It looks like 2009 is going to end with more than the usual excitement of a new baby. Yesterday our family committed to moving to Colorado Springs as part of Robert accepting a new position at the state unversity.
I'm not exactly sure what it means to move our tribe 1000 miles in the dead of winter but we are about to find out. How many boxes will the lives of 13 people fill? How many details to sort and how many tears to shed? Today I will start gearing up with phone calls and the slow beginning's of the moving process.
So....does any one want to buy our house? A phrase which brings us full circle to 10 years ago when Missy asked me that question at a 'Pass the Baby" party to celebrate our very first adopted son - Jesse. Who happens to turn 10 today! Happy Birthday Jesse!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
One More Thing On My Christmas List This Year....Joy in The Relocation!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Owatonna Martial Arts Open....
Leah throwing a round kick (in the blue helmet.) There were no others in her belt/age category so she competed against more advanced belts and held her own well.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Photos of Life This Week....
The Lines Have Fallen in Pleasant Places....
The lines have fallen in pleasant places.
No longer is my life or my children threatened
by desperate men.
I do not watch for developing danger as the little ones play in the yard.
Ever vigilant, one ear to the street.
At night the neighbors fights are not the background for my prayers,
and there is no baseball bat near my pillow.
No shots fired....in years?
No guns even seen in as long.
The police are our friends and special protectors, as are the men of the press.
The politicians know us and respect our opinions.
The lines have fallen in pleasant places.
We are known and loved in the church -
no longer a freak show we are accepted and approved.
And when we speak others listen.
I know where to buy bread and meat,
and have systems organized to manage every aspect
of the our life and school.
The weight of our home is gone,
nothing is caving in or about to fall down.
From worn out to beautiful it has been transformed.
The lines of our life have fallen in pleasant places
are we growing soft and weak?
Are we losing our saltiness because the battle is not in our face?
Have we become more focused on comfort than suffering and hidden our light under the ease?
Is it time to embrace a shift in the lines that define our life?
Is it time?
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Orphan Sunday Events....
Monday, October 26, 2009
November is National Adoption Month......
I love November, our first adoption was in November and each time it rolls around we look for ways to advocate for and be involved with the local adoption movement. So far we are representing the MICAH FUND by staffing a ministry table at church, attending the Metro Women's Center Annual Fundraiser, attending the Gift of Adoption Gala as a sponsored family and trying to figure out ways to get to the MOFAS annual meeting on the same night as MWC event. Adoption is important - spread the word.
Each One Adopted - What Would it Take?
Jason Kovacs over at the Abba Fund blog wrote an amazingly simple mathematical equation over at the blog last week. Basically he took the number of orphans in the world, the number of professing Christians and figured out how many of those Christians would need to adopt to give every orphaned child a family.
How many do you think? 80%, 50%, 30% nope, how about 6%?! The argument here isn't that only Christians should adopt, but that it really is a number within reach. Add in all of the potential adoptive parents in the world and it looks even easier. I don't think that there is any need for children to grow up without families. No reason at all.
Quote of the Weekend From Our House....
Grade school child to Dad: "What is Infant Formula?"
Dad to child: "That's what you use to make babies."
Now we know where they all come from!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Prayer Request For My Mom....
My mom (Susan) is in her second month of breast cancer related chemo out in Seattle. It's been a really hard week for her with a fever induced infection that landed her in the hospital at the start and now extreme pain from gall stones that has sent her back for surgery. I am thankful that my sister is there to keep us up to date and help as she is able.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Dried Fruit to Share....
Today at the bread store I scored a 25 pound box of diced dried fruit medley. Even a family our size will need help consuming this treasure. Would anyone local like a large ziploc of it to toss in oatmeal, add to breads, mix into stuffing, snack on or ? Here us the description from the Traina site.
"Baker’s Fruit Medley
A colorful blend of California grown sun dried ¼˝ diced pears, peaches, nectarines and apricots blended with golden and dark raisins and dried cranberries. Versatile Baker’s Fruit Medley is an ideal ingredient in bakery applications and for use in grain dishes. Add Fruit Medley to finishing sauces, granolas, chutneys and trail mix to create a signature item quickly. "
Don't be shy about speaking up - we love to share this type of treasure!

