Please visit this website: An Orphans Wish

Not the Ch*na that the orphan experiences.

Our first meeting of our Elijah aka Wu, Chong Li

 The business that was in charge of his life and well being for six years along with 599 other precious kids.

 Not a home, but better than the alternative.

In your spare time please visit www.anorphanswish.org.  When we attended Timberline Church in Fort Collins we were part of a group called Welcome Child.  We met some wonderful people and one of those people is LeeAnn president, board of directors of An Orphans Wish. She has adopted four daughters from China.  Adoption is the answer for some children, but what about the millions that are never adopted?  We must also think of the orphans left behind, and what are we doing to help them.  To get a better perspective on the plight of the orphan please read "Silent Tears" by Kay Bratt.  We need to open our heart and eyes to see the truth in our world.  Not everyone can adopt,but we can donate a few dollars every month to make a difference.

Lord, how could I doubt your will???????

Job 5:16
So the poor  have hope and injustice shuts its mouth.

The beauty of all ages

Close to the India Gate

Does Denver really have traffic?

Our Sneha two years ago.

Common sights of hard working people.

Snacks anyone???

Sacred to some.

How is it that our sin side has a wresting match with God's perfect will for our lives?  God gives us the answers, but we still ask for more confirmation.  A group is going to India in the spring and I have wanted to go.  I know that money is the easy part for our God, but somehow I doubt that it can be accomplished.  Yesterday in church I prayed,"Lord please give me a clear answer about the trip to India.  I want this to be your will and not my own, clear the cobwebs out of the corners of my heart to hear your words.  I want to do what is right and what you plan for my life.  I don't want to be selfish.  Please give me an answer that I can recognize because I am slow to catch on.  Amen."   Not even 24 hours later an answer by email from India was in the inbox.  Holly, "Would you consider coming to India to help us out and meet?"God called  all the way to India to give me answer.  God's heart is for the orphan and the lost.  He will move heaven and earth to bless them.  I know that he will provide the money for my trip and I shouldn't worry about that small detail.  God wants our hearts and will and he will provide the way.  Count me in and I am so excited.

1 Samuel 12:24
But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all you heart, consider what great things he has done for you.

Jesus Keep My Heart Alive................(Sanctus Real)

The two countries across the world that changed our lives forever

The beautiful colors of India

The women in India in their beauty

More beauty in India

A culture so vibrant that our  Sneha never had a chance to take part in

Such good healthy food that I miss so much, yummy roti

An India so crowded that so many are forgotten

If it had not been for God's calling to us our Sneha would have been lost in a sea of faces.

The doorway that changed my world view forever

People celebrate, when we that are so blessed would be inclined to complain about job satisfaction.

The smile is emerging

September 3, 2010

The older brother that tried and gave us paitience  for the future

The broken-hearted that only our God can heal

The one that loves her siblings with fervor

The one who waited so long now can sign "Mom"

Lord please,  "Give us rest and peace to do your will"

Fall is in the air.  School is back in session and the learning has begun again.  How do we explain the differences in our choices to the so innocent looking choices of others?  Mom,"Everyone in  school has a cell phone, but I don't?"  This  is just ,but the tip of the ice berg of problems of the "I deserve it  mentality of America."  I try to explain our belief differences with-out sending a negative message.  Some people spend money on lots of new fun gadgets?  Our money is not our own.  We need to be responsible with our spending and giving to our children.  How much is too much??????The sad truth is that "we" Americans think that more is always better, but is it really?  So many children are so terribly spoiled with no responsibility to help  out the family and get what ever their hearts desires, and NOW.  We wonder why they grow up not wanting to help and love the things of God's heart.  We taught them to love things not truths and what God loves.  Our children are learning that giving has to hurt to make a difference.  Do we really need the best cell phone?  One of my personal cut backs was to get rid of my cell phone.  How freeing and no more expense.  This small sacrifices don't even hurt.  Mom, "Why do we give so much to the church?"  God only asks for 10% of our money.  With an eternity in heaven is 10% that much????Really?????Why does doing what is right always seem harder than going with the flow of the world.  We are entrusted raising God's treasures and we must lead by example.  We must be good stewards with little in order to have much entrusted to us.

Is our judgement clouded by our own wants and desires?  I know that some days I just can't see beyond my self and what ever situation the day holds.  We are called to look outside  of ourselves and die to self.  We are to give ourselves to others and to the wants and desires of our Lord.    I am so thankful that I can say that at least two times I thought of others and felt the cries of the orphan.  I am so glad that Elijah and Sneha have a hope for the future.  A hope to make an impact on others.  Oh, Lord hear our prayer to be near to you!

August 13, 2010

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.                           James 1:12


My heart is burdened by the plight of the orphan.  I just cannot forget them even though my hands are so full and overflowing.  Everyone asks and it is certainly OK, how much does "it" (adoption) cost????   Does any one ever question the thought and purchase of a new car.  If everyone in the US held on to their older car the money to buy a car could save a child's life.  Think of all the orphans  that would have families.  Let us put our greed aside and look to the true future.  On our last day I do not want to regret any thing that I did not do.  I know that we are forgiven, but with truth and forgiveness comes great responsibility.

Our spoiled babySneha (once an orphan now loved) adopted at 8yrsElise(brith child)Graedy(birth child)Our spoiled one as a tiny babyElijah (once an orphan) adopted at 6yrs

I often think that pets in America are more loved  and pampered than the 147 million orphans world wide:(

August 11, 2010

GraedySnehaElijahElise & Sneha at CCAICCAILily founder of CCAICCAI reunion 2010www.chineseschildren.orgDragon fruitTasty treat!!!!

What a different summer this has been.  One job has ended and another has began.  My hope is that this job will be a better fit for our family.  Working full time from 5am until 1:45 was very hard on out family.  Some days the  babysitters just wouldn't come, luckily with the new job I will not have to worry about this.  School starts here on August 25.  I am one mama that is happy for the normal routine to begin again.  Graedy is going into 7th grade,  Elise is going into 5th, Elijah is going into 3rd, and Sneha will be in 2nd grade.

We had a great time this summer at CCAI(chinese children adoption international) reunion picnic.  What a great sight to see all the children saved and placed with families.  CCAI has brought home over 8,000 children  into  loving families.  If every Christian family adopted just one child there would be no more orphans in the world.  The faces of the orphan are the same cute children that sit next to us in church or we see at the fair.  The big difference is the orphaned child does not have a future, no parental love, no guidance, and no one to turn to when they leave the orphanage released to the streets.