Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of our beautifully chaotic restaurant night, but here is a pic of our blessings as we celebrated Aili's 7th birthday last night. :) On Tuesday the kids & I were @ Culver's to support the girls' elementary school PTO restaurant night (and yes, to allow me not to have to cook, lol). Josh was out of town, working so hard to support our family, so this immediately increases the level of craziness in our life. Temporary 'single mom' life. Who can relate? :) We had just ordered our food and were filling our drinks. As all moms do, I was juggling multiple things with my purse, AJ, his car seat, etc...while trying to fill my drink and help Aili get ice in hers. I was in the midst of (beautiful) chaos. :) I heard my phone ring and felt the need to check it and answer it. On the other end of the line was Becky, the super sweet lady who has been helping us these past few months work out the details for our next big order of children's bibles. I knew she would be calling, most likely the next day, but was thrilled to hear her voice that evening. She was calling to get the info she needed for us to make the final payment on our big order of bibles. I asked her to hold a minute as I began to lug everything to a booth while also trying to say hello to some friends from the girls' school we saw in the restaurant. We finally got situated in a booth, but it was so loud I could barely hear myself think, let alone quietly give her payment info over the phone.--I really didn't want to shout the final payment info for everyone in the restaurant to hear, so the kids sat very nicely in the booth as I snuck out of the restaurant for a minute to speak with Becky. It was a beautiful night as I stood right outside the window of the booth where my kiddos were sitting. AJ spotted me first, then I knocked and got Aili's attention. She then patted Brooklan to get her sister to look out the window at me, as well. Such a beautiful sight seeing the 3 of them sitting there so nicely, enjoying themselves and peaking out at me. :) As I stood there and read that final payment info to Becky, I felt wrapped in God's grace...I felt such peace surrounding me - on a quiet night to my left, to my right, and behind me AND with my precious children sitting on the other side of the glass in front of me...And with your help & God's help we made this transaction, which was a thing of beauty, for so many reasons. Do you have any guesses for how many bibles we just ordered?!?! I am incredibly humbled & blessed to say we have officially placed an order for 2,5000 children's bibles. So at that moment I had 3 of the most important things in my life sitting right in front of me, as I ordered 2,500 children's bibles - which we hope & pray will positively affect & make a difference in the lives of tens, hundreds, thousands more of God's children - children surrounding me on ALL sides, in all walks of life. And I am so thankful to say, this is with our story pre-printed on the inside, which saves us tons of time AND allows us to ship the bibles to locations without them having to come through us first. Such. A. Blessing.
Have any of you been watching the new TV series 'This is Us'? Josh & I have seen the first 2 shows and we love it so far. A scene from the first show really got to me. The dad of the couple who just had twins - supposed to be triplets - was sitting in the hallway - most likely feeling an extreme mixture of emotions, from the birth of his twins, a son & a daughter, to the loss of his triplet son. The doctor, an older gentleman who delivered them, goes and sits down next to the dad to try to 'share something meaningful.'. The doctor starts visiting with the dad and mentions that he has 5 kids of his own, but his first child - prior to these 5 - didn't make it, which is what inspired him to become a doctor, a doctor who delivers babies. He then says, 'I'd like to think the loss of that one child has helped to save countless others.' This immediately caused tears to roll down my face, as it relates to what we - me & you - (hopefully) are able to do with our children's bibles. This doctor was talking about saving lives on this earth; lives he could see as he held these newborn babies in his arms. The children's bibles you have helped to donate are definitely encouraging, inspiring, and bringing families together - as we have heard lots of stories; praise the Lord!--We like to think and are hoping they are also saving countless others, but not for a life on this earth like this doctor had done, but life into eternity - a forever life. Unfortunately we are unable to see these lives you all are helping to save, like this doctor was able to do, but one day when those of us whom have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior are sitting next to Him in heaven, I like to think we will have a glimpse of these children, God's children, whom had received these bibles on earth, which may have been part of the journey to get them there.
The bibles we have ordered will take 18 weeks to publish. We are able to have them shipped to 3 different locations. We are thrilled to have completed this order and even more thrilled to receive them. Thank YOU for being part of this...whether you ran in our race, bid on items in our silent auction, donated a separate amount, volunteered before or on or after race day, sponsored our race or an extra donation, or prayed...YOU have made a difference - a difference in the lives of God's children. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Have any of you been watching the new TV series 'This is Us'? Josh & I have seen the first 2 shows and we love it so far. A scene from the first show really got to me. The dad of the couple who just had twins - supposed to be triplets - was sitting in the hallway - most likely feeling an extreme mixture of emotions, from the birth of his twins, a son & a daughter, to the loss of his triplet son. The doctor, an older gentleman who delivered them, goes and sits down next to the dad to try to 'share something meaningful.'. The doctor starts visiting with the dad and mentions that he has 5 kids of his own, but his first child - prior to these 5 - didn't make it, which is what inspired him to become a doctor, a doctor who delivers babies. He then says, 'I'd like to think the loss of that one child has helped to save countless others.' This immediately caused tears to roll down my face, as it relates to what we - me & you - (hopefully) are able to do with our children's bibles. This doctor was talking about saving lives on this earth; lives he could see as he held these newborn babies in his arms. The children's bibles you have helped to donate are definitely encouraging, inspiring, and bringing families together - as we have heard lots of stories; praise the Lord!--We like to think and are hoping they are also saving countless others, but not for a life on this earth like this doctor had done, but life into eternity - a forever life. Unfortunately we are unable to see these lives you all are helping to save, like this doctor was able to do, but one day when those of us whom have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior are sitting next to Him in heaven, I like to think we will have a glimpse of these children, God's children, whom had received these bibles on earth, which may have been part of the journey to get them there.
The bibles we have ordered will take 18 weeks to publish. We are able to have them shipped to 3 different locations. We are thrilled to have completed this order and even more thrilled to receive them. Thank YOU for being part of this...whether you ran in our race, bid on items in our silent auction, donated a separate amount, volunteered before or on or after race day, sponsored our race or an extra donation, or prayed...YOU have made a difference - a difference in the lives of God's children. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
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