Before and After

To our friends it's no surprise we love to turn trash into treasures. We love curb shopping and our local Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Here are few of the before and afters we have finished this past year.






And sometimes we just make something different than it's original purpose...




Our little helper

Are you a Christian Atheist?

I am reading "The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist" by Craig Groeschel. A couple of months ago our pastor spoke on this topic and admitted to formally being a "christian atheist". I have cried through the entire book. I haven't yet finished it but I know I will be different at the end of it than when I started. I have been living as a Christian atheist. So many things have happened concerning my family this past year and at times I have wondered "why me" but I am now asking "why not me". There is so much I feel I deserve or God should grant me but when I look at what I actually deserve I have been given so much. I want to have joy in the pain and I am realizing that the pain is drawing me closer to the Lord and I do not wish any of it "Lost". I am thankful that God uses me when I am weak and broken. I pray that 2011 will be a year that I grow closer to my heavenly Father.

We are thankful for God's calling; to adopt. We are waiting for the home study process to start. God has continued to calm Rusty and I about the wait. We don't won't to rush the process or try to step ahead of God's will. I am thankful for His adoption of me and that has been a long process that will continue until I take my last breathe here on earth. In the meantime I am praying for our future children; after taking the adoption classes we realize that so many children are awaiting forever families. Our children will most likely have been physically, emotionally or sexually abused. I pray everyday for these children. It is my hope that through our process that more will be encourage to adopt.

Happy New Year!