One Million Arrows Christian Parenting Blog
- Bringing Our Family to the Mission
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Guest Author: Michelle Northcutt
- March 28, 2010 | View or add comments |
- Jumpin' for Joy with Lexi
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Guest Author: Lexi McCreary
- March 21, 2010 | View or add comments |
- Out of the Mouths of Babes
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Guest Author: Sammie and Lawrie Barth
- March 14, 2010 | View or add comments |
- Dealing with Detachment-Moments that Keep Me Going
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Guest Author: Karen Adair
- March 10, 2010 | View or add comments |
- Help Uganda Orphans and Widows First Hand!
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By Julie Ferwerda
- March 7, 2010 | View or add comments |
Entries for: March, 2010
From the onset of their marriage in 1994, Gary and Michelle Northcutt of St. Louis, Missouri, have been an example of love in action by opening their home to anyone in need. What started with giving a temporary home to a pregnant teenager ended with taking care of eleven foster children, six of which they adopted.
Last year, the Northcutts moved to Leeds, England, where Gary worked as the maintenance supervisor at a missions organization and Michelle homeschooled their children. Just this month, the whole family relocated to Livingstone, Zambia, where they will be working with and providing homes for orphans, as well as setting up self-sustaining revenue for the children. I'm extremely blessed by the testimony of this family and I know you will be too. Here is a little bit of their story:
"I'm just a teen. There's nothing I can do to make a difference—I'm too young to change the world."
My name is Lexi McCreary. I'm a 15-year-old Jesus freak who felt the call of God to make a difference after learning how many children die and are orphaned every day. I imagined myself in their shoes and even the thoughts were impossible to comprehend. But what could I do? I'm just a kid, right? Or was it time to take a stand?
I couldn't ignore the facts anymore. I had to do something.
The first week of March, I hosted a blog tour for One Million Arrows. Basically, this is where you get people from your target market to read the book and write a review on their blog so others can learn about your book. One of the tour particpants, Sherri Barth, took a unique approach to her review, and I'd like to share it with you...
Over the past couple weeks, our family has been reading a book together... One Million Arrows: Raising Your Children to Change the World, by Julie Ferwerda.
Today's guest blogger is sharing about a situation that happened today with her adopted daughter, Anastasia, who suffers from attachment disorder. This is a very trying season for Karen, teaching her daughter how to love and how to feel, and I was moved to tears by her account. Karen says that "sometimes, love isn't enough." But I say, everything Karen and her husband are doing for this child is love, and one day it will all be a demonstration that "love never fails!"
Wow... where do I start ? The last few days have been tough. Healing hearts is a very tiring, hard, and frustrating job! When you adopt older kids you adopt all the baggage that comes with them. Many people don't know how hard it is to parent a child like this. Many people feel that you bring them in and "just love" them and that will be enough. Even with us adopting kids from dissolved adoptions many people around us think... all you have to do is love them. Well, I am here to tell you that "Love is NOT enough."
Want to give money to poor directly and see immediate results? Do you have a heart for orphans and widows? Consider joining our Uganda necklace mission today!
Awhile back, I featured a story of Isaac, the Uganda "arrow" whose parents died when he was a child and who wants to make a difference in Uganda. Isaac and his two siblings, Lionel and Penny, are being given the opportunity to go to school and to have a future. Today, we can join in helping them!
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