O Lord It's Hard to Be Humble When You're an Arkansas Razorback Fan

 Harper had speech today and it was a gorgeous day and our trees are in full color so I decided to try and take a few pictures of the girls on campus before speech.  It was funny for me to be pushing around these two babies in a stroller when all the college kids were getting to class. I felt so old. ha!
Here are my girls in front of the #7 Arkansas Razorback stadium!!!!

 I pretty much love this.  Harper's calling the hogs! 

 I didn't go to the U of A but we are huge fans (I guess you know that).  My parents both went there and that's where they met.  At Arkansas they have a student walk and all the graduates have their names etched into the sidewalk.  I knew where my parents names were because they used to take us to see their names many times when we were little.  I thought these made sweet pictures - Harper by my mom's name (her maiden name)

 and my Papa's name!

Fayetteville is one of my favorite places on earth in the fall.  If you have never been - you should visit!
(I'm pretty sure this is a framer!)

Blog Lunch and Razorbacks

 Hollis and I had a fun Friday.  We met up with friends for lunch.  She is already wearing some 12 month outfits - I can't believe it.

 We ate at a local tea room and next to our table was this little "closet" - we put the babies in there and were calling it the baby closet.  I like to think of this as three future "ladies who lunch".

 This is Laurie, Leah, Niki, Lauren, Whitney, Hillary, Amanda, Jennifer and Me.  Lauren is a blog friend who came from FL to visit all her AR blog/twitter friends.  I had met her once before and also Whitney but it was my first time meeting Leah or Nikki.  They were all so nice. It was fun to get together!

 I loved this picture - Hillary with Sadie (6 months), Amanda with Lela (4 months), Jennifer with Jillian (13 months) and me and Hollis (7 months).  If Hillary would just move to NWA - these 4 could be BFF! Precious girls!  Their mommas are pretty precious to me too - these are 3 of my favorite friends.

 Harper had a fun little "orange" party at school on Friday and got to have pizza and cookies! She was having her own fun while we were lunching.

 This has been one of those great weekends where we had NO plans.  We slept in a little and Scott took us to get donuts.  If you are wondering - one Krispy Kreme is 5 WW points. And worth every last point!

 We dressed in hog gear to watch the hogs. We might should have stayed in our PJ's.  We won - but it was U-G-L-Y.  Did you happen to watch our game? In the words of Rachel Zoe - it was "bah-nanas".  Seriously - the SEC is crazy.  I don't know how we keep winning these games - we are the luckiest team this year.

Lots of bloggers and twitterers are always posting their OOTD (outfit of the day).  I would be embarrassed to post mine most days but I thought I would today since I had my Hog Spirit on! :-) We love those hogs!

Show us you life - Moms of only children

I know the good majority of you who read here are moms - but so many of you aren't. Or you are "older" moms or working moms or whatever. I know you would like to find more blogs "like you".  So over the next few months - I will do a series of "connecting" link ups.  Where hopefully you can find bloggers in your same stage of life or maybe even that live near you? I'd love to have your ideas on others we can do - I have all the topics listed on my left side but if you have any other ideas - please let me know.

I got a request to do a link up for moms of only children.  There are many of you who may have just one child by choice or just by circumstance and it would be nice to talk to other moms on what that is like.  My husband is an only child and so is my best friend Laurie. I honestly thought for a while that Harper would be an only child but we got surprised!!

So if you blog - and you have just one child and think it will stay that way - please link up and I hope y'all can be good resources to each other.

You don't have to necessarily do a blog post for this one - just link up your blog. 

And now I'm thinking of other ways to connect:
Moms of big families (maybe 4 or more kids?)
Single moms
Military wives/moms
Ministry wives/moms

Big Girl Room

I've been saying forever that I was going to try and keep Harper in a crib until she was in kindergarten.  And I still halfway wish I could.  She's never been a great sleeper and I'm just afraid this is going to make things worse.  We are having trouble with her staying on her mat at MDO (she SURE won't take a nap there) so I'm afraid it will be the same way with a big girl bed.  And locks, childproof knobs, baby gates - nothing can contain that girl - she can work them all.  BUT she has been very interested in her friends' big beds and I think the time is coming.
So I'm starting to plan out her big girl room.  I think for her birthday in a little over 2 months - it will be time to fix it up.  I'm using Pinterest to help me plan out my ideas.  Her room is chocolate brown and I don't want to paint over that so I'm just going to keep that and add in light pinks and grays.  I'm hoping to make it cute and girly.  Here are some of my ideas (just things for inspiration - not actual things I plan to buy):

Source: etsy.com via Kelly on Pinterest

I'm going to start looking in local shops to try and find some kind of neat antique white bed for her! I love the look of this one.

