So, Friday night. It was an experience. Not a bad one. Bella and I went to our church for our "Girlfriends Night". It was pink and frilly. Very frilly. It was loud. It was sparkly. All of that could be handled. It was A LOT of women in one room. FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY. Yes, 450 women in one room. Can you say,"OH MY!!!" It was a bit overwhelming. We had MRE's (meals ready to eat), bedazzled desert camo BDU's (as those of us in the "know" know- it was very much de-regulation),our own set of dog tags, pink and brown all around and again lots and lots of women. We laughed, we cried and we listened to music. For those military wives out there, you know we have our own version of American Idol. Well we got to hear last years winner, Lisa Pratt. It wasn't that hard to get her, since she is married to our associate pastor's son. She does have a beautiful voice and sang some really great songs. Did I mention all of the pink and frill? We gave a love offering to the Armed Services YMCA since that was our chosen charity to help make a difference in our community for this quarter. Over $2500 was given. Not to bad. Not sure if I will do it again, though our next one will be in December and the love offering will go towards a charity that fights against human trafficking!!! A cause that is near and dear to my heart. Again, did I mention the pink and frill and over the top bedazzle? I know! GET OVER IT ALREADY!
On another note, my dear friend Holly is asking for prayer and is doing a fundraiser through HIP MOM JEWELRY. There is some really cool stuff there. I absolutely love it. If you make a purchase, please, use the code MCDAN10 in the discount coupon area so this family will receive 30% of your order to help bring home their precious little one. I do love this stuff. Take a look. If there's nothing you would like then all we ask is that you pray. Prayer is sometimes more important than anything else we could offer up. Either way, they and you will be richly rewarded.
Have a very blessed day.
Seeing the World through His eyes,
Laurie
1 comment:
First of all my friend, thank you. Thank you for standing with me, for believing God for the seemingly impossible in this adoption concerning the fees and for loving those that the world counts as the least of these. We know better.
And second, I am so very proud of you for stepping outside of your comfort zone and going to that event! And for blogging...you always thought you didn't have anything to say! HA!!!!!!!!
God is using you in mighty ways.
Big hugs,
Holly
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