tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post6740722313946443534..comments2023-06-02T08:01:26.422-07:00Comments on BUILDING THE BLOCKS...: Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13006198193450517574noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-56182920719223660152009-08-20T16:07:18.285-07:002009-08-20T16:07:18.285-07:00Wonderful and right on! your family is beautiful!Wonderful and right on! your family is beautiful!the Stork Nesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643677100908826114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-79328167140516297032009-08-20T06:51:42.535-07:002009-08-20T06:51:42.535-07:00What a wonderful post...we have also been disappoi...What a wonderful post...we have also been disappointed, many times by other Christians and family. It does hurt to have others not value what we are doing; to even tell us we shouldn't because we can't afford it. At times it was a feeling of "you don't have the money, and God hasn't miraculously dropped it out of the sky, so you must not be doing the right thing..."<br />I have been so thankful for finding others through the blog world who share our passion for living radically for the LORD, stepping out in faith,and supporting each other through it. <br />May I link back to this post. Others really need to hear this message!Shonnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652243862329017082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-79183795582267415412009-08-19T18:31:05.762-07:002009-08-19T18:31:05.762-07:00so glad your very wise insight into my story was a...so glad your very wise insight into my story was able to breathe life and excitement into others' lives. you are a very passionate writer that makes me wanna get up and do something!!the Matt familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574141226282602583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-6308431372275630902009-08-18T13:12:49.325-07:002009-08-18T13:12:49.325-07:00amazing post! I have thought this so many times (a...amazing post! I have thought this so many times (although not nearly as articulately!) We are all called to take care of the least of these! darcCHEPAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04059962141455470286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-48123581839035296552009-08-17T07:24:06.716-07:002009-08-17T07:24:06.716-07:00Great post! I wrote one along this same line of t...Great post! I wrote one along this same line of thinking this week too! We just need to encourage people not to stop at adopting...not everyone is called to adopt but we are ALL called to orphan care. I just love how you expressed it all...God has blessed us thru your words! Your posts are always so thought and action provoking! :)kitzkazventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892605201125564126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-73511807075274190742009-08-16T18:05:11.292-07:002009-08-16T18:05:11.292-07:00Love this! So true! We can definitly do both and s...Love this! So true! We can definitly do both and sometimes we are just called to do one, either send or go. Either way we need to be still and hear His voice. He is speaking, we just can't hear Him sometimes through all the noise. <br />Every little bit someone gives makes a difference. It can be $1, $5, $10, whatever the amount God will use it and bless it. I always say the best thing you can do when you are fundraising yourself is to give to others, God honors a giving heart. We are a testament to that. Praying that many, many people join in to be a blessing not only to the family you have decided to help, but all the countless other's that have decided to step out in faith and follow God's call and adopt a child.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08912330863352793142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-85673528460862862582009-08-16T15:16:35.555-07:002009-08-16T15:16:35.555-07:00AMEN AMEN AMEN....OMG...CAN I SAY IT AGAIN...AMEN ...AMEN AMEN AMEN....OMG...CAN I SAY IT AGAIN...AMEN AMEN AMEN!!! I love that...if we were all just willing to help...even if it were the smallest amount....but daily...just help! There would be so much less unhappy people in this world!Jennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-60491265099997836642009-08-16T13:56:20.124-07:002009-08-16T13:56:20.124-07:00Hi Amy...came across your blog in another blog I r...Hi Amy...came across your blog in another blog I read. I've enjoyed reading many of your entries. I love your heart and your honesty.. thank you for what you are doing for another family. I am moving to Ethiopia in less than 3 weeks to work with orphans..it takes us all...we can't be still any longer.<br /><br />KellyKellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066811376760295753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-68260443396273948242009-08-16T09:25:26.022-07:002009-08-16T09:25:26.022-07:00I thought when we found out that we would never br...I thought when we found out that we would never bring our sweet daughter home from Guat that God had failed us. I was devastated and angry. But then I realized. He didn't fail, I just misunderstood the plan. I thought I was meant to be her mother, but instead I was just God's tool to save her life. I heard his voice loud and clear when I rushed to Guatemala to nurse her back to health after she had been horribly abused. I was there to insure she got the medicines she needed, the therapies, the new foster home where she was safe, loved and nurtured. I made a difference in her life. Sometimes it's not about what we want, but it is just as important.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618979198068677569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-83478926225970140522009-08-16T08:48:11.291-07:002009-08-16T08:48:11.291-07:00The gratitude I feel for finding your blog and for...The gratitude I feel for finding your blog and for the movement it stirs in me- is not easy to put into language. Truly, THANK you. you are helping me to further my understanding and mature my faith in God. This maturing is leaving me more confident in my call to adopt, myself. Thank YOU!Sha Zam-https://www.blogger.com/profile/11705917883828933628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-30224412654706020312009-08-16T08:34:12.540-07:002009-08-16T08:34:12.540-07:00Just had TWO amazing sermons this morning! You ar...Just had TWO amazing sermons this morning! You are teaching me so much! I love it! I love you!!The gFamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17605085676171252765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-15836471558660378582009-08-16T04:43:24.622-07:002009-08-16T04:43:24.622-07:00I wish you could see my face as I read this post!
...I wish you could see my face as I read this post!<br /><br />I wish you could hear my voice as I say I love you!<br /><br />I wish you could look into my heart and know that I know that I know every word you wrote is of HIM! <br /><br />Amy - sometimes when we get so close to Him nothing else feels right!<br /><br />Nothing feels like it can possibly matter more than being right there with Him!<br /><br />Nothing else compares to being with the ONE who died for us and paid for our lives!<br /><br />This world and all it has to offer is tragic!<br /><br />But what He has to offer is greater than anything our eyes can see, our hands can touch or our hearts can feel!<br /><br />He is our EXCEEDINGLY GREAT REWARD!<br /><br />He will NOT ever fail us!<br /><br />AMEN! We FAIL Him - sadly every single day when we make any given moment about us and not all for His glory!<br /><br />Praising Him how He continues to align our hearts as one.<br /><br />My words today match this post so closely in spirit - that I am going to share a link so others can be blessed by Him through you as well!<br /><br />I love you Amy!<br /><br />Oh Lord, please let us meet and dance together in Africa one day!<br /><br />BIG BIG BIG HUGS!<br />JillAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247824698674815568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-51048413848662907122009-08-16T02:49:05.977-07:002009-08-16T02:49:05.977-07:00Great post Amy. You are so right, being a goer do...Great post Amy. You are so right, being a goer doesn't mean that we can't also be senders. When we start training teams for mission trips, one of the first lessons is on the goer-sender-receiver triangle. I feel bad for the girl who didn't get her funding in. I've had happen on my teams, too. It isn't a failure of God though, as you pointed out, but rather a failure on our part to do our part.<br /><br />Love your heart!!<br />AAudreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00717572082353050374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-33151680969757840032009-08-15T20:42:10.831-07:002009-08-15T20:42:10.831-07:00WONDERFUL post!
LaurelWONDERFUL post!<br /><br /><br />LaurelLaurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253303288242135440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317477880142153579.post-63207647561224121332009-08-15T19:55:07.265-07:002009-08-15T19:55:07.265-07:00Yes! Amen!!!!!!! I was just telling a friend today...Yes! Amen!!!!!!! I was just telling a friend today that it is frustrating that we are lacking "senders"...though I didn't use that word.<br />May the Lord stir the hearts of His children to give, send and equip the called!!!!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12182918486812141978noreply@blogger.com