The Voice Of Adventure: UMHB Buddies

Friday, May 08, 2009

UMHB Buddies

Last week we got to hang out with a bunch of my old friends from UMHB where I went to college. It was really cool to get to catch up a little on life and see so many cute kiddos. Loved seeing you girls!!! :0) Angel

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Anonymous said...: WOW i am overwhelmed with just how adorable all of the children are! Memories flood my mind of you girls in collage..........thanks for sharing Angel.; 3:49 PM
hopingforgirl said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 4:54 PM
Rhonda said...: Ahhh, I so love get together's and can't wait for our next one in June!

They are all so cute! What a fun time.; 8:09 PM
Rachel said...: I'm so glad that y'all came! It was so great seeing you and your beautiful girls in person. I love you and wish we could see each other more often. Thanks for making the effort to come up to Belton during our stay. It was so much fun and I look forward to the next time! And, I love the picture of Zane!; 12:35 PM

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7/4/10 Completed Interest Form 4 Gladney!
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7/9/10 Fed Ex ed Expedited Passport renewal
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The Voice Of Adventure

There is a rawness and a wonder to life. Pursue it. Hunt for it. Sell out to get it.

Jesus says the options are clear. On one side there is the voice of safety. You can build a fire in the hearth, stay inside, and stay warm and dry and safe.

Or you can hear the voice of adventure—God’s adventure.

Instead of building a fire in your hearth, build a fire in your heart. Follow God’s impulses. Adopt the child. Move overseas. Teach the class. Change careers. Run for office. Make a difference.

Don’t listen to the whines of those who have settled for a second-rate life and want you to do the same so they won’t feel guilty. Your goal is not to live long; it’s to live.

Sure it isn’t safe, but what is? (Max Lucado)

Luke 17:33 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

Our Deepest Fear- by Marianne Williamson

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Lidia's family

This is Lidia's family! They are experienced in the adoption world. Before they adopted Lidia they adopted Bayla (their youngest) from China. Now Brinley has come home from China too. Congrats! Lisa (Lidia's Momma) found me from my blog during our first visit to Guatemala. She just "happened" to run across my blog and see that my pictures (of Zoe) had the same house furniture as her pics of Lidia. She wrote to me and SURE ENOUGH our girls were foster sisters. We had the same lawyer but different agencies. We probably never would have met if God hadn't intervened. Now we are great friends!

Friday, May 08, 2009

UMHB Buddies

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