The Great Love of the Lord

Yesterday I was reading the Psalms and was so reminded of God's great love for us. Today, I'm going to a baby shower of a friend who is adopting two sweet girls from Ethiopia and was looking through Psalm 107 for an appropriate verse. There were several to choose from and, again, I'm reminded of how much God cares for those in need.

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this- ...those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south...
But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks. The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths. Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and
consider the great love of the LORD. Psalm 107:1-3, 41-43

What a great God we serve! I love that God cares about the needy.

So Proud

For about a year we have supported a ministry called the "Free Wheelchair Mission". Basically, it provides wheelchairs to people in third world countries that cannot get around otherwise. Recently, they sent us a "thank you" book with pictures of the people and stories of how these wheelchairs have changed their lives. Brian has been reading it to Tallinn and his little heart has been so touched by these people. Tallinn decided he wants to buy a wheelchair for someone who doesn't have one. So, we did a bake sale initially to start raising some money. Tallinn made about $20 on his first day (the wheelchairs cost about $50). He's also been telling people at his swim lessons about how he's buying a wheelchair for someone and we're going to do a "mini" bake sale next week at swimming. We are so proud of our sweet son and love his heart of compassion for others.

Trick-or-Treat

It's become a tradition for our family to trick-or-treat with our good friends, the Wilsons. We intentionally choose "non-scary", well-lit homes to not freak our quite fearful children out. (Tallinn even remembered a house from last year that was scary as we set out on our adventure and wasn't sure he was up for it.)

Our sweet little spiderman, with tight buns, abs and arms, in a costume at least a size too small and our little fairy, focused entirely on the end result----CANDY---paired up with Captain Hook and the infamous golf pro, Bodie for a night to remember.

Here are a few of the memories.