Tuesday, December 23, 2008

They are ALL home!

This photo "should" be last - but it MUST go first! Krista made it home at 10 p.m. All nine children are now home "where they should be". ::snort::

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Today I took Bre for the traditional Christmas hair "cut" (she's not cutting as she's growing her hair for locks of love, but she wanted a trim). We moved onward from Heather to the traditional Christmas Eye Exam and stock up of contacts. Bre has now finished her "yearly maintenance". ::snort::

We had several "activities" that were on schedule for today.

We played games.

We made a Gingerbread house.

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We attempted to make a Chocolate house. We decided it would be best to simply eat the chocolate.

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After our short devotional we looked for a gift. Our clue was "beside the fire, under the shepherd"....Arielle figured it out first. The gift was socks.... the wool ones were a big hit.

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We played Mafia until it was time to go to the airport. I forgot to buy Zander's flowers for Krista, Josiah rescued me. He and I raced to walmart and then on the airport with plenty of time.

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Arielle proclaims her innocence

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Krista brought this homemade "twister" board home for us. It is MUCH more durable and she made it a bit bigger so many can play at once.

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This is a first: I keep falling asleep as I try to type. I KNOW the clock says 11:59 p.m. but it is really 12:30 a.m. - so I'm DONE.

©2008 D.R.G.
Hearts of Fire: Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith
By The Voice of the Martyrs

This may be the last book I read for my 2008 Reading List.

At the PWOC I conference in Dallas, Voice of the Martyrs was the organization that we blessed with an offering. We also viewed a clip from The Voice of the Martyrs and had a prayer table in the prayer room set up for the Underground Church. The clip was difficult for me to watch. This book was given away at the conference. I'm glad I picked up a copy.

This is an EXCELLENT book. From the back cover, "Hearts of Fire thrillingly describes the work of eight women whose mission continues to be telling the world that He is risen, and with that resurrection comes love, grace and forgiveness."

In the pages of this book we meet women from Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Australia, Romania as they share where their faith and love for God has led them. I was challenged and encouraged by this book.

I plan to share Hearts of Fire with my daughters.....with women at chapel...with whoever is interested in reading it. These women's voices deserve to be heard.


©2008 D.R.G.