Just for fun today I found a list of influential people who were adopted!
Google search it and you might be surprised yourself!
Dave Thomas (Wendy's Fast Food Founder)
Babe Ruth (baseball great)
Steve Jobs (yep, THAT Steve Jobs)
Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
Melissa Gilbert (actresss)
Aristotle (founder of western philosophy)
George Washington Carver (inventor, educator, civil rights hero)
Sarah McLaughlin (singer)
Just to name a few. So encouraging to know the care and support of parents can lead to huge things!
We're about to turn in our application, complete with pictures of our beautiful back yard (I'll post those soon!). Then we are on our way to an orientation! Yeah! Baby steps like our baby plants!
~Linds
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Unlikely animal adoptions
Not to make light of adoption in any way...but these are adoption pictures that are too cute!
This one is sweet. This mama tiger lost her litter early and they all passed away. After the loss the tiger's health declined and she was depressed. Caretakers dressed up some little piggies in tiger cloth and the mama tiger raised the piggys and loved them as her own. So cute!
This is good for a laugh and a warm fuzzy feeling but even these images demonstrate to me that something in us loves adoption. Something in us loves when someone (or something) decides to take care of someone that is not "naturally" their own.
Enjoy!
This one is sweet. This mama tiger lost her litter early and they all passed away. After the loss the tiger's health declined and she was depressed. Caretakers dressed up some little piggies in tiger cloth and the mama tiger raised the piggys and loved them as her own. So cute!
This is good for a laugh and a warm fuzzy feeling but even these images demonstrate to me that something in us loves adoption. Something in us loves when someone (or something) decides to take care of someone that is not "naturally" their own.
Enjoy!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Small beginnings and a small garden
I have a short, small post today :)
Landon and I have spent the last 3 days recovering our backyard (well, Landon really did most of the work). Because of the drought, and probably fungus, we lost half of our lawn in the backyard. We also built two garden boxes to have vegetables but with the onset of the drought this summer and some job changes, our boxes were still barren.
At times, the yard was a bit of a painful and physical reminder about how we felt about the last 2 years. Miscarriages, long periods of not getting pregnant, job loss, job change, God's distance - like a half finished backyard getting dryer by the minute.
Since our weather has changed, we had a bit of rain and we had a bit of time (oh yeah and because the newest leg of our adoption application wants a picture of the backyard) we set out to change things.
We tilled the ground, laid the sod, planted seeds, fertilized and watered and now we wait.
As we planted I wondered what God would teach us in the planting (I hear its very spiritual to be a farmer - please hear my sarcasm because I am so bad with plants!). And Landon mentioned Zechariah 4:10 "Who has despised the day of small things?" Small things, small seeds...small things with huge potential and high hopes.
As I considered I thought of our small beginnings as a couple, the struggles of wanting children and now the small glimmer of hope that we could be parents to some parent-less children - all small things that I hope will have a happy end.
Be glad today that God doesn't despise any small beginning, in fact, he sees more value in a small beginning than you do.
Landon and I have spent the last 3 days recovering our backyard (well, Landon really did most of the work). Because of the drought, and probably fungus, we lost half of our lawn in the backyard. We also built two garden boxes to have vegetables but with the onset of the drought this summer and some job changes, our boxes were still barren.
At times, the yard was a bit of a painful and physical reminder about how we felt about the last 2 years. Miscarriages, long periods of not getting pregnant, job loss, job change, God's distance - like a half finished backyard getting dryer by the minute.
Since our weather has changed, we had a bit of rain and we had a bit of time (oh yeah and because the newest leg of our adoption application wants a picture of the backyard) we set out to change things.
We tilled the ground, laid the sod, planted seeds, fertilized and watered and now we wait.
As we planted I wondered what God would teach us in the planting (I hear its very spiritual to be a farmer - please hear my sarcasm because I am so bad with plants!). And Landon mentioned Zechariah 4:10 "Who has despised the day of small things?" Small things, small seeds...small things with huge potential and high hopes.
As I considered I thought of our small beginnings as a couple, the struggles of wanting children and now the small glimmer of hope that we could be parents to some parent-less children - all small things that I hope will have a happy end.
Be glad today that God doesn't despise any small beginning, in fact, he sees more value in a small beginning than you do.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Colorado and other things!
WOW! It's been awhile but I have been busy with a vacation!
Landon and I took a trip to Colorado to Salida and the Maroon Bells - it was stunning. The weather was perfect, the Aspens were bright yellow and there were no bear problems!
During our road trip to get there we started reading the book Adopted for Life by Russell Moore:
This book explores the biblical basis for adoption, how modern adoption displays the gospel and shares his personal journey through adopting his two sons from Russia. Moore is a great writer who smoothly leads you thought theological points of our Gentile adoption into the nation of Israel in a clear, understandable and entertaining way.
We have read about 3 chapters as of now and it is making us so excited about adoption but its also given me a greater and more personal understanding of my own adoption into the family of God through Christ. It is transforming our hearts and we can't wait to get more time to read it.
I would highly recommend this book not only to people wanting to adopt but people who are on the fence about adoption, people whose friends are adopting and people who have no relation to adoption at all because it really is so good at explaining how incredible our adoption to God is. So, put it on your Christmas list!
In other news I will be opening my print shop soon to raise some funds - I will keep you posted. The shop will include pictures from our mission trip to Mexico last year, pictures from our most recent Colorado trip (you'll LOVE these) and lastly a few adoption specific prints that I have designed with verses on them. And who knows maybe I'll get some random stellar shots in there from somewhere else.
This is a great way to support our adoption whether you have $20 or $200 AND you'll get a fantastic piece of art to go with it!
Again, I'll give you all the information when it's all set up and you can get buying!
~L&L
PS- favorite quote so far from Adopted for Life - "Adoption is not charity, it is spiritual warfare."
Landon and I took a trip to Colorado to Salida and the Maroon Bells - it was stunning. The weather was perfect, the Aspens were bright yellow and there were no bear problems!
During our road trip to get there we started reading the book Adopted for Life by Russell Moore:
This book explores the biblical basis for adoption, how modern adoption displays the gospel and shares his personal journey through adopting his two sons from Russia. Moore is a great writer who smoothly leads you thought theological points of our Gentile adoption into the nation of Israel in a clear, understandable and entertaining way.
We have read about 3 chapters as of now and it is making us so excited about adoption but its also given me a greater and more personal understanding of my own adoption into the family of God through Christ. It is transforming our hearts and we can't wait to get more time to read it.
I would highly recommend this book not only to people wanting to adopt but people who are on the fence about adoption, people whose friends are adopting and people who have no relation to adoption at all because it really is so good at explaining how incredible our adoption to God is. So, put it on your Christmas list!
In other news I will be opening my print shop soon to raise some funds - I will keep you posted. The shop will include pictures from our mission trip to Mexico last year, pictures from our most recent Colorado trip (you'll LOVE these) and lastly a few adoption specific prints that I have designed with verses on them. And who knows maybe I'll get some random stellar shots in there from somewhere else.
This is a great way to support our adoption whether you have $20 or $200 AND you'll get a fantastic piece of art to go with it!
Again, I'll give you all the information when it's all set up and you can get buying!
~L&L
PS- favorite quote so far from Adopted for Life - "Adoption is not charity, it is spiritual warfare."
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