We will be at the ONE conference this November. Find out what you can do for your community today!
Providing baggage to kids in foster care so that one by one kids will not have to carry belongings in trash bags. "To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified." Is. 61.3
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Friday, September 26, 2014
Do something beautiful
Here is what I have been doing
Come to the ball!
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!
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!
Monday, July 21, 2014
Jr High and Outreach
So it is starting....
We are finally getting a group together and starting an outreach. With youth! I am so excited. We have made a contact within the state office to be our official rep. Someone to let us know when they need bags and to hand out fliers and let people know who and where we are and that we have stuff available. We are making contacts with other community groups to get out and have an actual physical presence in the community, for this I am so thankful for.
You see I know that the need is there, I see this at the ground level. The kids who show up at my door, or hear stories from friends of their kids showing up, no suitcases, just garbage bags and boxes. Or nothing at all. This. must. stop. We are a "civilized" country. We "take care of our children." While this might not seem that big of a deal, it is.
If you have had to move you need something that you can say is yours. A cuddly, a bag, something. I am not here to tell people, go out be a foster parent. No, not everyone should be. However, everyone can help.
How can I help? Just me?
Donate:
a bag
toiletries
bible
something cuddly
help us get a fundraiser going
help us get sponsors to sell shirts
We are finally getting a group together and starting an outreach. With youth! I am so excited. We have made a contact within the state office to be our official rep. Someone to let us know when they need bags and to hand out fliers and let people know who and where we are and that we have stuff available. We are making contacts with other community groups to get out and have an actual physical presence in the community, for this I am so thankful for.
You see I know that the need is there, I see this at the ground level. The kids who show up at my door, or hear stories from friends of their kids showing up, no suitcases, just garbage bags and boxes. Or nothing at all. This. must. stop. We are a "civilized" country. We "take care of our children." While this might not seem that big of a deal, it is.
If you have had to move you need something that you can say is yours. A cuddly, a bag, something. I am not here to tell people, go out be a foster parent. No, not everyone should be. However, everyone can help.
How can I help? Just me?
Donate:
a bag
toiletries
bible
something cuddly
help us get a fundraiser going
help us get sponsors to sell shirts
Pray. Donate. Foster.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Foster Care Awareness Month!
We have new shirts!!! Please stop in and order. Help us reach our goal!!
http://teespring.com/beautifulbaggage2014- Mens/ unisex
http://teespring.com/bblaunch2 Women
http://teespring.com/beautifulbaggage2014- Mens/ unisex
http://teespring.com/bblaunch2 Women
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Never been to a blog... Never fear...
So someone sent you here to find out more about BB and you are thinking, why the heck does this website have so much stuff. I don't want to read all this! Welcome to a blog friends. A constantly updated site that keeps you aware of what is going on. Over to the right hand side you can see all the entries. Check out how we started, why we started, ya know the meat and taters, the good stuff. Always at the top of the page will be newest post to oldest.
That's all! Happy Sunday!
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