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Monday, November 28, 2011

Micah Six Eight: The Passed Over Babes

PLEASE READ JULIA'S Blog here and then scroll to the bottom to go to her blog and be a part of this great giveaway.....either do it ofor the sweet little loves or for the hope of winning a neat prize!!!

The Passed Over Babes

On Saturday I opened up the Angel Tree and began to scroll through the faces.

Many of them new faces... first time Angel Tree children.

But many were way too familiar. And it saddened me. Faces of children who have sat for two or more years on the tree.

Artem Sergei Spencer

Children who will AGAIN be hanging ON a tree this year instead of sitting UNDER it. Children who have spent one more year of their lives isolated and alone. Most of them passed over because of bad pictures or because of sad expressions on their faces. How to get them noticed? How to get them from being passed over another year??

Jin Wu Arina Danila

What could I do?

I clicked on several of the links. Prayed over them - wondered. What could I do? I felt the Lord nudging but what could I do? I don't have money for a big Giveaway. I'm well aware I have done precious little for Spencer's grant account. Artem is still without a family. There are so many more. So many more.

Robyn Dimtry Mark

They all have Christmas Warriors so why shouldn't I just concentrate on my own???

What could I do??

Yet the faces of those who have hung for so long lay heavy on my heart. What could I do? God was nudging but what could I do?

Meredith Nikita Paul

Amazingly, God wasn't just nudging my heart. Another Mom's heart was also being nudged. He nudged her enough that she sent me an e-mail. On Saturday morning about the same time I was staring at faces on the Angel Tree she was writing me a letter. Her Angel Tree child has been wasting away on the Tree too. No family in sight. What could she do? She had some money set aside and offered it to me for a Giveaway. We could raise money AND AWARENESS for Spencer and for her little guy. And anyone else I chose.

I sat stunned and in awe. OUT OF ALL THE ANGEL TREE KIDS... Her Angel Tree child was ONE OF THE CHILDREN I HAD CLICKED ON. HER LITTLE GUY WAS ONE I HAD PRAYED OVER!

Sergei

Dear Lord. The Father of the Fatherless nudging hearts into action.

All the faces of the little ones whom I recognized on the tree from last year... and the year before. They flashed in front of me as I read her offer. THOSE were the babes I wanted to help. Those little ones. My Spencer, My Artem, Her Sergei and more.

Yegor

I know I can't do much but I can do something. I can give those kids another opportunity to be SEEN. Put their faces out. Remind you that they have been waiting FAR TOO LONG. The passed over babes on the past Angel Trees.

So here is the deal...

The kids above have all been on the Angel Tree since 2009.

All of them are close to or are already transferred.

We are doing a PASSED OVER BABES Giveaway...

WE HAVE 10 AMAZING PRIZES IN THIS GIVEAWAY!!

You give FIVE DOLLARS to TWO OR MORE kids below and leave me a comment - I will enter your name in our Giveaway - ONE ENTRY FOR EVERY CHILD!!

AND

AFTER YOU DONATE TO TWO OR MORE....

IF you BLOG about these kids..... you get another chance to win in our Giveaway.

AND/OR...

IF you FACEBOOK or TWITTER about these kids... you get another chance to win in our Giveaway.

Give FIRST, then share and share.....

Put their faces out there. Let people know these are the PASSED OVER BABES who have sat far too long on the Angel Tree. THEY NEED FAMILIES.

WHAT CAN YOU WIN???

1. A KINDLE TOUCH - (99.00 value)

2. FLIP ULTRA HD VIDEO CAMERA 8 GB 3RD GENERATION - Newest Model (150.00 value)

3. 100 DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE TO THE VINTAGE PEARL

the vintage pearl - custom hand stamped jewelry

Each and every piece is handcrafted from start to finish in the studio. They use sterling silver and freshwater pearls in their creations!!

4. A SIGNED COPY OF BIBLIOPLAN'S ANCIENT HISTORY BOOK (59.95 value)

by Rob and Julia Nalle

5. A set of 4 hand-carved wooden Christmas ornaments (50.00 value)

6. A 50 Dollar YOUR CHOICE Gift card

7. A 50 Dollar YOUR CHOICE Gift card

8. A 25 Dollar YOUR CHOICE Gift card

9. A 10 Dollar YOUR CHOICE Gift card

10. A 10 Dollar YOUR CHOICE Gift card.

These YOUR CHOICE cards are to ANY store, restaurant, mall etc. that you desire. You tell us what you want and we will deliver!! Amazon, Walmart, Cracker Barrel, Starbucks, Kohls, etc. etc.

Will you help the PASSED OVER BABES??

They have been on the Angel Tree since 2009.

