ramdom things

Oh my golly, I feel like my life is a random bag of
craziness.
As will be reflected in this post.

I have no deep thoughts or funny stories or anything
that will add to the richness of your life whatsoever.

Just randomness.
Because I am jumping here, there, and everywhere.

Here's what I'm talking about...



My multi-grain bread.
And so sorry...no recipe for you yet.
I'm still not 100% happy with it.
Let me tweak it a bit, then I'll present it to you.

But, they sure are purty loaves, yes?

What I haven't mentioned much is that we are into
soccer season, full-force.
It's Nick's first time playing since he was about 8 years old.
But he made the varsity team and is having a blast!

Here's a cool pic that was in the newspaper of him
playing in a scrimmage game.

Here's a pic I sent Brenden.
I told him I was going to get this for him for Christmas
so he would stay warm and cozy at college.
I told him to tell me what color he wants.
He never responded.
Go figure.



Here's an adorable pic of B & Lucy that I found on my
cell phone from last summer.
I may have already posted this a while back,
but I love it so much that I had to post it again.
Lucy misses her Brenden soooo badly.
She prays for him every single day.
And often her prayer includes asking God to let him
come back home and not go back to school.
Sometimes I give that a big AMEN.
Then I envision him forever in our basement playing video games.
I then take back my amen.

And here are a few funnies that pretty much sum
up my demeanor lately.

So there you have it.
I told you it would be random.


We are kicking off our weekend by going to see the movie,
Courageous tonight!
Our church has rented out the movie theater.
It's gonna be great.
I hope you all get out to see it too.


Have a fun-filled weekend, y'all!

crazy love {continued}

Linn is doing another Crazy Love challenge.

It's just too fun.

First off,
if you haven't read the book, Crazy Love...
oh for goodness sake,
READ IT already.
Friends, lukewarm Christianity is not acceptable
to our Holy God.

Let's be like Peter and jump out of the boat
and run to Jesus with reckless abandon, ignoring all
the risky obstacles the world puts
before us.


So to update you on our next adoption,
we are currently waiting for our fingerprint appointment.
Which is Sept. 9.
Kinda thinking about going early to see if
we can get it done sooner.

But in the meantime,
I've got all our dossier documents in order,
ready to go.
Just waiting, waiting, waiting on our I800A approval.

Then we'll finish up stuff here in the US,
then Dossier To China, baby!

And if you're new here to JOY Unspeakable,
click HERE to read more about
our adoption!


Oh, and here's our next fundraiser!!

This will be ongoing as long as supplies last...
Really super duper cool Show Hope t-shirts!!

I've got adult sizes S, M, L, XL.

$25...and that includes shipping!

Just click on the ChipIn button to order
or go directly to Paypal
(loriatjoyunspeakable@yahoo.com).

Be sure to indicate what size you want when ordering!

Thanks, ya'll!!!

comfortable?

"But God doesn't call us to be comfortable.
He calls us to trust him so completely that we are unafraid to
put ourselves in situations where we will be
in trouble if He doesn't come through."

What are you doing right now that requires faith?




Crazy Love, by Francis Chan