Love, love, love this!!!!!

I saw this on another blog I follow and I just absolutely love it. I am going to read it at church one day. It's about watching orphans worship the Lord.

"When orphans worship, their voices are loud, their eyes are closed tightly, and their little hands are gripped together. Your jaw will drop as you watch them physically enter into the presence of a king.

When orphans worship, their voices ache to express their hearts. Their songs are ones of desperation and admiration to a creator who they know holds them in his palm.

When orphans worship, your eyes fill with tears as you feel God all around you. Physically, you are overcome and spiritually you are one with the Lord.

When orphans worship, their last care in the world is what you, I, or their friend thinks of them. They sing loud, undignified, and with passion.

When orphans worship, you begin to wonder if this is what it is supposed to be like for us. You begin to wonder why God’s presence is so strong there, but we struggle to enter into any meaningful worship in our clean, well lit, and finely carpeted buildings.

When orphans worship, you are easily convinced that there is nothing else on their minds. Their deep expressions can tell you a thousand stories about the throne room.

When orphans worship, their instruments are their voices and the clap of their hands, but you’d probably swear you also could hear percussion, guitars, and booming pianos.

When orphans worship, they appear as though they have learned something we haven’t. While you and I find it so hard to believe that we have a God who loves and desires us, they take no interest in such foolishness."

Please Lord give me a court date!!!!

This is kind of how my part of my daily prayers go......

please give me a court date, please, please give me a court date, I need a court date, I really need a court date, please give me a court date, Amen. P.S. And please let us pass on the first try. Amen again.

Matthew 25 (A great version)

For I was hungry, while you had all you needed. I was thirsty, but you drank bottled water. I was a stranger, and you wanted me deported. I needed clothes, but you needed more clothes. I was sick, and you pointed out the behaviors that led to my sickness. I was in prison, and you said I was getting what I deserved...whatever you have done to the least of these, you've done it to Me." Matthew 25 according to Richard Stearns, President of World Vision

Amazima Ministeries

WOW!!!! IS ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT KATIE DAVIS. SHE IS A 20 YEAR OLD THAT HAS LIVED IN UGANDA FOR OVER TWO YEARS. SHE LIVES ALONE, NO FAMILY, NO FRIENDS. SHE HAS ADOPTED 13 CHILDREN AND FEEDS OVER 400 CHILDREN EACH DAY. NOT ONLY DOES SHE FEED THEM, SHE TAKES ANY SICK CHILD INTO HER HOME AND NURSES THEM TO HEALTH. EVERY SATURDAY SHE HAS 400 CHILDREN AT HER HOUSE TO FEED AND HAVE BIBLE STUDY WITH. GO TO HER WEBSITE AND CLICK ON HER BLOG AND READ ABOUT HER. SHE IS AMAZING AND HAS AMAZING LOVE FOR OUR GOD AND SUCH A HEART FOR THE LEAST OF THESE.

http://amazima.org/

Update on Mihiret

Just received an update from Shaun (A fellow hopester) on Mihiret. Shaun was there to pick up her little girl, Tsion. It's so funny because every time we look at her pictures we laugh about her fro she's got going on. I told Mike she looks like a Tomboy (that of course could be because of the boy clothes she is always dressed in). And if she's not one now, she soon will be when she starts growing up with three brothers.

Deanne- Mihret had some sort of red splotches on her face when we visited on
Monday and she was very cranky and crying a lot. The nanny said that she had
just woken from her nap. I asked about the red splotches but she said it was
from laying on the blanket. That didn't appear to be the case to me, however
when we returned on Wednesday, she was on the floor with the other kids and
having a good ol' time. She was full of laughs and giggles. She is a cutie with
a fun afro.

I guess school is not an amuzement park!!!!

My 12 year old is so funny and so witty and such a smart alick!!!!
I called him yesterday while he was walking home from school on his cell phone. I was picking up the five year old. This was our conversation;

Me; How was your day?
C; Fine.
Me; What did you do at school?
C; Nothing.
Me; Anything exciting happen today?
C; Mom, it's school-not an amuzement park!!!!

Update on the princess!!!!!

It's so cool when a traveling parent gives an update on Mihret. I love hearing what anyone that has spent any time with her has to say. I love getting any little glimpse into her life that I can.

Here is the update I received today from one of the traveling mommies;

Mihiret - doing great! 12-18 mos clothes, tried to steal her but they stopped me
Deanne! :)

Oh! I can't wait to hold that little turd myself and smother her with kisses.

Three month's ago I sent her an outfit from the Gap that was 9 mo.'s and it looked a little big on her and now she is wearing 12-18 mo.'s, so hard to believe.