Source: urbanoutfitters.com via Kelly on Pinterest

I want a grey comforter kind of like this. I LOVE LOVE ruffles and flowers so I want something in this style.

Source: garnethill.com via Kelly on Pinterest

And I think this tulle bedskirt would be so girly and fun!

Source: etsy.com via Kelly on Pinterest

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this pillow!!! It would look so cute on that grey bedding!

Source: etsy.com via Kelly on Pinterest

I'd like to get an extra large frame in light pink like this to frame a cute black and white picture of Harper for her wall.

Source: None via Kelly on Pinterest

And if I decide to get CRAZY and crafty - I could make some of these felt poms in grey and pink to hang above her bed! 

Right now I'm just having fun planning out a big girl room. I'm hoping it's something she could grow with for several years.  And how much do I LOVE Pinterest. I thought at first it was kind of dumb but now I can't get enough! (If only I had more hours in the day)

And I leave you with this really sweet Compassion Testimony!

My family and I began sponsoring Hazel from El Salvador a couple of years ago when you went on that trip!  We chose Hazel because she is the same age as Abby, my daughter (now 7).  They enjoy writing to each other and sending drawings.  In fact, Abby talks about her quite frequently.   It is such a blessing to hear from Hazel on a regular basis and find out what she is learning at her center.  We always send her extra money at her birthday and she will send us a picture of her gifts.  I think it has really helped my daughter's perspective on material items to see what  Hazel is excited about getting.  We also sent her family some money last year and I got the most touching letter from Hazel's mother.  I have it in a safe place and will treasure it forever.  She not only thanked us for the gifts but for "saving" (her words) Hazel.  She then wrote the prayer she prays for our family on a regular basis.  I can't even put into words how special that is.  We keep Hazel's picture on our refrigerator to remember her and pray for her.  Being a Compassion sponsor is wonderful experience.  I have no doubt that we are blessed just as much, if not more, by the giving as Hazel is in the receiving.  Once my son gets a little older (he's 3) and can understand a little better, we will chose a child his age to sponsor.

Stephanie Whittington

Richmond, VA

Hiking Boots and Happy Birthday

The girls and I went to Bible Study this morning and then we went to visit an older man in our church.  Once a month the women in our Bible Study visit shut ins/ homebound.  We visit a man named Mr. Johnny and Harper had the BEST time at his house. I don't normally take them but I think he liked it - he told me to "make sure and bring them again next time".  And she blew him kisses all the way out to the car.  Laurie usually goes with me but she had a sick kid today.

After lunch and naps I packed us up to go to Academy Sports.  I've never been there before because I am clearly not athletic or outdoorsy.  The closest I have ever come to the outdoors is the one and only time I ever went camping and canoeing 16 years ago on a sorority outing.  I'm just not one with the outdoors. And luckily even though Scott likes to hunt - he's not big on camping either.  BUT part of our Ecuador trip includes taking a canoe ride in the Amazon where we need to wear special bug repellent clothes, a jungle hat and hiking boots and malaria meds.  Be very afraid.

So I am prepared and ready to go.  I asked for the cheapest hiking boots and when they rang them up I realized they were the "Harper" model.  Meant to be! Amanda happened to blog today about buying her gear too.  Hey - we are willing to do whatever if it means that some of you will sponsor kids through Compassion!  I'm getting so excited for my trip but I have so much to get ready over the next 13 days!

and a BIG Happy birthday to our firstborn Dawson Wagner Stamps (did you really think I didn't give him a middle name?) who turns nine today!

How much do I love seeing my girls start to play together? I couldn't help but post this picture!

