He's Got It

The other day Christy was looking at a video that flashed up that there are currently 5 million orphans in Ethiopia. Joshua read that caption and he said to Christy, "Well, mom, now there's one less than 5 million." I love the fact that he's caught it!

How Could God?

Below is a video from a campaign called "I Am Second" featuring a young man named Blake and the difference he chose to make in his school by raising money to dig wells rather than everyone buy great costumes for Homecoming. I love the question he asks...one of those "how could God" questions. It is so easy to see the suffering around the world and ask "How could God allow such pain?" However, Blake asks two very courageous questions, "How could we allow ourselves to be so distracted" and "How could God allow us to be so affluent?" What if the very God whom we blame for not fixing the problems of our world has actually blessed us to be a blessing and to make a difference in His Name with the vast resources and affluence he has given us? Check out the video here. What if I could give up those exercises of affluence I take part in, so that someone else could benefit?

Just Like My Big Sis!

Jerry & I were standing in the kitchen this morning, when Hanna came sheepishly into the room dragging something behind her. She came up to us and looked longingly up into our eyes. She brought the item out from behind her back and held it up to us. It was her big sister's purple dress-up dress. With her other hand, she tapped on her chest, signaling us to put it on her, and the longing in her eyes grew with every moment. When I popped that dress over her head, you would have thought she might explode! She proceeded to strut around the kitchen prouder than a peacock. All to be like Caia!

So, Hanna's older sister loves to dress Hanna up. And Hanna loves to be dressed up. So here she is sporting a pink skirt over her outfit and was dragging around the purple skirt before she decided to plop down and pull toys out of the cupboard and make a mess...

Meet Alice

This is Alice. Alice is Caia's current favorite stuffed animal. Alice is also Hanna's favorite thing to steal right now...which probably has something to do with the previous fact about Alice. Hanna is really into stuffed animals and babies. She loves to hold them, feed them, and pat them on the back. A little mother like her big sister...