This certainly has not been the blog of the year. Posts are sporadic and at times rather bland -- I'm ashamed of my last post entitled "Easter 09". How will that ever reel in blog readers?
But I do have excuses which I will lay out for you, of course.
1. I have a second child. Funny how the work doubles when you bring home Baby #2. (or for those more traditional child bearers 'when you birth Baby #2' - please see post "Adoption Language)
2. Matt and I, along with 4 other families are on a team that leads an orphan and adoption ministry called Bridges of Grace. The adoption ministry side of things has been going strong for about 3 years now, but last fall we did a big church-wide push for the orphan care ministry. Oh wow! Was God ever present!
God moved in the hearts of the people at our church and extravagantly provided almost triple of what we needed to start a project caring for 48 orphan-led households in Zeway, Ethiopia. My passions have always been in the orphan care side of this ministry -- seeing as how it impacts the most orphans. Every believer is called to be involved in orphan care.
And so, I will direct your attention to another blog I contribute to and that is www.showmezeway.blogspot.com for more info about what we are doing.
So those are my excuses. I promise when we start the process for Baby #3, I will more regularly post. Selfishly, we want the prayers!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Where Have I Been?
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3 comments:
Don't worry. We're still reading. ;o)
Thanks for the update. Loved the Easter photos. Looking forward to hearing more about your orphan ministry and adoption #3!
If it makes you feel any better, an empty-nest mom just told me the other day that you actually have more "children" than the physical bodied children - because you have to manage each one, plus the relationships between them. Each relationship "counts" as another child.
I thought that was pretty profound.
So right now, you actually have 3 kids. When you get to #3, you'll actually have 6 kids. You'll be really busy then :)
Miss you!
Amy Sherwin
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