Here are two Compassion Testimonies:

The first is from Hannah

My name is Hannah and I'm a recent college graduate (Go Lee Flames!). I've been sponsering my child, Florah for almost 2 years now. Florah lives in Kenya with her parents and two siblings. Her birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and she will be 7 years old. I had heard about Compassion at one of the Passion conferences in Atlanta and as a college student who was learning about money and finances, I started to look more into it. I really felt challenged to give up a portion of my money each month to bless this little child. I found myself spending so much money on things that are fleeting, when the $38.00/month for Compassion is of eternal value. Once I realized just how much the monthly fee gives these children and how much it blesses the well-being of their entire families, I couldn't pass it up. There is nothing that makes my day more than receiving mail from sweet Florah. Her pictures are on my fridge and the coloring pages she sends me are in my room. I cry every time I read her letters because of HER love for ME and HER prayers for ME. She is so thankful and grateful for me...and it encourages my faith so much. The area she lives in is an HIV/AIDS community and that has just been on my heart for some time now. Compassion is actually taking a trip to Kenya in March, but I just missed the deadline. I know I will meet Florah someday, and I can hardly wait! I can honestly say that Compassion International and Florah have been far more of a blessing to me, then I will EVER be to them! 

Blog Address: xbeautyforashesx.blogspot.com 

And this is from Wendy (Mom of 8!!!)

We have church on Wednesday nights, so the routine around here is that my husband brings home pizza either on his way home from work or after dropping off the boys for football.
We have a divided census over whether we should get Papa Johns or Dominos. Life's tough right? Not really. That's how a conversation started about children in other places who do have it hard. Really hard.
Sometimes small children can only comprehend so much about how other kids have it bad. Dirt floors, starving tummies, lack of clean water and so on. We kinda have these talks periodically because some of my kids are too little to remember a conversation we had 6 months ago. It needs repeating.
We ended up turning to how we can sponsor a child in another country and help someone who is deprived of so much. Someone who has so little while we complain over what kind of pizza we bought.
The children got extremely excited and all agreed that they wanted to adopt a child from China immediately. Unfortunately, we had to explain we can't adopt a child to live with us right now, but we can still adopt/sponsor/pray for a child through the Christian company Compassion.
They still were very happy and agreed as we all ran to look on the computer-- we immediately found a little 4 year old who everyone wanted to think of as a sister from another country: Lucie, who stole everyone's heart.
The kids have decided to save extra to send her a Christmas/birthday present because her birthday is 2 days after Christmas.
I think Sophia is the most excited, already drawing her pictures to send and constantly talking about how she loves her new sister in Burkina Faso; She wants to know if she can meet her one day.
I love my family and I love that we can help a little girl so far away. And who knows, maybe one day, Lucie can meet the 8 (soon to be 9) little people who live in America and love her already.
And this is my blog Pink Slippers.

Pumpkin Pictures

 I decided to take the girls to a local church selling pumpkins today to try and take a few pictures and buy a few pumpkins for our house.  Do y'all have any idea how hard it is to get two kids two and under to look at you - much less smile at you in the same picture? I bet I took close to 100 pictures and I was sweating and flapping my arms and acting a FOOL and this is about the only picture they were both looking and they look mad as hornets. ha!

I guess it wouldn't be true to life if all my pictures were of two perfectly posed babies, huh?

 I got Hollis' outfit at the cutest Etsy shop.  This is the only picture she smiled in but Harper was looking off and mad so I had to crop her out. ha!

I love these two little pumpkins!

Here is a Compassion story from Ashley Mays:

I saw your post regarding people guest posting on your blog about why they chose to sponsor their Compassion kids. I have three Compassion kids, but one of them has a particularly incredible story. I've already written about it on my own blog, and on Compassion's blog, but I'd love to post about it again! The short of it is that I had a dear friend who passed away in Afghanistan last year, and weeks after he died, I saw a little boy online who shared his first and middle names. I ended up going on a sponsor tour this past August and was able to meet my little boy on the one year anniversary of my friend's death. You can read the story onCompassion's blog or here on my blog  (www.ashleywritesagain.blogspot.com)

Lazy Weekend

Our weekend was a little slower than normal for once and I was so grateful. I feel as though we are always running around with things to do - so it was nice to have a Saturday where I didn't even get dressed or comb my hair and we stayed in PJ's!

