YOUR INVITED TO A VIRTUAL BABY SHOWER!!!

You know how you watch TV on the Lifetime channel or something like it about a family that is raising like a dozen children and you think....WOW! How amazing is that!!!!! I know the first thing you probably think is....I could NEVER do that! And that's okay!!! Alot of people can't....but do you ask yourself...what is my gift??? You know we all have a gift...some people are great speakers, some people are great leaders, some are great organizers, some people can adopt and raise amazing children! Well below is the story of my sister and her husband and their awesome family. They have been blessed with the gift of being great parents. God has placed on their hearts to adopt after they had four biological kids. They first adopted a beautiful baby girl from Guatemala, then another doll-baby who was 4! Then they fell in love with Kaden and God again answered prayers and sent him to be in their family. Just when you think how lucky can one family be.....God sent them a sibling group of 5!!!!! Yes...that's 12!!!! It's a great number! Please read below what I copied from Angel's Blog. Angel is Amy's amazing friend that I had the pleasure to travel to Guatemala with....she and friends are having a virtual shower for my sister's family! So please ask yourself....what is your gift? What could you do to help this family come together...PRAY...write on your blog....send money...PRAY...ask others to help....open your heart to others who need help! If you want to make a donation...please click on the picture on the upper right hand side of my blog. Thanks and God bless!

Thursday, October 02, 2008

YOU ARE INVITED TO A VIRTUAL BABY SHOWER!!!
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.
EDITED TO ADD!!!!! Thanks to Elizabeth (and her friend) Amy now has her own BLOG BADGE!!!! Take a look- it's on my side bar. If you want to you can add the blog badge to you blog for the next week or so and it will take your readers to this post so they can attend the virtual shower. How cool is that? Thanks Elizabeth!
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.
Carolyn is also co-hosting this virtual shower. Thank goodness for amazing people like this in our lives.