It all started when I noticed while reviewing referral paperwork that John had a cousin with whom he was raised and who was also relinquished at the same time. I immediately called our family coordinator and asked if we would ever be able to pursue her as well. The reaction was mixed. While our agency generally...
VeggieTales is at it again! On August 14th, they will release The Penniless Princess—God’s Little Girl which is the heart-warming story based on the classic children’s book A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Sweet Sarah Crew has everything a little girl could want – a loving family, lots of friends and a closet full of...
The tickets are bought and Embassy appointments made. We leave to bring Kayla and John home on Saturday, August 18th! We had a generous donor offer a matching grant of $2000 to help us financially on this final leg of our journey. If you’d like to serve us in this way, you can donate here....
aka…shopping online. If you know me, you know I hate dragging three kids shopping and am queen of online shopping deals. My dad calls it the “package of the day” club. Guess who’s joining the eCommerce world? P&G. I have to admit I’m normally not a name brand shopper (unless there are great deals). However,...
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
From the Veggie Tales® creator, Phil Vischer… We’re pretty big Veggie Tales® fans, so I was really curious to see what this DVD series was all about. Phil’s desire is for families to have a better understanding of…well…what’s in the Bible. Instead of putting words in his mouth, I’ll let you hear it straight from...
I know this is almost 2 months over due. So goes life. Baltimore recently celebrated the bicentennial of our victory over Britain in the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. We started with a private tour of the Indonesian tall ship, Dewaruci. We learned about the port-entry traditions (dancing on the sails), the...
If you could have done something to prevent the tragedy in Colorado last week, to what lengths would you have gone? Would you have given money, made a life change to be available, or even moved to a different country? More than 6 million children die each year from preventable causes.* That’s like the Colorado tragedy...