I've been working with Harper on speech stuff at home and our therapist uses objects to help with sounds so I wanted to gather up similar objects we could practice with.  I needed a few animals and I found this "barn" kit at Wal-Mart for like $2.  Harper thought it was the greatest toy ever. She played with it forever Friday afternoon. Who knew? It's always the thing you think they won't like, huh?

We got an unexpected last minute date night Friday night. Our local MOPS put on a Parents night out so we decided to take Harper and go out to eat with Laurie and Steve.  Hollis came with us.  Harper had so much fun because a lot of her church friends went to it so she got to go play and we got to eat a nice meal with friends.  Of course - I was laughing all the way home about how our dates are not so "hot" anymore.  Laurie and Steve had to leave halfway through dinner because the MOPS called and Emily had thrown up.  Hollis is teething and was really fussy by that point anyway and when we got Harper and were driving home - both girls were tired and were both screaming/crying.  All we could do is laugh.
(On a side note - I look really tan in this picture which is funny because I am pale as a ghost right now.  But let's just pretend I just got back from Hawaii or something) ha!

Harper is really becoming so much more of a little girl.  Some nights I put Hollis to bed and then let her stay up a little later.  Her new favorite thing is to get in "Daddy's bed" (I always say "I sleep there too????") and watch movies on his iPad.  He will lay in there and watch football or whatever and she will wear headphones and just watch movies so quietly.  It's really nice because I can use that time to get things done and they are spending a little quality time together.

We stayed in our PJ's Saturday but I did have to put the girls in their razorback outfits for our big game on Saturday.  Our big game wasn't so hot but we did win in the end so I guess that is what matters! And now we are #8!! Go hogs! How cute are these outfits? My friend Rebekah had them made for me before Hollis was born. I love this picture!

We were pretty lazy the rest of the day.  One of our favorite places to eat is Panera and we just got a new one with a DRIVE THROUGH (this has the potential to be life changing for me!) so we drove thru in our pj's Saturday night and got dinner. I got Harper some macaroni and cheese that she thought was so good. She would say "Thank you Mommy! MMMMMM!" after every bite!

Today is a busy day of church, naps and more church.  I'm thankful to have this blog to write about even our slow weekends. It might be boring to most of you but I will look back in 10 years and treasure every picture and every word I wrote as I remember these days when Saturdays are not so relaxing but I wouldn't trade them for the world!

Show Us Your life - Favorite coupon sites/tips

Who likes to save money????
I do!!!

Today is all about coupon tips, sharing your favorite coupon sites and best ways to share money.

So share away and let's hope we all pay less at the store this week, month, year!!!

Speech and Brussel Sprouts

Thank you for all the amazing comments and tons of email you have sent me about yesterday's post. Clearly the majority of us struggle with worry.  I hope we can all work together on giving that worry over to God.  I like to have a mental picture of packing it all in a box and just putting it in His big hands.
I just feel a load lifted already!

 Thursdays are shaping up to be a busy day.  Harper has speech therapy at the University of AR on Thursday mornings so we drive 30 minutes both ways and spend an hour in speech.  Add in lunch and most of our day is gone.  But Harper is LOVING speech.  I can already see results and she is having such a good time.  It almost makes me want to go back to school and work with hearing impaired kids once the girls are in school.  (I'll add that to my list of careers I want to pursue one day like lunch lady (I'm serious) and church secretary). 

 Since we were in town - we met two of our friends for lunch at chick-fil-a.  Rebekah and Sydney are two of my favorite people.  I have so much in common with both of them. We all 3 have big girls about the same age and Sydney and I have baby girls a month apart.  So it's like we are living parallel lives. But even without kids I would love being with them.  It's just a HUGE boost to spend time with people in the exact same stage - to compare dramatic girls and sleepless nights.

 Hollis and Emerson look THRILLED to be hanging out - don't they?

 Harper and Stella had fun together. This picture makes me laugh because it's like Harper is being a clown and cracking Stella up. 

I was trying to take pictures of Harper outside but she would NOT look at me.  But she just looked so big in this picture!

I mentioned I am doing Weight Watchers.  I've lost 8 lbs so far (in about 2.5 weeks).  I found the best site - called skinnytaste.com.  It has great recipes for low points.  I'm making these great chicken roll ups tonight and I'm making sauteed brussel sprouts.  These are so good. I would never think to shred brussel sprouts. I LOVE roasted brussel sprouts but these are SO good too! And just 1 point for a ton.

