“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.”
“There’s a whole Esther Generation and it is us who want our children to know the More Life, a life more than self-focus and cell phones, more than iphones, itunes, ipads and iLove, who want them to know the More Life of loving the least, the lonely and the lost and tasting the joy of God.”
– Ann Voskamp, A Letter to the North American Church: Because it is Time
“It’s not having much that makes you rich — it’s the giving much that makes you rich. Give and you are the rich.”
– Ann Voskamp, A Letter to the North American Church: Because it is Time
“If God sends us on stony paths, he provides strong shoes.”
– Corrie Ten Boom
“Beauty is expansive.
Lust is constrictive.Beauty moves us toward wholehearted living.
Lust moves us towards fractioned & compartmentalized living.Lust undoes and makes impossible what attraction was calling us to connect to in the first place.”
– Amy Martin, “Smokin’ Hot Conversations: Amy Martin on Attraction”
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
– C.S. Lewis
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless.”
– Mother Teresa
“People who love to eat are always the best people.”
– Julia Child
“A children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story.”
– C.S. Lewis
Sooooo basically this entry is a duo. The first picture is my legit phone/instagram cuteness overload pic:
http://instagram.com/p/XQ_nfZqiGr/
If you don’t understand why this screams future, we can’t be friends. Just kidding. We can be friends. It means future to me because it’s new life. These cute babies were born last Thursday (3 days old now) in the freezing cold. My family pulled them from under the porch (while holding Mama Box Cat back) and moved them to the enclosed porch area. Now they have a space heater and everything ;)
Each kitten has an entire life ahead of it. Even the runt, who was pushed out on Thursday night, has a chance to grow up. I sat with it and rubbed its back until it squeaked and followed my finger back to the group. Friday, it was pushed out again, but I did the same thing and Mama Box Cat finally accepted it and now all four of the little babies are in a great big wad :D
This second picture is not my own. It was borrowed from my friend, Amy.
Passport to Kenya!
I don’t know if you have noticed my African Children’s Project (ACP) postings lately, but there have been a lot of them. My friend Amy and her husband Jason have been the main source of ACP excitement. This passport represents sooooo much future since they are relocating to Kenya to oversee administrative things and construction on site. Talk about total life change!! They have to sell their house (for sale here), raise support (support them here, I’m doing it), pack their two small kids up and move halfway across the world, then build a house and learn a language. Ummmm future much? Heck, yes!
I love the story of this future though and I’m sooooooo extremely blessed to have my time, energy, thoughts, money, and hopes tied to it. I just couldn’t help but love the story and people! And so here’s the story I love to share:
My friends, Jason and Amy are moving to Kenya. But they aren’t going to take over and run things for people. They are going to invest in the community and help orphans from the AIDS/HIV epidemic find forever families. When they get to Embu, Kenya, Jason and Amy will begin building a two story house, paying the local construction groups to build it. They first floor will be devoted to the orphan families and the Yons (Jason and Amy) will live on the second. The idea is that they will seek out a couple or a mother that is willing to adopt several children, then move them into the first floor, and help them become adjusted and well blended as a family. Next, when the new family is ready, construction on a new house will begin, using local workers again. This house will be just for that family and when finished, that family will move in, leaving the first floor of the Yon house empty. Then Jason and Amy will seek out a new couple or mother and start the entire process over again.
The goal is that the orphans find a family that will allow them to be children and grow up with a future. They will go to school instead of working to keep their siblings alive. They will be loved instead of lost. They will get an entirely different future. Now that’s worth posting about!!
You might wonder what happens after several families come together on site. I did too. My friend Melanie (founder and director of the ACP) told me this: “Oh my! I would LOVE for us to be there!! When that does happen, my hope is that those families will run the site on their own, and allow us to move to a different area and do this all over again. That’s my goal, man. And praise God, we’ll get there.”
You can read Amy’s story here, if you want. It’s pretty amazing. No, really. I get goosebumps from it.
Oh yeah, and Weekly Photo Challenge rocks. Just sayin’. Now here’s a bonus Mama Box Cat photo. Why? Because I love her.
http://instagram.com/p/PXeHWrqiFC/
Okay, two bonuses. Sheesh.
http://instagram.com/p/Sx-5LFKiIF/
God is my guide and the Word is my map, let the adventure begin!
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Everyone has a story to tell and this is part of mine.
Everyone has a story to tell and this is part of mine.
Everyone has a story to tell and this is part of mine.
Everyone has a story to tell and this is part of mine.
Everyone has a story to tell and this is part of mine.
Everyone has a story to tell and this is part of mine.
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