-hate relationship with homeschooling right now. It may have something to do with having two 3yos, I don't know. Some days my very last shred of sanity is being threatened with extinction.
But today, I was reminded of one the reasons I love teaching my kids at home. Ruby and I had finished reading our Bible lesson from Genesis 18, and she was narrating the story to me. She did a great job telling the story of Abraham and Sarah being told they were going to have a baby. She couldn't believe Sarah laughed at God! And in a world that teaches kids to be afraid of every stranger, Ruby was fascinated that Abraham invited the three travelers into his tent to rest and eat. We ended up having the greatest discussion of hospitality and what God says about helping others -- even total strangers. This was part of our discussion ...
Ruby: Why did Abraham invite those guys to eat with him?
Me: God wants us to give to others. When people need something or they ask for help with something, He wants us to help meet their needs.
Ruby: Well, if someone needed a snack, I would give them all my candy. I can just buy some more.
Me: What if you couldn't buy any more?
Ruby: I think I'd still give it to them.
So we read the story of the widow giving her last few cents and what Jesus said about her offering. How could she give away her last two copper coins? How is that worth more than what the rich offered that day? God asks us to do all kinds of things that don't make sense in this world. But He cares more about our attitude about giving and our attitude about whose stuff this is than how much we actually give. And if we really believed what Jesus says in Matthew 6, maybe we'd be more quick to invite strangers over for dinner or share what we have with the needy.
I love that we started in Genesis and ended up in Matthew. I love that we started out talking about a guy named Abraham who lived thousands of years ago and ended up discussing hospitality, giving to others, and trusting God to provide everything we need. Today, I love homeschooling.
But today, I was reminded of one the reasons I love teaching my kids at home. Ruby and I had finished reading our Bible lesson from Genesis 18, and she was narrating the story to me. She did a great job telling the story of Abraham and Sarah being told they were going to have a baby. She couldn't believe Sarah laughed at God! And in a world that teaches kids to be afraid of every stranger, Ruby was fascinated that Abraham invited the three travelers into his tent to rest and eat. We ended up having the greatest discussion of hospitality and what God says about helping others -- even total strangers. This was part of our discussion ...
Ruby: Why did Abraham invite those guys to eat with him?
Me: God wants us to give to others. When people need something or they ask for help with something, He wants us to help meet their needs.
Ruby: Well, if someone needed a snack, I would give them all my candy. I can just buy some more.
Me: What if you couldn't buy any more?
Ruby: I think I'd still give it to them.
So we read the story of the widow giving her last few cents and what Jesus said about her offering. How could she give away her last two copper coins? How is that worth more than what the rich offered that day? God asks us to do all kinds of things that don't make sense in this world. But He cares more about our attitude about giving and our attitude about whose stuff this is than how much we actually give. And if we really believed what Jesus says in Matthew 6, maybe we'd be more quick to invite strangers over for dinner or share what we have with the needy.
I love that we started in Genesis and ended up in Matthew. I love that we started out talking about a guy named Abraham who lived thousands of years ago and ended up discussing hospitality, giving to others, and trusting God to provide everything we need. Today, I love homeschooling.
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