Bare Feet

Loving bare feet in spring grass.

Reaching the Orphan

Sometimes the idea of letting go of our own dreams, giving them to God, and letting him lead our lives, can be scary. It requires dying of ourselves, and opening our lives to something that may not be easy!
 Sometimes adopting can seem scary. What if this child is so broken that we can't possibly heal all the hurt in their lives? What if they have behavior issues? Or never live for God? The list goes on. See sometimes we think that's our job. The fixing, the healing...but it's God's. Our job is to act. To be willing to do something risky so that someone else, a stranger, can know and feel the love that God first showed us.
There are so many kids out there that don't know love. And if we don't go. If we don't say "No matter how hard this is, I am going to love that child" they never will. The scary parts are His. He can heal a broken heart. Psalm 147:23 says He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. But what if we won't do our part? What if we won't bring them into our homes, and give them that place to be restored?
If God is placing the idea of adoption on your heart, but the unknowns just seem like to much. You can't see how you can afford it, don't know if the child's needs will be more then you can handle, give it back to God. It belongs to him. He is more then able to work out the finances, mend that broken heart, and give you strength to do what he has called you for.

Impact Zambia Update

***Impact Zambia Update: 30 commitments...4 days to go. Needing 70 more Impacters!

Impact children like Bwalya Bwayla & have your gift MATCHED!!

As you saw in the video, Bwalya Bwalya became a double orphan because of HIV/Aids when he was only five years and now he, too, is HIV+.  Thankfully, Bwalya Bwalya lives with his grandparents and is able to attend the Lifesong Zambia School. Despite his uncertain past, he has a hopeful future because of the presence of Christ in his life and the opportunity to receive an education.

We have launched an Impact Zambia 100 campaign that will help build a high school for Bwalya Bwayla and other children in similar life situations.  We are nearly 1/3 of the way there and have only 4 days left.  

We are looking for 100 people to make a monthly commitment of $20 for one year to help complete this building project. MATCHING GIFT OPPORTUNITY!  (that's right-­‐-­‐gifts will be matched dollar-­‐ for-­‐dollar thanks to a generous donor!) Sixty-­‐seven cents a day from 100 people for a year can make this vision a reality for children like Bwalya Bwalya. 4 days left 70 people to go...Will you join us? To join Impact Zambia 100, email info@lifesongfororphans.org To learn more about Impact Zambia 100, click here.

Easter Egg HUnt

This weekend we took the kids to a local Easter egg hunt. They had a blast!So excited for this time of year. Spring is by far one of my favorite seasons. And God is doing some amazing new birth in our lives as well. Looking forward to all he has in store for us

Applictaion is on its way

It's official! We have mailed out our application to a local adoption agency. And will soon be starting up the required classes again. We will keep you up updated! :)

 Join us to IMPACT lives in Zambia...   

    

"Hi.  My name is Richard.  I am in grade 7.  I stay with my sister, Josephine.  I have three brothers and two sisters.  My other sister attends Lifesong and is in grade 5.  Her name is Emelia.  My mother stays in a village far away.  My father died in 2006.  Thank you for supporting me and may God bless you and add more days to your life.  My favorite subject is art."

Richard is just ONE of the 253 students that we are blessed to serve at Lifesong Zambia.  He is also one of the students that will be moving on to grade 8 this fall.  

Without the construction of new classrooms, Richard may join the 95% of Zambian children that are not able to attend High School. 

Will you join us in impacting the lives of children like Richard?

To add to the excitement-­‐-­‐thanks to a generous donor, all donations will be matched up to $225,000!!

  

To join the Impact Zambia 100 team, email info@lifesongfororphans.org!

Love the orphan tee

I just wanted to share this awesome shirt, that supports Love without boundaries!!
For each shirt sold 7 dollars will go to this charity, and will help an abandoned baby in China become adopted!! Don't miss out on it. Each of these are only sold for 7 days. Then there is no chance to get this shirt again.Right now they have raised 10,430 dollars for Love Without Boundaries! Only 3 days left!!  So go to Sevenly and check them out! And check out this video from Love Without Boundaries.  

It's been awhile!

Since I have been on here. I have just been so busy with homeschooling that I haven't had the time to do much blogging. So I am sure you are wondering what's going on here. Well Alex is busy with his 1st grade year. His reading is really improving, and he LOVES Science! His other favorite subject is math. Rory is getting big. She is now a four year old little girl with a mind of her own. Who has been very busy learning to write her ABC's. About the adoption...We ended up missing our Saturday classes when Alex got pneumonia. And since we were planning on switching to a private agency instead of staying with DHHR, we are waiting for the next round of PRIDE training at the agency. These begin in April. So were getting closer! They said that we can just have our fingerprinting /security check moved from DHHR to the private agency, soo we shouldn't have to redo them. Which is nice :) Not much new in that department. Just the beginning of learning to wait!

Little Miss Teenager 

  Alex reading his Bible to Leo :)

 We have been having a very warm winter. So we have been doing a lot of bike riding after the school work is done. And we even went to the park in 70 degree weather, in January!!