Looking for a Family..............

This sweet little 8 year old girl
is looking for her family!


She is a SN child and has just been placed on the
CCAA's shared listing.


Here is a plea from the people who love her.........

Please feel free to forward it to anyone you know
in search of their daughter.

Andrea

A Family for Fen

Five years ago, I made my first visit to an orphanage and met so many beautiful children that my head was spinning. I wanted to adopt them all. The toddler and preschool children truly stole my heart, and one little girl made me smile again and again as she would repeat every single thing I said in English just perfectly.
Fen was three years old at the time, and she would run up and say “hello!” over and over to me. She had been born with a cleft lip and palate, and when she was just a baby she suffered from a severe fever which left her with weakness on one side. But she never let it get her down. Over the years, I watched in joy as Fen performed many dances and songs for me. Her outgoing personality caught the eye of everyone who met her. This is a photo of her when she was three. Isn't she so cute?
Over the years, each time I would go to China I would get to see Fen. She would literally jump into my arms saying, "mama mama!" and her English had expanded to include not only "how are you?" but also "I am fine, thank you!" She was loved by many of the workers at the orphanage and stole the hearts of each family who visited the SWI during their adoption trips.When Fen was four years old, she was given the chance at adoption, but sadly it ended in disruption when she had a seizure while in Guangzhou. She returned to the orphanage where her seizures have since stopped. Over the last few years, I have often wondered what Fen would be doing today had she been adopted all those years ago.
How different her life would have been. Would she be in dance class twirling around or playing soccer as part of a team? Would she have long hair with ribbons and barrettes and lots of friends in school? Would she still love singing and poetry? Four years of wondering about what could have been.
Fen is now eight years old, and we have asked again and again for her to be given a second chance at finding a family, because we know that Fen has so much to offer to this world. We were thrilled to learn a few weeks ago that her file was accepted once more and she is now on the shared agency list.
This beautiful girl who loves music and dancing wants a family of her own so deeply.
If you know of anyone who is interested in an older child adoption, please let them know that Fen is currently waiting.
We are all praying for the wonderful moment when we learn that someone has said, "you will be my daughter."
Many families who have met Fen in person would love to adopt her but do not qualify under current rules.
Please help us spread the news that Fen needs a family.
She has waited so long.
Surely it is her turn to be chosen and loved.

Amy Eldridge
Posted by Love Without Boundaries at 9:54 PM
Labels: china, waiting child adoption

Thursday's Treasure!

From Beth Moore's
Living Beyond Yourself-Exploring the Fruit of the Spirit

"Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another;

be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate

and humble"

- 1 Peter 3:8

Peace.

NPC YOUTH-IVERSITY!

Our church's Youth Director and his wife are have organized
a YOUTH-IVERSITY!



A week long study that includes dinner, dessert and activities
at a different home each night .




Tonight it was at our house!



This is the charades game AFTER the water balloon fight,
which would account for all the wet kids in towels.



These kids were 5 & 6 years old when we all started attending Northpointe.
We are all blessed to be raising our children together. They are an amazing
bunch. They love and support each other like family.

One of the boys is away at music camp in Nashville. They called him
off & on , all night. The hated that he was missing all the fun, and
wanted to somehow include him.



This is the director's wife-8 months pregnant- being "a chair"!
What a good sport!



This was Bria trying to be a 'cathedral"!

So much fun!

Peace.

Adapt and Overcome......................

Hannah and Riley tried to cool off in the little pool outside.

It didn't work, so they came in and got in my tub and turned on

the jets!

Life Is Hard! :)

Peace.

Lazy Days, Make-up and Sally, Dick & Jane..............

A few of my sweet bloggy friends have e-mailed to ask
if I am still around. LOL!




YEP! We're still here!

Things slow down when Summer Hits The South....



This is the first time in a LONG time that we have had absolutely NOTHING
to do. No VBS, No Rodeo, No Riding lessons, No Riding Camp, No Theatre,
No Music lessons, No Trips, Not a single thing.........
and man are we enjoying it!

We are finishing up our school work and trying to decide what curriculum
to use next year.
Things will be a little different next year, we will have a High School Freshman,
a 5th grader, a 1 1/2 grader(you can do that if you home educate :),
a kindergartner, and a K4 that thinks she is in the 6th grade.

Never a dull moment.



