it's a new day

Our family has been through a lot of transition lately as we grew into a foster family. I wanted to share some of the blessings we've experienced lately...gifts from Him.

~Normally we have 3 littles waking us during the night, but last night, everyone slept through the night!

~Normally, Sprinkle will wake with an infant, ear-piercing scream of a cry (how she's learned to get attention), but this morning, she woke and simply said, "Mommy" and "Sissy".

~We celebrated Sprinkle turning 2. She's a true gift!

She had her own cake to dive in to!

~The cakes were donated to us by a wonderful friend who has blessed us over and over again since this we've grown as a family.

~Minkle is learning, which we were told may be a concern. He memorized part of our bible verse this week, is able to recognize some of the alphabet, and is able to recognize some of the sounds from the alphabet...all things he's learned this past week! His Sunday School teacher said he remembered what they learned last week!

~We continue to get letters, phone calls, conversations in person, messages, and emails from the body of Christ who are lifting us up in prayer! We truly feel these prayer, and some days, we know that's what has carried us through. We have been abundantly blessed by you!

~The kids are playing as a normal sibling group...that means arguing, too. :)

~We continue to have people who are donating clothes to our new babies. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

~Minkle wants to pray at every meal and begins us out with prayer at bedtime. He's learning he has availability to a God who loves him!

~We are absolutely smitten over our blessings...of these four littles. We're tired, often drained, still in desperate need of prayer, but abundantly, richly blessed.

And now, will you pray? I have felt called to reach out to their birth parents in love. I'm not talking about trying to change them-only Jesus can do that. I'm just talking about introducing myself, talking to them, and showing them the love of Christ. It's definitely not something I WANT to do, so will you pray that I'm obedient anyway? If I miss out on that part of this story because of my selfishness, then shame on me. Pray that Christ shines through me despite me. Thank you!