Our families journey through adoption and orphan care: So much

Friday, February 1, 2013

So much

So much is happening these days. Ashlyn is in Pa and I miss her so much I can barely breathe. Ariana loves her so much and she asks about her all the time, today Destin was getting ready for Winterfest and he had his bag packed, Ariana wanted to know if he was leaving in the car like Ashlyn. :( I explained Destin would be back Sunday. However fall will be here before you know it and Destin will be off to college. I am so blessed to have these three kids... and so honored to be allowed to bring home another. David and I joke sometimes about adopting until they wont let us anymore. All I need is a bigger house, and lots of bunk beds!

We are working hard on fund raising plans. We have some wonderful people God has placed in our life. Some have been here a long time and some are brand new. They are going to be helping us along the way. We are planning details for our Benefit Concert on March 2. David and I, and Michael (thanks Michael) have some great ideas and God has been guiding us all to the same place. It is beautiful to get a glimpse of Gods hand weaving the events of that night. I am so excited. Oh and Tshirt designs are well under way and I cannot wait to reveal our final ideas very soon.

God blessed us again with a reduction in a fee that is due asap!!! If I haven't said it enough, He is so faithful. I know how scary it is to step out on Faith when things look like you cant do it, but we are living proof that God will take each step before you. I can already feel Him, I am already marveling and the beauty of His work. Sigh... I love him sooooo.

Kathy

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UnknownFebruary 2, 2013 at 11:38 AM
So proud of you Kathy! I wish we could come to the concert. We will be getting our next foster to adopt child about that time. That will make 3 for us. Thank you for stepping out in faith and being such a strong example.

Tara
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Orphan Scriptures

Deuteronomy 10:18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing amoung you, giving them food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 24:19-22 When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the alien, the fatherless and the widow. When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the alien, the fatherless and the widow. Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.
Deuteronomy 26:12 & 13 When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. Then say to the LORD your God: "I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.
Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed is the man who withholds justice from the alien, the fatherless or the widow." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
Ephesians 1:4-6 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
Isaiah 1:17 learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. [fn] Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.
James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphan and widow in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Jeremiah 22:3 This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
John 14:18 I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you
Psalm 10:14 But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 10:17&18 You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more.
Psalm 146:9 The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
Psalm 68: 5&6 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
Psalm 82:3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Zechariah 7:10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.'

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Friday, February 1, 2013

So much

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