All I Have

{My favorite CD we got around Christmas time last year.  I just LOVE it. We bought it at our local Family Christian Stores and every one sold went to International Justice Ministries for the cause against slavery. I don't think they are carrying the CD anymore but have seen used copies on Amazon (here). The songs on this CD are ALL amazing and total resonate James 1:27 and Isaiah 1:17. One of my favorites is from Tenth Avenue North and I wrote out the lyrics below and a link to the song. Check it out and really ponder the words.} 

All I Have
Tenth Avenue North


Forgive me,
Lord for thinking
You would ever need me
Could you ever need me? 
Cause you spoke me into this existence
So why do I resist this?
What is it I cant let go?
Cause all I have is Yours, O Lord
Yes, all I have is Yours


You are Lord of all creation 
Author of salvation
Where else can I go?
Cause even this breath that I am taking 
You have given to me
There's nothing I can call my own
Cause all I have is Yours, O Lord
Yes, all I have is Yours
Oh, all I have is Yours, O Lord
Yes, all I have is Yours


And all I have is what You give me 
What You give is more than I need
So open my hands to give back freely 
The same way You've given to me
All I have is what You give me 
What You give is more than I need
So open my hands to give You freely 
The same way You've given to me


That all I have is Yours, O Lord
Yes, all I have is Yours


All I have, is Yours O Lord
Yes, all I have is Yours


All I have is Yours
All I have is Yours

I just love the part that says 

"And all I have is what You give me 

What You give is more than I need

So open my hands to give back freely 

The same way You've given to me" 

Our money, talent, resources, time, and energy is not our own. We have been blessed so that in return we can go and bless others.  We truly do have more than we need, way more the the majority of the world. Our brothers and sisters across the globe are suffering and we have been given SO much. Praying and seeking what this looks like for our family. 

“The King will reply, 

Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of 

these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."

Matt 25:40

1 Week

Did I really just type that! 1 week before we leave.

My life right now includes...sorting donations, attempting to fit all my stuff in 1 carry on suitcase, and making lists upon lists for our family taking care of our girls while we are gone

{which include the names and detailed descriptions of all my eldest daughters favorite stuffed animals that MUST be in her bed at night.}

Think I need to get some space bags.

The 4 big ones are donations & then we each have a backpack & a small suitcase for our stuff. 

Starting to get everything done on my list but next week will be a little nuts busy. My goal is to try and get everything I can done before Thursday so we can have a fun family day before we leave Friday morning. I really want to enjoy time with the girls before we leave and not just feel rushed. 10 days is 9 days longer than I have ever been away from them and I am starting to feel the weight of that. I know we are doing what God has called us to do and I know that He will care for them while we are gone but right now I am trying to truly believe it and live it. I don't want to waste any time we are gone fearing or worrying. I want to give it all to Him who knows all and trust that fully. 

Today I was looking at pictures with Evelyn that another group visiting "M" took and she asked if she could go too. She was specifically interested in pictures of one little girl and little boy. She picked out toys from the donation bag and said she wanted to go and take these to them. Her heart right then was so sweet and we stopped and prayed for them and the other children throughout Uganda who were in need. I also prayed that God would nurture that heart in her and that He would do mighty things through her someday for His kingdom. 

I know it will be hard on my girls and I know it will be hard on us to fly halfway across the world and be away from them for 10 days but we are called to GO. We are called to care for the orphaned and to visit them in their distress and I will not use the children God has entrusted to me here to be an excuse to why I can not go and love His children a world away. My girls will be cared for, they will have clean water and good food, they will sleep in comfortable beds and they will be loved while we are gone. The children we are visiting have none of these things, many of them have been abandoned or orphaned and the home that is their reality is a prison that honestly is in worse condition than where we send true criminals in our country. I want to be ready, I want to go and I will not let any lie this world throws at me to discourage me otherwise. 

How will you respond?

Be Encouraged

(Pause the music at bottom to watch )

I can not wait to read this book. The work that God is doing through this young woman is amazing. Reading her story through her blog has been one of the stepping stones towards the path God has set out for me so far to Uganda. I am so encouraged by the faith God has given her. I know that everyday of my life has been set before me from God but, oh how I wish at 18 I knew what God is teaching me now. Sometimes I feel like I had SO much wasted time when I was more "free" in my life but, there's no turning back time. All I can do is seek Gods will for me NOW and pray He would use me to do mighty things for His kingdom. I get very easily distracted and I still have a lot to learn but I thank God for opening my eyes past myself and seeing an entirely different world. 

Her Blog

Amazima Ministry

Children of God

We are saints


We are the children


We've been redeemed


We've been forgiven


We are the sons and the daughters of our God!

Some say that they could never adopt because they don't believe they can love an adopted child the same as their biological children.... Isn't that exactly what God did for us? He adopted us as His own when we hated Him. Thank you Father for adopting me in despite of me, may I in grace go and love with Your love. 

True Religion

5 MILLION children die of hunger or hunger related disease every year

Just STOP and actually think about this.

26,000 children die of EASILY preventable causes everyDAY. 

(Thats 1 child every 3 seconds.)

True Religion from Christian Alliance for Orphans on Vimeo.

Over HALF the world lives on less than $2 a day.

We are rich. Oh so rich.

It is estimated that it would cost $13 Billion to provide basic nutrition to every starving person in the world.

Christians in the U.S spend approximately:

$3 Billion on bottle water
$11 Billion on coffee
$13 Billion on our pets
$20 Billion on soft drinks
$21 Billion on cable TV
$105 Billion on eating out

Seriously...