Are you a Whovian??

Okay so if you are a Whovian then you know that the 12th doctor has been announced. Peter Capaldi! Although, I admit that I am not as thrilled as I should be (was hoping for a hot hunk!),  I am excited to see how the new Doctor is going to play out.

When I was doing a little research on the new Doctor I did come across something very interesting.

Have you noticed how Arthur Darvill (who plays Rory) and Peter look a like? Very odd.... Take a look... You tell me. Do you see the similarities?

 

 

 

AND on a Whovian level both Rory and the character that Peter played back during the 10th doctor were Romans. Could there be a connection. Hummmmm

 

You can never tell with Doctor Who where their head is going.... I can't wait to see. 

A little gardening... and the Gospel

I just spent the last hour and a half weeding out my garden.

What I thought were beautiful vines growing were just weeds.  Weeds that were infesting my whole little patch of land next to my house.

I was even told that they were flowers so I let them grow and grow...but no flowers appeared.

Yesterday my neighbor came over and was talking to me about the garden. When I told him what I thought they were he laughed and said that I was just growing weeds. UGH....

So today after work I got down to the nitty-gritty. Shearing away and throwing weeds in all directions.

I had a lot of time to think and go over things in my head as I cut and dug out the weeds.

It got me thinking about life and the things that "grow" up out of no where. One little sin (weed) here and another there. Then a prayer of forgiveness (my shears) and they are cut away. But if the Word (weed killer) is not applied to life then the weed will eventually grow back and dig its roots deeper and deeper. Little things creep into the mind or heart and take root and if they are not dealt with through the applying of the Word on your life the weeds will eventually take over.

A little weeding and look what I have found...
There were beautiful little flowers there the whole time and I never knew it.

It's like weeding away the bad things in life and living by the Word and all of these promises and beautiful things start to show. They were there all along... But my sins (weeds) were hiding them from the promises (beautiful flowers) that were designed for me!!

What an amazing feeling.

A lot of hard work, blisters on my hands, sores on my knees and kinks in my back (and many more hours to go) but it is totally worth it!


Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her! Luke 1:45

"STUCK"

I went to see the documentary last night called "Stuck". It's about International Adoption and the countries that are holding their children, well basically for no better word then, HOSTAGE. I will grant that sometimes it is not on purpose. When United Nations changes the requirements for International Adoption and then requires that if you (the foreign country) are going to keep allowing your children to be adopted then you have to implement all these brand new rules and you don't have the means to do it... What else do you do but take those children "hostage" and not allow the adoptions to go through.

My co-workers and I went to the movie almost dreading it due to we have had some hard times recently with some of the issues that they talk about in the movie. The PROCESS of International Adoption getting longer and sometimes it coming to a stand still.

I was moved to tears by the rawness of the film, families that were represented, the living situation of the children and just the inhumanity sometimes of leadership in the government. I wanted to shake my fist at the screen and scream "HOW DARE YOU KEEP THE CHILD!!". But that is just me and my over sensitivity. :) 

I was so moved that I purchased the movie right as I walked out the door of the theater. I, also,  signed the below petition:

Conservative estimates say more than 10 million children around the world live outside a family setting, in institutions or on the street. In reality, that number may be much higher.
Adoptions into the U.S. have fallen by more than 60 percent since 2004, due in large part to a broken system filled with delays, bureaucracy, discrimination and staggering costs. In the meantime, children are suffering.

 

To:
The President of the United States
The U.S. Senate
The U.S. House of Representatives
Leaders of all world governments
Directors of international child welfare organizations

We believe every child has the right to a permanent loving family.
We find it intolerable that millions of children all over the world live without family care.
We embrace international adoption as a worthy and effective way to honor every child's right to a family.

We demand change NOW and call upon:

The President of the United States, Members of Congress and the Secretary of State:
- To...

We believe every child has the right to a permanent loving family.
We find it intolerable that millions of children all over the world live without family care.
We embrace international adoption as a worthy and effective way to honor every child's right to a family.

We demand change NOW and call upon:

The President of the United States, Members of Congress and the Secretary of State:
- To establish the United States as an effective, proactive champion for every child's right to a permanent loving family, and
-To remove barriers to international adoption.

Leaders of all world governments and directors of international child welfare organizations:
-To prioritize the need to find permanent loving families for orphaned, abandoned and relinquished children as a basic human right, and
-To support international adoption as an appropriate and viable solution for children living outside of family care.

Sincerely,
[Your name]

If you want to join the movement or sign the petition please go to the link below!
https://bothendsburning.org/initiatives/stuck/

Let's get these babies home to families that are waiting.

Watch the trailer below. I bought the movie and it was well worth the $14.99.

Put My Big Girl Panties On....Deal With It!

So I have spent the last month and a half putting on my big girl panties one leg at a time.



