The Journey of a Family Striving to Live Dangerously Surrendered!


"Surrendering means that we have come to the end of our independence from him, our reliance on self-sufficiency, and our insistence that we don’t need him. Surrender to God changes everything! Why add the word dangerous to surrender? Because we don’t surrender to a benevolent but impotent grandfatherly figure; we surrender to Almighty God —the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. C. S. Lewis’s character Aslan in the Chronicles of Narnia depicts God as a magnificent lion —good, but certainly not safe. Surrendering your life to God is the boldest and riskiest step you can take. Being dangerously surrendered to God allows you to know him in increasingly deeper ways and to participate fully in his will. " ~Kay Warren

Monday, November 24, 2008

Preparation
























We got Julianna's crib set up this weekend. We put her in Brooklyn's room as this will become her room as soon as we can get the bedroom in the basement finished. Bethany will move downstairs, Brooklyn to Bethany's room and Julianna will have Brooklyn's room. We still need bedding for the boys' room and while we are gone, some ladies from the church are going to paint some in their room. We have the greatest people in our church! They have been amazing through this process.






It will be good for Brooklyn to room with Julianna for awhile...give her a chance to bond with her after Bethany spent the first week with her alone.







Here are some pictures also of our adoption service. It was an awesome evening and God touched many lives. Joshua and Julianna have no idea how much they are loved by so many!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! We are thankful for you!
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Anonymous said...

Hey guys!!! I can't WAIT to follow your trip!! I'm getting all over-excited just thinking about it!! Love you!!

November 29, 2008 at 6:56 PM

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