so back to the v. family. the last two posts they posted on their blog is absolutly and completly, in every way shape and form - breathtaking. i say that about a lot of things because it's a good adjective but i really mean it. she shared the journey from the start to how they got their new son and she also talked about the first adoption that took place. oh my heart! inspired. amazed. relieved. did i say inspired? when you read a blog post you don't think of all the details that take place. you don't see what happend in their house for the 2.5 years they waited for the new little guy to come home. no listening in on the phone calls, no reading the emails, and no joining their family conversations at the dinner table. i read the blog and went by that. so hearing the actual details 'the journey' that they went on is breathtaking. it is so real. so the past two posts were detailed just how i like them and i read them very closly to catch every detail. i just have to say wow. the family (particularly the mom) has a love for orphans and felt a calling to adopt - to do something to reach out to the children around the world. they were absolutly blessed when they got to adopt two little blessings from two different amazing places around the world - one of them expenses paid (which i just learned tonight). praying to God, one phone call, and a lot of waiting all came down to this: blessed.
for the plus more part: a friend from my church emailed me and told me about this ladies thing going on at the church called La Tienda (which means store so i learned) when i read this:
In a nutshell, La Tienda is an art co-op located in a missionary village in Domincan Republic. It is a place where Haitian women, who have escaped Haiti to make a new life in the DR, can go to learn various crafting skills and earn a small wage in order to provide for their children. Often these women have to turn to other means of making money, like prostitution, in order to provide for their families since they are hated by the Dominican people. La Tienda gives them the opportunity to make money in a dignified manner and exposes the women to the saving gospel of Jesus Christ.
I just had to go and i emailed my friend (the daughter of the mom who is made the blog) and invited her to come. i told her to invite her mom, but of course last minute plans are not the best for moms with six kids. anyways, it was so interesting and inspiring like my friend told me it would be. it is heart breaking that women around the world have to turn to prostitution for money to provide for their children. the forty minute long conversation made my love for orphans even stronger. it was neat to hear how this lady had a calling and went overseas and took place in working with woman like this. what an amazing opportunity to do something like that - and to see the world that way. we bought some of the stuff (which was very well priced :P) we bought a necklace made out of magazines, some earrings, and some cards. the cards were my favorite part. two of them are homemade and says on the back "original art piece from a child living in poverty". how cool is that and so very cute. i also got some cards with cute pictures of kids on them which i absolutly love. i am going to frame them and put them in my room - (a good reminder of my new love). i will have to take some pictures of them and try and put them on the blog soon!
so thats my new love and thats where ny heart is. my dream is to adopt a little boy from africa. with people helping all around me i feel inspired to do my part (not saying i have to to adopt), but because i want to. i want that love that the v. family has. i want to have that kind of family, full of compasison and love for orphans around the world. i want to have that reality check when i go overseas to pick my little man up. maybe my life won't turn out exactly like the v. families, maybe i will just dream from afar...who knows. but i know that i have a new love and new dream.
thank you v. family once again, and La Tienda for inspiring me and teaching me. i am going far.....someday!
~amy
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