Friday, September 26, 2014

Do something beautiful

I am on lunch at work. I have 5 minutes to go pee and then meet up with other teachers again. In my 5 minutes I want to tell you this. Do something beautiful with yourself. So you are busy, so you are single, so you are a teenager, so you are a kid, so you are old, so you are a stay at home mom.....SO WHAT!!!! Do something!!!!!
Here is what I have been doing
Come to the ball! 
Find out what you can do for FOSTER KIDS AND ORPHANS IN YOUR COMMUNITY TODAY!!!

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Long before I knew it.. I think I always knew...

Beautiful Baggage started years before it ever began. Is. 61:3 holds a special place in my heart. I read it the night before my Aunt Kim passed away. What God brought to me then was that there would consoling, but there would be beauty from the ashes. What I didn't realize was the big picture. What i saw was the then. And God used that verse to guide me through the then.
My Aunt Kim was to graduate college and go on to be a social worker, we were planning to turn in our paperwork and start the foster care process. Something her and I had talked about was how kids carry their stuff in trash bags. I often wondered how much that happened until I became a FP. 
Shortly after getting licensed my husband and I began throwing around the idea of Beautiful Baggage. Then one day in worship the verse came back to me. I realized how much more God had in store. 
I am excited to see how God will grow Beautiful Baggage and how we can be the hands and feet of such a much needed thing.
If you are interested in finding more about Beautiful Baggage or foster care please let me know!