We have been unable to send the first $2,000 to send the Dossier to Liberia but, God has showing himself to us in many ways. We met a family in the area who has adopted 4 boys from Liberia. We spent the day with them. The family educated us about life for a child in Liberia and the joys and trials of bringing them home.
We left with an urgency to get our boys home safe and sound as quickly as we could. Leon and I hold this up to God with open hands. We desire only His will for our life. He has continued to move us through the years and we feel adoption to be a moral imperative for us and that we would be in open disobedience to give it up.
We had a wonderful Christmas! We were here at home with the Croteaus.
We were able to give each child one simple gift each. That was a lot of fun. The grandparents sent money ahead of time to be spent on books, inspirational dvd's, a stroller etc. My dad sent snow pants, woodworking stuff and clothes. My brother and some others sent some fun presents. So they had a lot of gifts to open but, not enough to make them unthankful. They also made each other hats and scarves etc. and they gave each other things that they had.
My favorite DVD so far is Lee Strobel's The Case For Christ. It's excellent.
Well, as far as our animals go: our 20+ chickens stopped laying so Mr. Croteau went out and bought a nice new trimming knife. We are even now anticipating chicken soup with home made bread. The goats have never given birth so we're ready to cut our losses and sell them. We hope to get a goat that's giving milk now. The children have always done all the goat and chicken care and it's been good for them.
2 comments:
Winter was when we would butcher our chickens every year, and then in the spring, we'd buy some laying hens and by summer we'd have at least a dozen eggs daily! We LOVED the care package you sent. We tried calling a few times, but a recording of an operator comes on - anyway, tell the kids THANK YOU for everything! My coaster matches the chair we just bought, so it sits on the table next to me. Flannery ate half the box of cookies by herself! Praying for you guys. We love you so much...xoxo - erin
The chickens need light. Do you have a heat lamp in there. They will probably pick back up on laying if you put a heat lamp in there and/or wait til spring. (That is if you haven't butchered them all already :).) - Jilann
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