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REFERRAL!!!

Posted by Mary Beth on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We are overwhelmed, blessed, and absolutely overjoyed to announce that we have received our referral! Monday evening, I got a call from Holt telling us that they had a baby boy waiting for us. He is 2 1/2 months old and itty bitty, but absolutely precious! My arms are already aching for [...]

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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia.
Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little [...]

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Caleb the Worship Leader

Posted by Mary Beth on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Caleb is crazy about all kinds of music, he loves to play his guitar and drum. If there were a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game for toddlers, he would be a pro. But his favorite music is worship music. He runs around the house singing worship songs all day, and he [...]

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Giving Wisely

Posted by Casey on Friday, October 20th, 2006
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Charity NavigatorI recently ran across a very cool site called Charity Navigator. This site gives you TONS of information about charities from all over the U.S. One of the more important factors our family considers when giving to a charity, is the percentage of donations that actually go to help the cause. I believe that God calls us to give generously and be good stewards of His money. If I come across a charity that squanders donations, then I believe I should give my money elsewhere.

Our family has been extremely blessed by being involved with Compassion International. We have two adopted children: a boy in Haiti and a girl in Mexico. Compassion makes it very easy to send messages to our children from their website. They also send us regular letters from our kids. We started giving to Compassion before I had discovered Charity Navigator, but after reviewing Compassion’s rating I was even more impressed with them.

If you are looking to be blessed by giving to others, then I would suggest that you check out Charity Navigator to aid you in your decision.

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  • Michelle
    Last night I was catching up on your site and read this. Tonight I went to the NWA Children's Shelter where I volunteer every two weeks. I personally worked with 13 kids tonight and I didn't go to one of the wings. The last child I worked with was a less than 3 week old baby and his only home has been the shelter, his less than 2 year old brother was with him as well. The shelter can house up to 30 kids when they have the resources. This organization is very near and dear to me since I see first hand the kids that are being helped. Their website is www.nwacs.org and would welcome any donations! When you hold the little babies and know they don't get to go home or rock a toddler that just wants to understand what is going on it is very touching. But they are safe, fed and clean it's been quite rewarding. There are some great needs and many children going through there every year that need help.
  • Sarah
    Thanks for that post. I ended up looking up our charities and decided to switch from another world poverty charity to Compassion! They had a better rating and I like that they are a Christian organization. We are now sponsoring a girl in Africa.
  • Jack Coker
    Casey: This is great and a good message. Thanks for the work you do for Him. You have a beautiful family and we miss seeing you.............jack
  • Pops
    There is no greater joy than giving. We collect too much stuff that will just be land fill some day. Whatever you give is a blessing that lasts forever. We are sponsoring a 10 year old little boy in India whose name is Chitti. He can quote the books of the Bible forward and backward in Tellagoo (probably spelled wrong). I hope to meet him someday. We are so blessed and it is usually because someone has been generous to us. God is the greatest giver and we are most like Him when we give.
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