I know that many of you have ALREADY donated to some of these kids... I'm asking you to donate again. Donate because all I am asking is for 5.00 for TWO OR MORE KIDS who have spent their lives being passed over. Please - don't pass them by again. NOTICE THEM. Their pictures may be bad. They may not be smiling. Their descriptions may scare you off. But they are PRECIOUS PRECIOUS BABES.

Let's NOT pass them over again this year!!

THIS GIVEAWAY ENDS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9TH!!

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Funny question I was asked today :-)

When I dropped Stas and Ricky off at school today, one of Stas' teachers asked if we have been cleaning at home. I laughed.

My friend comes to help me clean once a week and Stas is fascinated with all of it. The vacuum, the broom, the mop and the duster...

...oh, the duster. That is his favorite.

"Oh wait, it might be more fun to push this table over instead...again."

Do you have any idea how happy I was to get this lock on this broom closet.....PURE BLISS!! I have a few extra hours to my day now where I don't have to protect the walls, clean up brooms, dustpans, vacuum parts and protect peoples eyes and heads from flailing broom handles. The windows too. Yikes.

How do you suppose I get him to learn to pick up after himself now? I long to hear the teacher say, "have you been teaching Stas to pick up at home?" Only in my dreams. None of my kids seem to have learned that job, why should he?

Don't you clean you cabinets and oven with a broom?

:-) Love that boy!!!!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

The things we'll do for orphans.

There is a little boy in an Eastern European orphanage named Andriy who has no idea how hard people are working to bring him home to his mom, dad, brother and sisters.

This is the sweet boy:

There is a mom of 8 (that would be me) who was one day minding her own business when some other mom named Renee told her she needed to take a pie in the face for the above mentioned sweet boy. Renee said she was going to do so and so naturally this mom gave into peer pressure and said "sure.....happilly....for Andriy."

Here is Renee with a little whipped cream on here face following a pieing:

Soon this started floating around:

Gretchen the red-nose clown?

Oh, I see, it is a target.

So, $1,500 later......the preparations began.

We needed to wait for the right moment.

When everyone gets excited and says they want to be the one to smear the pie in my face, how am I to feel? How would you feel? Just curious. Dan was smart enough to say, "I have nothing to gain." Wise man.

Lizzy wanted to take pictures, that ruled her out. Bobby pretty much decided he was the man for the job, and I warned him he had a lot to lose if he did it too hard, too long, too high, too low, I told him what angle to throw it.....and my dear husband told me he had about enough of me calling the shots. Suddenly he wanted a piece of the action. Niiiiiice.

So, everyone gathered around, there was a countdown....5......4.....3.... and Ricky started screaming bloody murder.

We stopped. Couldn't comfort him (glad someone loves me!!!) and needed him to go watch the Wiggles to distract him.

5.......4......3.......2......1.......

Look at Dan holding my head....thank you, Dan!!!!

Have you ever seen such joy on two people's face?!?!?!

Charlie loves pumpkin!

Ricky was okay with pie on my face....intrigued actually.

What we do to bring orphan's home :-)

NEXT UP:

Catherine

Melissa

Go here to give

What was I thinking?

Look what I have to look forward to.

Before I begin....let me tell you that I do enjoy baking and cooking. I just don't have time. I also don't like to waste money when I don't have to. So, remember that whole pie in the face thing? I couldn't see going out and buying a pie for $10 or anything like that. I found a crust in the fridge to bake, had some vanilla pudding, a can of pumpkin puree and whipped cream. PERFECT fixings for pie. Right?

Well, they mix up well to taste delicious, but I can't imagine how far it will go up my nose and across the floor. It turned to soup!!!!! Practically. Renee was kind enough to share with me to hold my nose because "you won't believe how far it will go up your nose." Thanks Renee from the bottom of my heart AND my soft palette, nasopharynx, esophagus and trachea.

Do I stand in the shower so as to help with the clean up? I suppose I just go outside. It's been rainy. Well, no harm, that should help with the clean up I guess.

Here you can see Lizzy taking the pleasure in following my lame directions for pie making. Amanda said that she took a mental note to never get this recipe from me. Wise decision Amanda. I did try to stick with the season though. Gotta give me some credit.

Aren't they the nastiest looking crusts you've ever seen. I think the dough was old. It tastes good. We ate the other soup, I mean pie.

I guess the PIEING will have to happen tonight. Oh boy....I can't wait.

What I really can't wait for is the next two up.....and then the next..... It's a good line-up.

Wish me luck...but most of all...keep DONATING to the Burlingham family (CLICK HERE) and keep giving yourself a chance to win an iPad2, Nook, Kindle and more. Better idea....keep donating to give Andriy a chance to get home to his family and FEEL the love.