I have been in my new apartment, by my self, since mid February.

Waking up, cooking breakfast, coming home to an empty home, cooking dinner, doing dishes, paying bills and taking care of business.


I have spent a couple lonely nights wondering if I did the right thing....The answer is YES! I have to learn to stand on my own two feet. It has been hard. I have had to use will power not to go hiding my head in the sand when I blow my budget on food and don't know if my gas tank is gonna need filled before my next paycheck. Or if I am going  to have enough money in my paycheck to cover all my bills and rent after having been sick and off work. But the answer is yes.

Why yes? Because I have to have faith that my needs will be supplied for. I have to stand on scripture "MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL MY NEEDS..."

SOOOOO as I wake up in the morning...
 "My God shall supply all my needs"
As I cook breakfast
 "My God shall supply all my needs"
As I drive to work
 "My God shall supply all my needs"
As I shuffle the 1000s of papers on my desk
 "My God shall supply all my needs"
As I come home to an empty house
 "My God shall supply all my needs"
As I cook dinner
 "My God shall supply all my needs"
As I curl up in my bed at night and listen to the sounds in my house
 "My God shall supply all my needs"
As I close my eyes to sleep
 "My God shall supply all my needs"

Do you have your big girl panties on yet?

Adoption

Working for an adoption agency has taught me a few things.

• There are soooooo many children looking for families.
• There are soooooo many great families looking for children
• I wish I could help every single one of these children find forever families.

Remember that old song you used to sing growing up in church?
"Jesus loves the little children...ALL the little children of the world...Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight...Jesus loves the little children of the world!"

How hard is that for some people to remember... Jesus loves all the children!! It doesn't matter if they were born into poverty, born with a missing limb, born with a brain defect, born into a richman's house. Jesus loves them!!

Matthew 19:14 says "Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

We are told throughout the Bible that we are meant to have children. "Fill your quiver with them"; "Children are a heritage from the Lord";  "Train up a child in the way he should go".

"When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world." John 16:21

"Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven". Matthew 18:3

"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven." Matthew 18:10

"Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers." Proverbs 17:6

And I believe that this scripture talks about adoption.
"He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!" Psalms 113:9

There are also instances of adoption through out the whole Bible.

Did you know that Mordecai adopted Esther after her parents died? It says in Esther 2:7b that "Mordecai took her as his own daughter". Esther went on to be Queen and save her people from destruction.

Moses was adopted by the Pharaoh's daughter according to Exodus 2:10. "When the child grew older, she [Moses' birthmother] took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses,saying, “I drew him out of the water.” Moses grew up to be a great leader and save his people from slavery and take them on the path to the promise land.

Do you have it in your heart, like Mordecai and the Pharaoh's daughter, to raise up another world changer? One that may not have been born of your flesh but born of your heart?
Do you have enough love for just one more child? Maybe one that has never known the love of a parent?

Adoption may just be for you.

Just remember: EVERY GOOD AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17
For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. 1 Samuel 1:27

Next Exit...

February is here and I am making some changes. I know that "New Years Resolutions" should have been done a month ago...

So sue me!

I am a little late to the party.

The biggest change that I am going to share is that I am, for the first time, moving out on my own.  Here I am 34 years old and have never, I REPEAT, NEVER, lived on my own. I have lived with roommates, family and friends all my life and now that is going to change.

Soooo this coming week I will finish packing my boxes into my car and head the 5 miles down the road from my bro/sis-in-law house and into my new place!!

Can you tell that I am excited?!! Time to put on my big girl panties...

Now the biggest challenge... how do I decorate!?

Any suggestions? :)

Welcome back... :/

Soooo... It's been a long time my friend.
I have been off the grid for a little while.
So many things have happened since my last post. Good and bad. But all were meant to happen.

In April of 2012 I moved away from the city I had called home for the past 9 years to go to a place I had been once but fell in love. LOVELAND COLORADO.

Some of you may say that is crazy. Yes it was! But it was well worth it.

I have a brother and sister in law here. Plus an amazing nephew who brightens my day every time he says "E, walk!" or "Ohhhh moon, ohhhhh stars" in his two year old wonder. How could you not smile. I wish I could capture every moment with him on video because it brings joy to my heart.

I get to wake up every day to the beautiful mountains and watch the sunset over their peaks every night! I am sooooo privileged!

Since I moved I have loved and lost (more on that later) but I also started an amazing new job with an adoption agency. I have always wanted to adopt and this place is great because I get to match families with their babies and in turn get to match babies with their FOREVER FAMILIES! How amazing is that!?

If you ever wanting to adopt from Korea or China you need to get hooked up with AAC Adoption & Family Network, Inc. in Berthoud Colorado! They/we are the bomb diggidy bomb. hahaha

Okay so enough for right now... More to come!