So,
I have been following Amy for several months now and just love how she
has surrendered her ENTIRE LIFE to God and how He is using her and
blessing her and her family's socks off. The question was asked this
week in our lecture at BSF "Are we willing to give up what it would
truly cost to be used by God?" I couldn't answer that question on Wed,
and right now I feel God speaking to me and asking some VERY hard
questions. Amy has, she knows what it is truly costing to give
everything up to be used by God, and I am truly in awe of her! I pray
that, I too, one day can be standing in a position to say, "Yes, I have
surrendered EVERYTHING TO GOD."
Anyways, as many of you know, I
give 30% of ALL of my sales to the Red Letters Campaign to help them
with the "Launch Ethiopia Project" to get orphans and orphanages
sponsored in that country. Well, for the month of October, my 30% will
be going to Amy's baby shower as she and her family welcome 5 new
children into her home in the next few weeks. This is a great time to
order Christmas Cards since we have just a couple of months before it
gets here. I am working on a small wait list, but it's not too long.
Please help me help Amy as she needs to get LOTS of things to welcome
these cuties into her home!!
If you would rather just make a donation to Amy's virtual baby shower, please go here. The following is a post from my buddy, Angel's blog
to let you know exactly what we are doing for Amy and her family.
Please read on and help us at least praying for all the details to fall
into place as smoothly as possible!! Thanks and big hugs to you all.
Some
blogger buddies and I are hosting a virtual baby shower for my friend
Amy. YOU are invited. If you would like to participate or help host the
shower then read away! We are glad you came. :0) Amy could really use
our help and support. I hope we can all let her know how much we care.-
My
dear friend Amy is expecting 5 babies.... Yes you read that correctly.
FIVE! Nope- no typos. She is expecting 5!!! The due date is projected
to be 4-6 weeks from today and she just found out she was going to have
5 more babies 2 days ago. :0) AMAZING! You think THAT is amazing???
Wait till you hear this...
she
already has 7 children at home. Oh yeah. Now we are talking. Now she
will add 5 more beautiful babies to their family.
Now this family needs 5 more beds, 5 more car seats, 5 more
dressers, 5 more seats at the table, clothes for 5 more, etc. etc. And
no, they have no idea what they are going to drive! The new kiddo's are
a sibling group of five coming to them through the foster system -but
they are no longer foster children because this precious family is
adopting them. They are ages 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.
Recently I blogged about my visit with Amy and her precious family here and here.
Here is some of what I said about her...... Next it was off to see my
dear friend Amy. Amy is one of the best things that has happened from
my blog adventure. Amy started following my blog back when I was in
process with Zoe. She had 4 tummy kids and 1 adoption under her belt at
that point. 
She
basically liked my blog cause she thought I was fun and a maybe just a
little CRAZY cause I was adopting older..... UNTIL...... God told her
she should adopt an older child. LOL!!! So she e-mailed me and an
amazing friendship was born.
She
went on to adopt the wonderful Mya and now sweet K. I, of course, have
added Zoe and Kaiya. This year I got to go on an amazing mission trip
to Eagle's Nest Orphanage in Guatemala with her.
I
just love this lady. I KNOW God sent her to me! She is such a support
to me. I learn so much from Amy. I truly admire the way she parents her
children. She is a Proverbs 31 type of woman. I was in awe spending the
night in her home. She has 7 children and her home is peaceful and fun
and pleasant. Her children are so sweet! They are amazing.
SO THAT'S MY FRIEND AMY!!!! The number of children blessed to have her as a mother are now 12!
Not
everyone has the gifts to mother 12 children. Not everyone can be a
teacher or president or run a bulldozer. We all have certain skills.
Amy has the skills to have a large family. God has gifted her with
12... Twelve children who are loved and safe and happy together. 
12 is a good number... don't you think? After knowing Amy I know this is her gift- being a mother.
Some
people don't like twelve. They say it's too many. I celebrate that Amy
has such a grace and courage in the gifts God has given her. I
celebrate the lives she has changed by surrendering her own life to
serve others.
12 is great! 12 can be handy!
What would she ever cut out to make her life easier?
Is there anything or anyone she would leave out? Heaven forbid!
Life isn't always easy-
it can even get down right messy!
What makes it worth living???
Looking back and seeing this.....
Looking out on a field and seeing this.... Soooo I think for Amy.... 12 is AWESOME!
So, Amy and crew, the next time some sad little person asks you WHY you would EVER want to adopt 5 more kids...
You just say, "Look, for us it's not about more kids."
"For us it's about more people to love!"
Plus tell em' to hush up or they will have to deal with me. Ya' KNOW how tough I am! ;0)
I
know that not everyone celebrates our adoptions the same way they do
pregnancies. I know some people don't see the 12th child the same way
they saw the first. We KNOW that's not at all God's view. God
celebrated each of your babies before the world began. We know that and
we are REJOICING with you and with them. I can hardly wait to meet
them.
So
for everyone who wants to celebrate with Amy would you consider
donating a gift of money to help them get started with these 5 new
kids? I have placed a Pay Pal donate button on the top right hand
corner of my blog. It's SUPER easy. Just push the donate now button. I
will send every penny I collect to Amy.
I
considered a gift card or buying gifts but I know that Amy is so
thrifty that she will make the money go farther than I ever could!
Let's help them out! Thanks for coming to our virtual shower. Make sure
you leave Amy a comment below to give her new kiddos a shout out!
Hugs, Angel
PS
Please feel free to spread the word on your blog and use this post in
part or in whole. You can help host our virtual baby shower!
Check out Holly's blog.
She is my co-host and started the idea of getting this going ASAP....
Precious! Thank you for helping me get this together Holly.
