great is your faithfulness

Lamentations 3:22-24

Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,

for his compassions never fail.

They are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;

therefore I will wait for him.”

little worker

cereal

Oh, how we LOVE cereal in our home...

adding texture

One way to subtly add character to a photograph is by adding texture. I love to play around with this technique so I thought I’d share an example so you can decide for yourself, if texturing is something for you. Lets look at a picture I recently took of our oldest son.

Before (Original)

I love this picture just the way it is, but to spruce it up a little, I’ve added a subtle texture and altered the coloring a bit. It's just a slight change, yet it can make a big impact.

After (with Texture)

Adding an ever-so-slight texture can sometimes bring great depth and subtle flare to the photograph. Give it a try!

snow, snow, snow...

good and great

a good picture of the boys...

a great picture of the boys...

rescue babies now

If you've followed our blog for any length of time, you already know that a few years ago we "adopted" a little girl, Nathaly, into our family through the child sponsorship program of Compassion International (see the link in the sidebar). Isn't she adorable?! It has been such a joyous experience for our family to establish a relationship with this sweet and amazing little girl in Ecuador. Over the years and on a regular basis, we have sent and received numerous letters, drawings, pictures and most of all, HOPE! :)

"And His name will be the hope of all the world." ~Matthew 12:21

We absolutely love that our boys are naturally learning that other people matter and that it's not all about us. In our culture, it's so easy to live in the sheltered and false reality that poverty is somebody else's problem to solve. As Jesus-followers, it's ours. These are not somebody else's children, they are ours. It's not their choice to live like this, it's ours. And so we choose...

We choose to love. We choose to invest, in Jesus' kingdom, a mere $38 a month to give a child hope in Jesus' name! We are blessed so that we can be a blessing to others. Think about it. Pray about it. And if you feel led to, sponsor a child.

We cannot say enough about all the wonderful initiatives that Compassion International is responsible for beginning, really, it's quite astonishing. The child sponsorship program at Compassion hosts children beginning at age 3, BUT the reality is that many children never make it to their 3rd birthday. Heartbreaking. Please, please watch this...

Did you let that sink in? Please allow that sink in. Will you consider joining us in supporting the Child Survival Program? It's simply $20 a month. Priceless. Your support is a demonstration of Christ's compassion for people. All people. We are specifically giving each month to the Jaramijo Child Survival Program (also in Ecuador) as it is a ministry of a church that will be planted by RiverTree Christian Church in cooperation with Compassion.

For more information, visit

www.rescuebabiesnow.org

canaan

we watched canaan a couple weeks ago while kim & josh went to dinner for josh's birthday. the boys loved playing with him and thought it was so neat that he would reach out and grab a toy from them! of course, andrew had to take some pictures too...i thought this was such a cute one!!

snowy days...

Here are a few pictures from a couple weeks ago when we had a big snow and ice storm. We had so much fun being "stranded" at home together and tried to keep busy playing outside in the snow...

...and we had to get a little creative too with some fun indoor activities including balloon rockets and some art-time!

bath time fun