Friday, April 27, 2012

Ramblings of George Jones, Friday and Me

Do any of you recall the song by...um...George Jones..."Finally Friday"?  No?  Okay well it goes a little something like this..."It's finally Friday, free again, got my motor running for a wild weekend!!"  That is how I feel.  Well not that I am going to have a wild weekend, but I am really glad it is Friday.  How about you?I hope you all are doing well and are looking forward to a great weekend with your family. 

We have had a  pretty eventful week around here as we got to mail off our i600A form.  In adoption language that is a request to file for immigration and fingerprinting in Atlanta.  That simple form was sent with a check for $890.  I know there are those of you that would think that an insignificant amount.  But for us it was a matter of faith and trust and God's provision.  Several weeks ago I was very discouraged about that $890.  I knew we would save up for it, but how long would it take?  We continued to trust Christ and His heart for the orphan.  Weeks went by and we had to continue to trust His words and that He would do as He promised.  Well as I have already shared we mailed it this week.  I am continually amazed at the ways God provides for my family.  We are going to get to share in detail our story on May 13, in the Sunday night service.  I tell you this just to remind you to stay in His word.  His word is where we find our instructions on living this life, where we read what is important to God, and where we find our encouragement and comfort.  I am convinced you can't live this life without it.  Without our commitment to His word Terry and I would have more than likely quit this adoption journey, maybe even have quit each other.  It has hemmed us in on more than one occasion.  O how gracious He is!  So, there, that is your ramblings from this chick, now go eat some chocolate and say YAY FRIDAY!!!! 
Pressing On,
Carrie

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

October Baby

Hey ladies, I just wanted to put an idea out and see what the interest would be.  I don't know if many of you have seen or even heard of the movie October Baby but it tells the story of someone who was adopted and in her adult life researches her background.  You can see the clip here
http://octoberbabymovie.net/
Anyway it is an amazing story and the people in charge of Bible studies have come up with one that I think is worth looking into.  I am thinking this would be one that would meet in my home and be high school girls and ladies.  You can research a chapter from the Bible study...here..
http://www.octoberbabymovie.net/ministryresources/octoberbabyresources
Let me know what you think, if you are interested, train wreck of an idea, cool-but won't come... 
Hope you are having a great day....BTW have you been in the WORD lately??
Carrie