Well, well, well...y'all are getting closer!!!! We are almost at 300 pieces sold!!!! Sooooooo, that means you get 2 pics!!
(and i FINALLY did find that one puzzle piece that's missing there...drove.me.crazy.)
Ahhhh Snap...Y'all can finally see an outline!!!!
(this pic shows a little over 300-ish pics so
I'm feelin' generous to show you an early pic-ha)
When we get to 400 we will see the sides filled!
More updates on other things coming this week!
(update on progress of adoption, post about our overnight trip to Haiti,thirty one fundraiser update, pampered chef fundraiser update, another chance for prizes- bigger one this time, & the bracelets/key chains are in!)
Colossians 2:6,7 "So then, just as you
received Christ Jesus as Lord,
continue to live your lives in him,rooted
and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,and overflowing with thankfulness."
Thankful doesn't even begin to describe it. We appreciate you. We appreciate your sacrifice. May you be blessed for it. =)
Pampered Chef Fundraiser is February 23rd! Email me athebrews11.8@aol.com to order or for more info (like the location)! Go to http://www.pamperedchef.com/ to shop or just come to our party!! =) There is also a Facebook Event page I can add you to in order for you to get party info, etc. All of the commission plus 20% of sales will go towards our adoption.
Also, don't forget about the PUZZLE FUNDRAISER! We have lots of pieces left! Please pass this info along to those that we know but aren't on Facebook to get the updates, etc. And the THIRTY ONE GIFTS FUNDRAISER is until February 25th! Thanks so much y'all!
The song that brought the entire blog title all together and the story behind the song is posted below. This wasn't the inspiration for adopting but perhaps it will be for someone. I'd spent a lot of time trying to figure out if we were to blog, and once I knew we were, I then struggled exactly what its purpose would be and title, etc. One day on a lunch break I was listening to Matthew West's "Story of Your Life" cd (which is fabulous by the way) and I knew that this was it. So many of us have extra rooms in our homes (we have junk rooms for our junk rooms) that are empty or filled with stuff we don't need. (I "cleaned out" our closet and I have about 100 t-shirts that are just mine...b/c I love t-shirts...but why in the world so many...& I purge shirts every year. #afirstworld problem) I realized that we didn't have to "make room" for kids in our home, but we had to make room in our lives, in our schedules, in our hearts, and in our case...we had to make room for His story to become part of our story. Years have gone by with us trying to write our own version of our life, it was time to hand over the pen to the author of all of our lives & stop fighting with him on how it goes. We don't have to have a bedroom for every child, or even their own bed. We don't have to be able to fund each child with a new everything constantly, nobody ever died from hand-me-downs, right? I think my generation and younger need to get back to being okay with doing so quite frankly. Anyways, off my soap box. All we need is the willingness to realize that FEAR IS A LIAR & do what we may be called to do, regardless of what "that" is.
A quote from this video, "Look, I don't know how it's all going to work out, I don't even know how I'm going to pay for it. But when I get to Heaven, I have a really hard time believing that God's gonna ask me 'Why did you give so many orphans a home?' I don't think God's gonna ask me that question." Not everyone is called to physically adopt, but we're all called to do something. By reading this blog and reading our story, & praying for us, you're doing something. You're allowing your eyes to be opened to the topic & not pretending it doesn't exist. And for that, we are thankful. Thank you for walking with us in this journey. There's always room for one more, so that there's one less...
You can here the full song below...I encourage you to listen. It's not long, you've already wasted tons of time on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest today, what's a few minutes to listen to a meaningful song? =)
Another way to partner with us is by Shop-2-Support!! Shop for yourself, Mother's Day gifts, Graduation gifts, etc. and 25% goes to our adoption/travel fund.
Click here for the THIRTY ONE GIFTS FUNDRAISER, go to the Parties section & click on our fundraiser. Again, no obligation, but if you like to shop, have been looking at their new spring styles, or would love to take advantage of their awesome monthly special, then you might as well support a great cause at the same time. Below is the February Special! The Keep_it Caddy for $5 with every $31 purchase. This comes in several colors and can be monogrammed.
I'm a sports lovin' country livin', girly-tomboy who along with my southern born & bred hubby are filling empty chairs & empty rooms of our home with children that the Lord has called to be our own. This blog is our public testimony.
