Me & ANGELINA JOLIE!!!

There is only one way that I wanna be like her. CAN YOU GUESS?

AND just when you thought you couldn't afford to adopt internationally!

My good friend HO HO has hooked me up with some SUPER AWESOME NEWS! For those of you who have dreamed of adopting from China, Ethiopia, Russia & Kazakhstan. Some of the adoptions are COMPLETELY FREE (YES FREE) and some are only $5,000. Please go to WACAP and check it out. I have talked to a woman who had a successful and wonderful adoption and has her daughter home from Ethiopia.

I know it's DEFINITELY got my wheels spinning!

WHY YOU SHOULD..................................

The main reason is this...

BY 2010, between 25 MILLION and 50 MILLION African children from newborn to age 15 will be orphans.

The Christians need to take a STAND for these children! We ARE responsible to act!

Red, Yellow, Black & White...ALL precious in HIS SIGHT.

Will you take a risk? Step out of your comfort zone? Out of your spoiled life to help one of these who needs you? God did it for you..its YOUR TURN. He IS a father to the fatherless...

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing... Psalm 68: 5&6

My Friend GWEN-help her!

I was one of 15 finalists (out of 20,000) in a Mother's Day Contest last year called AMERICA'S FAVORITE MOM! I was able to meet 14 other EXTRAORDINARY mom's in this contest while in LA! This show was sponsored by TELEFLORA-here are 13 contestants (2 moms were serving our country in Iraq) with the owners of Teleflora-Lynda and Stan Resnick.

The lady in the blue shirt and black pants on the right end is Gwen. She is in another contest and would love to have you vote for her. She is one of 20 finalists in the Spruce Up Your Home Contest. She didn't realize she was a finalist so she has missed out on a week of the on-line voting! LET'S HELP HER WIN!

The Grand Prize winner will get their house painted and fixed up and the Grand Prize winner’s community will receive 10,000 trees to be planted on Arbor Day.

One vote per computer is all that is allowed and it’s a quick easy process, you don’t even have to type your name. The voting ends on Friday, March 6th. Gwen's entry is the 12th one down from LANCASTER, TX.

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR GWEN!

Good LUCK GWEN!

CMV-EBV...THE VIRUSES...

The pictures below are of the 2 viruses the oldest MAY HAVE. The lab work is not back yet. She was released last night with strict orders to stay in bed for 1 week. She will go back to the Dr. on Monday after having her liver function tests re-checked. The first one may be Epstein-Barr Virus (the virus that causes mono) Which apparently most of us have had by age 40. The second one is cytomegalovirus which is very similar. The thing we have to make sure is that she lay low, stay hydrated and repeat her labs.

The great thing about being friends with Isaiah's mom is that she knew exactly what the problem was since she is an EXPERT on the liver with all Isaiah has been through-she helped ease my mind.

Thank you all for your love, care and prayers! And thank you to my parents for rushing to my side to help while The Captain is away. The oldest REFUSED any photos at this time on the blog-I don't blame her.

PS-I enjoyed reading (for the first time in a while) and almost finished "THERE'S NO ME WITHOUT YOU." EXCELLENT READ! Makes me want to board a plane to ETHIOPIA RIGHT NOW!

Please PRAY!

The oldest came home yesterday-sick-she was in hospital about a month ago-dehydrated-with some type of infection. They admitted her to the local hospital last night-and I thought "no big deal-she just needs fluids-she'll be out by tomorrow." The doctor just called and said her liver function tests are very abnormal. They will be keeping her longer and doing more testing tomorrow. My parents are on their way (2 hrs away) and The Captain is at work. Join me in praying please. I probably won't be checking the blog for a while so will catch up with all of you when I know more! Thank you in advance for your prayers.