And He's Two!

Have I told you lately how much I love this crazy little guy?! Well I do!

Happy Birthday Levi!

Isn't his hair awesome! : ) Jesse keeps wanting me to cut it, but I don't see why!

A Mom to Five

This summer I watched 2 boys for 3 weeks. They are in the process of being adopted by a single guy here, but he was heading back to the states to raise support for his NGO. He was gone for 5 weeks, and hadn't found anyone to watch the boys, so I volunteered to take them for 3. I figured 3 weeks, no problem!

It was CRAZY! Have I ever told you that growing up I always said that I wanted 7 kids... yep 7. I don't think I want 7 anymore. Plus I'm pretty sure Jesse would leave me.

But honestly, the boys are actually really good. They are 5 & 4 and overall would listen to me.... but they are 5 & 4 and they are BOYS. So they really can only be that good. The whole time they stayed with me, I could only keep thinking of our friends who have 5 boys. & i just kept wondering how they kept their house in order, and I never remember it being very loud at their place.... honestly, i just remembered our kids being the loud ones. But let me tell you, it was loud here for those 3 weeks. Of course it doesn't help that our house is made of marble, so noises just echo off of everything, but it was loud, all the time. & man those boys could eat! Jesse & I were amazed how they could pack it away. But overall it was good, and once they left I realized that having my three kids is EASY! This mom thing is no problem. ; ) It was amazing how easy it felt. I felt like i could really spend time with them, and get some toys put away, and actually have some time to myself.

So maybe not 7.... but I am hoping for at least one more (it's different when they're your own kids, right!?).... but i have to make sure Jesse will stick around first!

p.s. I know, they are adorable!

Broken

My heart is broken. It's not fair that an 8 month old has to die just because she was born in Uganda. My wonderful house-helper's niece has been sick. She's been in the Government run hospital for the past few weeks. She had surgery, but the surgeon messed up a very simple procedure, and now the little girl is dead.

My heart is heavy. A 3 year old who comes from the streets, she can not walk, talk, and is smaller then my 2 year old, and is sick with TB. She is to live in a “rehabilitation” home. It’s worse then a prison. http://sixtyfeet.org

My heart questions. Why should someone who has given so much of their life be told that the cancer is back, again? They have 3 young kids with another on the way. I cry out for answers.

It’s hailing right now. Yes, hailing in 70 degree Uganda. It was a beautiful day, and then within 5 minutes the sky turns black, and hail falls from the sky. It’s a violent storm. I watch as the trees outside bend in the strong wind. I watch our stalks of corn break in two. There is water seeping into the house through the windows and under doors.

It reminds me that this is not how it’s supposed to be. Even the earth knows this. We live in a broken world. And I need to remember that soon (hopefully soon) Jesus will come back and He will restore everything that is wrong. Oh Jesus, please come soon!

"Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory

he will reveal to us later. For all creation is waiting eagerly for

that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.

Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with

eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will

join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay.

For we know that all creation has been groaning as in

the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. And we

believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit

within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our

bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait

with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full

rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies

he has promised us. We were given this hope when

we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need

to hope for it. But if we look forward to something we

don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)"

Romans 8:18-25 (NLT)