Bob and Allie ,ages 7 and 8.
Two of the best baby sitters known to man. :)



Bob was Caleb's 7th birthday present. He has been the
most precious dog I have ever owned. He has a problem with his
spinal cord that is causing him a little paralysis. He is on meds and gets shots
from Stacy in 5 day intervals. He feels a lot better and is as perky as a pup.
He is on doggy pain meds and can run around because of it. We are all about
quality of life, at this point.
This morning @ 2a.m., I remembered that I hadn't seen Bob after supper.
My "God Voice" was telling me to go to the barn. I tried to ignore it
and go back to sleep, but IT just got louder and louder, so I get up
and slip on shoes and head down our driveway to the barn. The little white
collie, Allie, was right behind me. The whole time I was calling for Bob.
I was about 5 yards from the barn and I called again and I could hear
this muffled thumping sound coming from the tack room. It was Bob's
tail bumping against the wall as he wagged it.
Earlier in the day,Caleb and I had gone to the barn to treat one of the
horses and Bob had slipped into the tack room to take a nap on the nice,
cool, concrete floors.
Luckily for him and us, it was a cloudy day and it even rained a little.
A 94 degree day would have killed him. It gets THAT hot in there
if the doors are closed.

Thank goodness for the"Little Voice".
A Blessing to anyone who will take the time to listen.



Ben and Hannah spent a day writing plays and "Broadway
Musicals" for all of us to enjoy and video.
Hannah did most of the composing and had to eventually
take over the lyrics. Most of Ben's song involved some sort of
bathroom humor and the occasional "Big Fat Bumm".
He mostly dictated the script to Hannah.

Hannah was laughing so hard she had to stop writing and I just
came in and video'd so that they would not forget what they said.
They are pretty funny little monkeys.



This was the cast of characters: Sonic, Sponge Bob Squarepants,
Patrick,Marion(Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Knuckles.

Hannah was in charge of wardrobe!



Mary and Rachel are enjoying the fact that I will let them play in their
makeup , because we have nowhere to go. :)
They both LOVE the blue eye shadow. The darker ,the better!



We have had the chance to veg out and read book after book.

This picture was taken at 3 in the afternoon and Mary is still in
her pajamas.

This is her favorite book-right now.

We teach our children to read using Hooked on Phonics and Sally,
Dick,& Jane. It worked for us when we were in school, so we
figured we'd go with what we knew.

Mary will find me with her little book in hand and tell me that
it is time for her to do HER school work!



She loves the pictures ! She calls Dick,"BEN", and
Jane, "RACHEL". I will correct her and she will tell
me "No MaMa!" She's a smart little cookie.

If you'll notice there are no pictures of Caleb here.

If I had one, it would be of him-lying on his bed- reading a book.

He gets up early, feeds the animals with his sister, has breakfast,
does his work, plays with the kids, and as soon as the sun starts to go
down-that is his free time.

That's when he can read the books of his choice and he looks forward
to a few minutes to himself.

He is my right hand man when his Daddy is at work. He has a lot of
responsibility, and when he is reading we all try not to disturb him,
unless we really have to.

So no pictures of what he's been doing.

His Youth Group has a "Youth-iversity" this week.

It is a week long study that meets at a different home each night.

They are all really excited. They are a fun group of kids.

It is here on Wednesday.

I'll take some pictures.

Until then..........................................


Peace.

Thursday's Treasure!

From Beth Moore's Living Beyond Yourself- Exploring The Fruit Of The Spirit

"Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance:

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners- of whom I am

the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that

in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His

unlimited patience as an example for those who would

believe on Him and receive eternal life.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God,

be honor and glory forever and ever, Amen."

- 1 Timothy 1:15-17

Peace.

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers!

The number of weeks that has passed
since we submitted our letter to the CCAA asking to adopt
two little boys.

I have read that it can take up to 12 weeks...Lovely.

I have their pictures up in my office. I am trying not to become attached,
but it is hard.

I think they look sad and need a Mommy.

Stacy thinks that they look inquisitive and wonder why someone
is pointing a camera at them. :)



On a happy note, 15 is the number of pounds I have lost,so far.

That is (3 ) 5 pound bags of sugar!

It just seems like a lot more if I do it that way.:)

15 more to go!

My goal was to have it gone by the end of July.
I don't see that happening, but 30 looks a lot closer than it did
a few months ago. Who knows?

I just need to have my horse by September so that I can start competing.

I'm pretty excited about that!


Peace.