AND I received this awesome testimony from Rachel Pennington about Compassion:
My name is Rachel and I have sponsored a child from Compassion for 3 years.  I actually started following your blog right after Harper was born. I saw something on your blog that led me to Compassion.  After I got on the site and began looking at the pictures of the children, I told myself that if there was a child named Grace or Gracie that I was going to become that child's sponsor.  Not even two pages later I found the child.  Her name is Gracia Hernandez.  The reason I chose to sponsor this child was because I wanted to do something in memory of my precious Gracie.  You see, my second child, was born on Jan.14,2008.  She was 9 weeks early.  She had to be delivered by emergency c-section because I had developed Help Syndrome.  Right before she was delivered my doctor was very reassuring and told us after several weeks in the NICU things should be okay.  Little did we know that our lives where about to change forever.  As soon as Gracie was born the doctors knew something wasn't right.  After some testing, they confirmed that she had a genetic disorder called Trisomy 13, which is fatal.  Our sweet Gracie lived for 13 days before entering heaven.  So, one of my prayers has been that our family could touch another child's life because of our precious Gracie's life.  I have to say I love receiving mail from this child and knowing that I am making a difference in this child's life as well as her family. 

Sponsor a child today!!!

Don't Worry......Be Happy

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"  Matthew 6:25-27

Do you ever struggle with worry?

Worry used to be the biggest strong hold on my life.  I was gripped in anxiety and worried constantly for years. I would wake up every morning sick to my stomach and go to bed worried. I can't even tell you what I was so worried about.  It was horrible.  After struggling forever - I finally came to realize that worry is a sin.  It is not trusting God.  

Isn't the God who made the heavens and knows the name of every person on this planet and the number of hairs on each head of each person  big enough to take care of my silly little problems? Do I really not trust Him? And what good does worry do? All it was doing was making me physically ill and stealing the joy in my life. 

So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."  Matthew 6:34

I prayed and prayed over my anxiety and God finally took it from me.  Sometimes it comes creeping in but for the most part - I have had so much peace in my life. I still have the same things to worry about - but I know that God is in control.  


Last week I had a very sweet blog reader email me a concern she noticed about Hollis. She picked up on something that was a symptom of a child she had that she had lost. She only shared because she knew she would feel bad if she didn't say something and she wished people close to her would have told her when they noticed. I was SO thankful for her thoughtfulness to care about our family but I read her email in the middle of the night when I was up with Hollis and I'm not going to lie. I was GRIPPED with fear. I spent the next couple of hours so sick and just literally laying on the floor praying and crying.  I don't think there is a mother alive whose biggest fear isn't something happening to their child. 
(I wasn't trying to make the post about this. She just noticed it looked like Hollis' eye turned in which can be a sign of a brain tumor. Turns out she just has a little extra skin on the corners of her eyes which makes it appear that way for now - she will grow out of it.)


We went to the doctor today and everything is completely fine. Thankfully it ended up being nothing. I can't keep thinking about all the moms who don't end up with minor issues with their children and how they deal with it. Those couple of hours have rocked me on how much more I need to pray for them.  I think Satan got his foot in the door with this small fear and pried it wide open. Last night I couldn't sleep because my mind was going 1000 miles a minute with the "what ifs": What if Scott lost his job? What if something happened to our girls? What if I have cancer? What if Scott dies of a heart attack? What if something happens to our parents? What if my plane crashes going to Ecuador? What if a piranha eats me when I'm on a canoe in the amazon (that one is really scary!)

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble."  Psalm 46:1

 I'm not sure why I'm sharing this today - I just kind of felt prompted to.  I had to pray very hard last night for God to bind my fears and take them away and thankfully today I feel His total peace again. These things are all out of my control and I can't waste my life worrying about the what ifs.  I have to seize each precious moment of life I have - whether it's 1 day or 50 more years. 

I know many of you ARE dealing with big issues - sick parents, sick kids, money struggles...........I'm just praying that you cast your cares upon God and let Him worry for you.  He is a big God who loves you WAY more than the little birds he takes care of.

