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Facebooking Your Mission Trip – LOL Article

No Comments 03 September 2010

My hubby showed me this hilarious article from Christian blogger, Jon Acuff. It made me laugh so hard, due to the craziness of social networking sites. I think I had literally done everything he had listed on my FaceBook and more! This guy has a wonderful blog/website and sense of humor, so please check out [...]

Adoption

Crazy September Adoption Family- Adoption Pioneers

1 Comment 01 September 2010

September of 2009 God made it very clear that we were supposed to sponsor a little baby that was approx 8-9 months old. He had been abandoned at the front gates of the hotel where our American team was staying. [read more]

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Newbie Heads to Uganda With 29

8 Comments 25 August 2010

I remember looking at Roger on the way to the airport and saying, “I don’t think I can do this.” What in the world did I get myself into? I was leading a team of 29 to Uganda (never been there) and Ethiopia. I only personally knew 4 of the team members… Randi (my BF) [...]

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Craziness Started With Visiting Orphans!

4 Comments 24 August 2010

I can’t believe I’ve only been home 3 weeks from Africa! It took me a long time to recover physically and emotionally, but now feeling the excitement bubbling inside my heart to share the good, bad and craziness with you. I think the best place for me to start is from the beginning. I would [...]

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Sierra Leone Adoption Miracles

1 Comment 20 August 2010

Just nine short months ago, The Raining Season opened the doors of The Covering, a children’s home in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Since that time we have experienced joy, fear, sorrow, and pleasure of the ups and downs to doing the “bigger” plans that God always has for us. The Raining Season is an organization [...]

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Coming Soon… My Africa Trip Blitz!

6 Comments 18 August 2010

My dear crazy readers, I have had an incredible time reading all your guest posts and soaking up your amazing comments!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to interact and share your thoughts back to my guests. I have been bloggy MIA since returning from Africa. It has taken [...]

Adoption, orphans

“Pick Your Country” Fundraising with Simply Love™

67 Comments 17 August 2010

14 Countries Available for "Pick Your Country": USA, China, Africa, Nepal, Haiti, Russia, India, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Philippians, Guatemala... [and more] New photos of the picks! Please leave me your comment and I will send you the virtual packet to start your own project today!

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger #19 – Adoption Dreams

6 Comments 14 August 2010

First , I would like to give a little background of our family. My husband ( I will be giving everyone fake names to protect our children’s privacy), Henry and I have been married 28 years now and lost one baby early in the pregnancy and then gave birth to three wonderful healthy babies( a daughter,son [...]

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger #18 – The Redmore Family Story

4 Comments 10 August 2010

Our Crazy Adoption Story When Kari asked for readers to post crazy stories for her blog I knew our adoption story fit right in. I’m sure there are many people in this world who would consider me crazy. And probably just as many would consider my husband crazy for believing in me. But, I don’t [...]

Adoption

When People Don’t Agree

13 Comments 07 August 2010

When people don’t agree. (Erica Shubin’s Blog) As a fund raising family there are definite up’s and down’s in this process. It’s important to have people in your corner. Really important to have at least one person that is there to walk this journey out with you through those up’s and down’s. You will run [...]

Adoption

Crazy Guest Blogger #16 – Preparing For Craziness

5 Comments 05 August 2010

So many times in life we spend months and months even years preparing for a BIG DAY: a birth, a wedding, an adoption, a graduation that we forget that life continues after that moment has passed. It’s great to be prepared and excited about milestones and I believe that we should cover all our lives [...]

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Guest Tom Davis Shares – Water Parks

2 Comments 02 August 2010

1 in 6 people on the planet does not have access to clean water. In round numbers that's about a billion people. It's hard to imagine life without clean water because in the U.S. we have so much of it. In fact, we're so rich, we play in it. [read more of Tom's post]

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