Our Boatload of Dreams.....

Welcome to Our Place Called Simplicity.

We invite you into our lives with one goal in mind: that you would be encouraged to live simply and truly love one another.

Married for 33 years, we are the parents of many. Eleven {so far} children. Eight of whom are adopted. We also have four sons and a daughter that we are parents of in Uganda as well. They were raised on the streets and had no parents until we "adopted" them 3+ years ago. So we really have sixteen children total {with more on the way}.

After 7+ weeks in Uganda, Emma {18} and I recently returned to the United States with our newest addition - a baby girl named Ruby Grace. Dw and Emma were leading a missions team in June 2011 where they had the privilege of meeting Ruby - a tiny 11 month old gem weighing only 6 lbs.

Our oldest daughter Abigail and her husband finally{!} allowed us the privilege of being Mimi and Jaja by bringing us our very first grand baby {from Uganda}...making us now, officially, a multi-generational adoptive family. Proof that adoption is a very, very good thing!

We've had the privilege of adopting our treasures from all over the world, some dubbed "special needs" we are convinced that the only TRUE special need a child has is to have a family.

Our peers are empty nesters, but we are certain that given this option to any orphan - "old mom and dad" or "no mom and dad", all would still vote for the old ones. So here we are - the old ones....doing it again....

If you are need of encouragement or wonder if God is able to move your mountain, please head over to the sidebar where Special Posts are listed. Start at Our Wild Adventure Part 1. You will be reminded of Almighty God's deep love for the orphan and how He will move mountains on their behalf....we call Him the Miracle-Working, Mountain-Moving, Awe-Inspiring, Gasp-Giving God!! Yippee Jesus!!

I am humbled beyond words and ever so grateful that the Lord is fulfilling a promise He gave me way back in 1982..."making the barren woman to be at home - the joyful mother of children" (Psalms 113:9). How I praise His name!!

Friday, October 29, 2010

Shoppin' for the Orphan

Many, many, many of you have written to me 

about fundraisers

 you are doing to bring treasures home...

I was thinkin'. ...

 let's have a 

"Christmas Shopping" 

for the orphan!!


Tomorrow!

I will do a post that you can link with

{with a picture!}


It has to be a FRESH post
.
so get your post ready....

explain who you are bringing home

and what you are selling

and then the rest of us can shop 'til we drop

and get our Christmas shopping done {early}

and you will get your kids home!!

Yippee Jesus!!!!!!!!


21 Simply Sweet Words:

Trouwbottom said...

Fantastic idea!!!!!

Kelly said...

EXCELLENT IDEA! I'm a great shopper.

Sandi said...

I LOVE THIS IDEA!!!!! What a great way to get everyone together! (In fact, I need a new handbag if anyone is selling one of those - hee hee.)

Kimberlie said...

This is a great idea because I have a fundraiser ending SUNDAY and I don't get a huge amount of traffic to the blog. I would love to have more people consider helping us by participating!

Can't wait for the link up!!!

Christy said...

Sweet - I want to shop! :)

Tami and Bobby Sisemore Family said...

yay! I always love to do my shopping from folks adopting :) What a great idea to have them all in one place! :)

YIPPEE :)

gonna share on my facebook so others will know :)

Blessings,
Tami

MamaFoster said...

i love this linny! i was planning on shopping like this for Christmas, I am really excited that you are taking the time to put all these things in one place!!!

Chris and Sarah said...

I was really hoping you would do something like this. I love when I can shop for a purpose!

Rachel said...

Yes! This is a fabulous Idea! I will tell my friends and family.
I have lots of things I need to sell this ransom is expensive! =)

JR said...

Awesome idea!! I already began a few weeks ago....bought three t-shirts and three candles to help families with adoption expenses. It was a total blessing for me to help them! And it was great to get a jump on my Christmas shopping!!

Janet and Kevin said...

Oh great Linny!

My sister-in-law's sister is throwing a Silpada jewelry party in November to help bring our Sophia home and already has the flyer ready! I will definitely post and do a little shopping myself from others wanting to bring home their treasures.

Love in Christ,
Janet and gang
http://threefingerprintsofgod.blogspot.com

Su said...

Thanks so much for coming alongside those of us who are in the process of bringing our kiddos home. Thank you for using your blog to do that.

Diane said...

What a fantastic idea! I have already done a little shopping from a previous fundraiser, but this will provide lots of options for all that I have left to do while sending money where it matters! Thank you!

Suzette said...

I am so glad to see you doing this. I have been trying to figure out how to go about shopping with a purpose and encouraging others to do the same. Other than the few blogs I keep up with I didn't know how to get a list of all of those selling things to support. I will certainly link my blog to this; let's bring some more babies home as we celebrate our Saviours birth this year.

Jerry and Christy said...

Linny,
I was just thinking this morning that I should email you with this very same idea. We are not fund raising, but I would love to Christmas shop with I purpose. Helping orphans and buying things for my loved ones sounds like a great plan.
Thank you for doing this.
Christy

*Overflowing* said...

LOVE it...this is exactly what we are doing with our Christmas Frenzy...check it out!!

connie said...

ohhhh, this is good!

Patientlywaiting said...

Love it, can't wait!

Hugs, Robin

Karen said...

We are paperchasing to bring home another treasure ASAP and it would be great to do fundraising to help with the expenses. Actually I've been considering trying for a few weeks now. BUT I don't know how to get started with a blog and how to list items. Can someone give me a hand?
Karen H.

Shonya said...

What a great idea!

Amanda said...

LOVE this idea! Can't wait to see everyone working hard for the orphans of the world. We are traveling early next year to bring home our daughter. I am forever in awe at the perfect provision we've had all along the way. HIS Plans are so much better than ours!
Blessings and good luck to everyone!!