Gotta share

I usually try not to tell long stories on here but I have to share this story with y'all!

It's a story from our concert last Friday night.  (which was awesome!)

As our concert began I was milling around trying to talk to everyone.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get to everyone.  But at one point early into the evening - a teenager walked up to me and tapped me on the shoulder.  I looked up (cause most of the teenage age boys are now taller then me.) and screamed his name, "R".  He was a former student of mine, when I worked at our local elementary school.  I hadn't seen much of him through his middle school years and he is now in High school.  We had a nice chat about what he was up to and all that good stuff.

Some how we got pulled away from each other.

I had made my way over to our One Love t-shirt sale table.  My friend told me that this boy,R, had a shirt but will pay for it later in the week when he sees Brady at school.
Honestly, I thought, "Oh we'll never see that money.  But, that's okay - if R wants one, he can have one.  No big deal."

I had noticed that R had left the concert a while later, and thought I will need to fb him and let him know how great it was to see him.

Next thing I know, I get a tap on the shoulder again.  And I looked up and there is R.
"Hey, buddy."
He just looked at me with crumpled up money in his hand.
He handed it too me and said,
"Please just bring your sons up to the school during lunch hour so I can meet them."

My eyes filled up with tears.  And we hugged and hugged!

So sweet, this boy gets it!
Through the concert and love that was around him that night he was able to see the need for all of us to help the orphan.

I thank God that He was able to use our family in R's life.

Please continue to pray with us for R.  He has a hard time in school and doesn't have a great role-model.  We are praying that we can get him to join us for RUAH - youth group!

Quick update on One Love!

We were truly blessed by the old friends, and new friends who 

attended our "One Love" concert last night! 

I am still speechless by the attendance 

that we received. 

Everyone who helped from musicians to t-shirt sales 

were incredible! 

(and especially our sound guy!)

We had a wonderful time spending the evening 

discussing our sons, 

and the other 143 million orphans.

Our friends were very generous and 

we raised $1000 to help bring our sons home.

But, even more importantly God 

was praised last night! 

Thank you to all of you who prayed with us.

(Since our camera decided not to cooperate -
I don't have many photos -
but hope to get some from friends who's cameras
didn't have attitude problems! )

One Love Tee's!

Yesterday was spent going over my lists for the concert  

tomorrow! 

 And making signs and such!

Raffle $1 a ticket!

One Love Tee's $15!

Face Painting!

Though, I was getting a bit nervous as

our box of shirts had not arrived yet.

But then came the knock on the door!

We couldn't wait to open it up! 

Aren't they cool!

As I looked at the shirts,

pulling sizes for people who had already put in an order,

I began to tear up!

I miss my boys!

Sometimes, through the adoption process and all the paperwork, 

the idea of raising a child gets put on the back burner.  

And sometimes, I get this overwhelming response to ask God 

"Really?  Why?"

And He always answers me

with a peace that only He can give.

We know these boys are going to be amazing!

God has something wonderful planned for their lives!

And we are so thankful that 

He has asked us to be part of His plan.