Saturday, July 18, 2009

From the Mouth of Babes II

Hannah: "Mommy, do you want me to take the baby out of your stomach?"
Me: "I think we should let a doctor do that."
Hannah: " Well I have one of those things the doctor puts in his ears."

Heading to my bedroom behind Rebekah who was heading to her bedroom.
Rebekah: "Stop following me mommy."

After Rob answered a question that Hannah had asked me.
Hannah: "I wasn't talking to you dad, I was talking to mommy."

Hannah: "Do you know what you do when there is smoke on an airplane mommy?"
Me: "What do you do?"
Hannah: "You crawl on the floor til you get to the door."
Me: "where did you learn that?"
Hannah: "It was on the back of the picture on the airplane."

After swatting Rebekah's bottom for drawing on the couch.
"I don't like that mommy."

Friday, July 3, 2009

Compassion International

My newest heart throb. I have a close friend in the military that I have known for 4 years now. She has always been an advocate for Compassion International. I personally thought sponsoring a kid would be cool but never thought passed that. Then, a couple of Sundays ago, my friend spoke at our chapel concerning Compassion. She has been sponsoring a little girl for 5 years now and has even gone to the Philippines to visit her. I was so moved by her story that I went home and looked up Compassion online. It took a while to cifer through all the information and for me to find all the answers to my burning questions, like how much of my monthly pledge goes to the child? how do I know it is going to the child? can I correspond with the child? What is the child getting out of this? Am I the only one sponsoring this child? All of my questions were answered just as I had hoped and so I made the plunge of $38 a month to sponsor a child. I got to pick the child that I wanted. I sorted through all the children by who had been waiting for a sponsor the longest. This is indicated by a red heart on their picture. My little girl had been waiting for a sponsor for over 6 months. She lives is Columbia and she will turn 6 the 30th of July. Her name is Michell. Hannah was very drawn to the little girl as well, she actually did the picking. I have been so excited every day waiting for my sponsorship package to come in the mail with ALL of her information. So, what does $38 dollars a month buy her? Well, she gets one healthy meal a day, medical attention, a Bible in her language, which is Spanish, and additional help at school. I also write letters to her, and send her small paper things that fit in an 8.5 X 11in envelope. She gets stickers and coloring books and bandaids from me. My little girl lives in a house with a dirt floor and plastic roof. It is only her and her mommy. Mommy works for $80 a month. There is also a blog where all those that sponsor children get together and discuss our kids. I plan to be Michell's sponsor until she leaves the program at 18. So, now you know my new passion in life. Check out the website at your leisure.
www.compassion.com

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I'm an outside girl that loves horseback riding, hiking, camping,or anything that involves the great outdoors. I from VA though I currently live in Selfkant-Havert, Germany. I drink excessive amounts of coffee. My imagination often runs away with me usually to an awesome horse farm that is self-sustaining where I teach girls how to mesh being athletic, tough, and leadership quality without loosing that gentle and quiet spirit. According to Suellen from "Gone With the Wind," "You can always tell a lady by her hands." I believe there is some truth to that statement. A lady should be strong and capable of caring for her family, gentle enough to quiet tiny tears, ferocious enough to scare away monsters lurking on the bed, and capable of hosting the next ball. I really love having fun doing things on the adventurous side, and the more dangerous the better. I also enjoy drawing and writing some. I absolutely LOVE Traveling and am drawn magnetically to other countries and adventures!!