Another Shot

So, I am going to try this blogging thing one more time. I really would like to have some memories written down for my children to read when we are older. So here we go...

I do have to mention the concert we were able to attend this past Sunday (Nov 14, 2010). A Night with the Chapmans. It was awesome. God was there. He has been with this family for years but we all were able to experience just a piece of the journey they have been traveling. They lost their youngest daughter in a family accident about a year and a half ago. They shared an incredible testimony of how they have struggled and triumphed through this. I hope I never forget that experience. What a worshipful and blessed time we had.

Not a whole lot to talk about at this point. I am staying busy with work and the children and very little sleep in between. I can't wait until I am able to have a normal job! Or at least normal hours :) We recently put our house on the market and I am trying to work a little extra to help pay for some "improvements" to the house. Let me just say how tired I am already of trying to keep my house straight! Those of you who have young children, especially boys, can understand. Our goal in selling the house is to pay down some debt, hopefully getting a bigger house (4 bedrooms!) with a smaller house payment, and then be able to do a little more giving! There is so much Craig and I want to do to help other but just don't have the funds to do it. We have been called to serve in this way and we are praying that God would be able to use what we are able to give at this point. Which leads me back to the Chapman's. They have a ministy called Show Hope. They built and are funding a hospital for special needs orphans in China. This organization is right up my alley, being a nurse and mother. I also have a special place in my heart for special needs Chinese children :) I am praying that Craig and I will be able to be a part of this ministry in some capacity but I would love to be a bigger part. Just waiting on my husband to get the call too :) Maybe when our kids are older:) Anyways, I have probably said too much and probably have confused a great number of people reading this. Sorry! Let me just leave you with a verse:

"Pure and lasting religion

in the sight of God our Father

means that we must care for orphans..."

James 1:27a

www.showhope.org