Thank you Emmanuel Baptist Church!!!!!!

Ezekiel 34:26 I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.



I can say we truly feel loved!!!!! A "Welcome" shower for Sneha and Elijah was such a blessing. These two children were not celebrated at their births, but we celebrate those who's lives have touched so many. God had big plans for these two orphans. He placed them in a grateful family. People say they are blessed ,but I am blessed to have these children in my home. Born a world away in circumstances only known to God, but they were not forgotten. If God is whispering to your heart to adopt, don't wait. These children cannot wait for our timing to be right, they need families now. Elijah and Sneha will now grow up with hope for a future. The future for orphans is bleak they are viewed as cursed in their native lands-bound for a life full of disappointment and suffering. Birth children need to see and know the plight of the orphan so they can grow up to change the world. Change can only happen when we truly step out of our comfort zone for the greater good. God equips families with the tools that they need to take care of those who have been through trauma, illness, hunger, and tremendous sadness.


Leviticus 19:34 The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
My eyes were seeing stars from all of your thoughtfulness.

A new life, a new family, and the love from a church family.

Goodies for the party.

Many thanks to Marcie and Stephanie for caring for the least of these and making their mother feel very blessed. Thank you for caring about us!

The only photo of my dear friend Debbie at the shower. She is a woman that loves God and has stepped out of her comfort zone to welcome the blessings from our Father from China, Guatemala, and Ecuador. Days are often long and hard, but she keeps putting one foot in front of the other-a true inspiration to me. May God bless you richly!!!!!

Two treasures that have forever changed me.

A beautiful quilt for Sneha made by loving hands from the EBC quilt ladies.

Sneha's first new stuffed animal for her room

Greatful for gifts for Elijah.

Beautiful clothes for the little girl that two months ago han nothing to call her own.

Look at all the gift cards to buy things for future needs!!!!!

XIE XIE -DANKE-THANK YOU-GRASCE-MUDO-MERCI-THANKS-DAARIM-BARKA-TAVTAPUCH-SITKOMO-GA'-CHEERS-TODA-SIPAS-ASHI-NANDI-AIO

Thursday Februaury 4, 2010

Time is ticking, our time is but a mist in the wind the disappers in the corridoors of time. Eternity is the forever and what are we waiting for. .............

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Are we perched in our tiny houses watching the world go by, just minding our own business, just doing our own thing????

What will your foot print be on this life and this earth. We are but a blink of the eye.

Exodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.

Are we just looking out life window, help us to be bold and step outside.

We are never all alone.

Psalm 26:2
Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;

Numbers 6:26 the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." '

Peace like the cows grazing in the field just out my back door.

Eternity is ours to behold, just be patient....

My mind sometimes feel like a nest of tumble weeds, why are we here, and what are we doing?Then I turn my focus back to the ONE who has drawn us to HIM. It is not about us

What a difference a couple of months with a home makes

At home January 29, 2010




2007 without a family

A quick note

Children with any visible special need that grow up in orphanages in developing countries when they are released as teenagers out to the real world have little or no chance to ever find a job. It is not because they can't work or do not work hard enough. These least of these are viewed as "cursed" and become very vulnerable to slavery, begging, or living off the streets. I have faith that this little boy will not end up on the street. If we are not the hands and feet of Jesus who will be???????????

This wonderful little boy needs a family

John 14:18

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you


November 2009

This wonderful child waits in India for his forever family. He does have a eye problem, but with proper medical intervention and the love of a family he will thrive and grow. I met him in November and I so pray that he will know someday have a place to call home. If any one is interested comment on the blog and I will get back to you with contact information and more pictures. Sneha lived in the orphanage 5 1/2 years and has multiple special needs and is older and she is doing very well. In fact she is school now full time and loving it. With all the attention to Haiti it would be nice if the other "declared" orphans around the world find loving families. He is around two years old the perfect age to bring a child into a family.

Sneha's right ear surgery is done!!!!! Let's imagine the calm river and ocean views of Oregon

Psalm 33:20 We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.


My brother on the coast-I hope we can visit soon

The Oregon Coast.

Views of the Columbia.

My favorite place in the US.

Think calm and relaxing today, for yesterday was but a dream.

Well I have to say that yesterday was very exhausting!! I am very thankful that Stephanie from church could go with us for support. It would have been very trying for me alone. Sneha was patient all morning not eating or drinking until we were in the surgery waiting room at 12 noon and a lady sat down with a big plate of food in front of her. That was the last straw, and she cried, screamed, hit, and tried to bite for the next 1 1/2 hours until surgery. Once we were back in the pre-op area they gave her the marvelous versed, but it even took minutes to calm her. I don't know if the anger was from not letting a child who has suffered severe malnutrition not eat when she wanted to, fear of the unknown, or fear of being hurt??? The surgery went well and now we just wait for healing to start. Hopefully the left ear surgery will be behind us soon as well. I have to say the hospital did a wonderful job and they are very in tuned to children's needs. She is napping peacefully now and I hope she wakes us in a better mood. She was still angry and feeling violent earlier this morning.

Did I mention we now have a pattern the day before surgery we have plumbing problems. The day before Elijah's surgery the sump pump went out and the day before Sneha's surgery the kitchen pipes were plugged. Thanks to Bayley Mechanical for the quick plumbing help. The hard water is terrible and I guess this old house notices the change from a little elderely lady to a crazy house of six. The good news is the surgery is now behind us and today is a new day!

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.”- Ephesians 6:12-13

Please pray for Haiti

Oh Lord please do not forsake the people of Haiti. Give them strength to rise up. Please forgive the people of the world for forgetting about Haiti until this disaster. Help us to remember to pray for those in daily need, not only disaster. Please change the hearts of our USCIS to open the doors for adoptions of true Haitian orphans. Grant visas and planes to orphans. Thank you Lord, please save the people of Haiti.
In Jesus's name-Amen