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6

I want to share this testimony about Compassion with you -
It's from Connie Terry:
May 4, 2006 I had a horrific car accident that required 5 surgeries in 3 years. the first 2 anniversaries of the wreck, I found myself dreading the day. Somewhere in the 2nd year I came across Compassion. I went to the website and found that you could pick the birthdate of the child. I put in May 4,  and it showed me 3-4 children. Tania stood out to me, she is special needs and lives in Haiti. I had friends at the time who were adopting from Haiti and I daily deal with adults and children with disabilities.
I get the sweetest pictures from her and get so much more out of the relationship than she does. I would tell anyone to make the sacrifice to change a child's life. I am a Sonic junkie so for what I spend monthly on diet Cherry cokes I can pay for tania's school and basic needs.
After the earthquake in Haiti I was impressed with Compassion's commitment to the kids they serve.

Sponsor a child today!

So if you read this blog often - you know we do a little "Show Us Your Life" Friday.  The themes are all over the place but we have done three "Singles" days - where it's like a little Bloggy Style Match.com.  It started as just kind of something I thought might be fun and turned into something only God can do! Two couples met and are married and one more couple got engaged this past weekend! I want to share this not because I deserve any credit for this happening but because I want to give hope to all of you reading this thinking it's NEVER going to happen for you - God can bring someone to you even through something crazy like a boring mom's blog! TRUST and OBEY!!!

How cute are they? This is Savannah and Aaron.  And I especially am thrilled for them because I have met Savannah a few times and had the pleasure of getting to know her.  She is an amazing girl and because I know that - I know he is an amazing guy! and I'm simply giddy that these two are getting married!!!!!
(and I met Savannah one day in the Target parking lot when I had locked my keys in the car with Harper inside and my cell phone inside and I just asked a random girl "Can you help me?" and she replied with "um - I read your blog") (Hilarious).

AND - you may have noticed I have a new fall look on my blog! Danielle - who designs my blog has a little something for y'all:

Hi everyone. It's Danielle (Kelly's blog designer)! I wanted to offer all of you a special promotion on my new pre-made template line and a chance to win a little something on my blog today. Feel free to stop by! These pre-mades are great because they can be customized with your photos, the color scheme of your choice and even the patterns of your choice. They are as close to a custom design as you can get at a lower price point. Here are two of my favorites!

   

 

I would like to offer all of Kelly's wonderful readers $15 off of a pre-made template. You can even customize these designs with your favorite fall, football, or holiday color scheme! If you are interested in a pre-made scrapbook design similar to Kelly's, please email me. I have some seasonal designs in the works! You can find my contact info on my blog or my website!

And I hope you'll stop by for Halloween week next week! A week of Halloween food, fun & decor!

Thanks so much & have a great day!


And here is our first GUEST POST  for Compassion International!
I have asked for YOUR testimonies about sponsoring a child and I have a lot of them. So I will put up one every day until my trip and there will more that will run after the trip.
This is from Tara:

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.  Do what it says.   Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.  But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-he will be blessed in what he does.

James 1:19-25

I had been thinking about sponsoring a child for a long time. I would see the ads on t.v. I would go to concerts where there would be a table with tons of children’s pictures just waiting to be sponsored. I was younger and could not afford it then, and it broke my heart. BUT now I am older…and I can! I read a few blogs of people going on trips with Compassion and that started to turn the wheels in my head. I knew what God wanted me to do.  I went to the Compassion website and signed up to sponsor a 6 year old girl from Kenya.   I didn’t know how I would come up with the money each month.  I had just graduated form college, and did not have a job yet.  My God is a BIG God. Nothing is impossible to him. So, I started making hair-bows. I would sell them at church, work, and on facebook.  I also taught some private gymnastics lessons to earn money. With that ($), God provided me with 3 months of sponsorship money!  Then, 3 months later I got a nursing job.   Like I said, my God is BIG! I LOVE writing letters to Rhoda, and I squeal with joy when I receive one back.  It just makes my heart so happy.  I hope to visit her in a few years.  I thank God that he has allowed me the opportunity to be a part of Rhoda's life.  What a blessing!

-TARA

www.laughingandloving.wordpress.com

 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR A CHILD - PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK!