Pensyl Points: June 2012

Monday, June 18, 2012

Beautiful Sweet Prayer

Our niece Abigail has taken it upon herself to pray for her cousin that God has His eye on in the Philippines! Here is an email from my sister:

It's amazing to me sometimes how our Lord speaks through young children (Matthew 21:16 And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read,“‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”) The past few nights when we pray together Abigail has, entirely on her own, prayed for your son/daughter. Just something simple like, "And Dod, we pway for the little giwl or boy in the Fillipeeeeens that doesn't have a mommy or daddy yet."

Prayer comes from the most beautiful and unexpected places, doesn't it? I'm so thankful!

Monday, June 11, 2012

Going to My Heart!

At 11:30pm on Saturday June 9 I left with a group of 13 others to head the airport where we hopped on a plane to fly to Santo Domingo, to take a bus to San Juan de la Maguana where a little piece of my heart lives year round!

We're working and playing and loving at the Rose of Sharon orphanage this week. Will you keep us in your prayers this week? Pray that we are dangerous for the Kingdom and that we see God moving!

Pictures to come upon return (most will be posted on Facebook, but some favorites will get posted here!)

Sunday, June 10, 2012

A Picture Update (Part 2)

Cyber space finally released the remaining pictures to me (twice...thanks Internet) (see A Picture Update Part 1 if you have no idea what I'm talking about).

To continue where we left off...

Why did I post a picture of bird poop you ask? Because we had just paid to have our sidewalks, porches, and roof cleaned and within 12 hours this brazen bird had doo-doo'd on my porch. Seriously bird?

The Calvary staff took a retreat to the Nature Inn at Bald Eagle State Park at the end of May. This is the view from the room (which I ended up not staying in since I forgot all my toiletries at home...meh, whatev)

Abigail and Uncle Marc at the park

She loved having Uncle Marc push her even though is is a proficient leg pumper!

What concentration!

Mr. David just hanging out...

Tucker requires as many pillows as his dad apparently

Beat after a long day of frisbee... (this is actually how Tucker sleeps!)

You know it's going be a rough day when you wake up with bed stuffing on your head

Just a cute picture of Lily! (squinting because the flash was too bright...sorry Lil)

Saturday, June 9, 2012

$4,000

That is how much YOU helped us raise to send TWO of the boys at the Rose of Sharon Orphanage to University. They're working on some paperwork/birth certificate issues and once those get resolved the boys will be on their way! I am so excited to get to tell them that some Americanos cared enough about them to give generously to see their dreams come true! My heart is bursting!

We're always accepting donations to the college fund - or if you are interested in sponsoring one of the boys or girls check this site out: http://www.calvaryglobalkids.org/ (this includes kids from the orphanages/homes in the Dominican Republic, Myanmar, and Rwanda that Calvary supports).

Feel free to ask me any questions you may have!