Orphan Sunday is November 6th......

What can you do, you ask? Here's 10 ways every Christian can care for the orphan

November is National Adoption Month........

Fall Festival at Northshore Church....Angels Among Us

Blessed....

Pumpkin pickin with the girls.....so much fun. Lunch at our local soup kitchen.....keepin it real. Afternoon carving pumpkins and roasting pumpkin seeds....sweet time.

They all asked for you.....

Last Friday we went to Children's Hospital so they could do a soft cast for Mari to get all of the measurements for her hand. The Audubon Zoo is just blocks from the hospital so we spent a few hours there enjoying the weather and all of the animals. What a sweet day with my family : )  and Mari took the next step towards her myo-electric hand. We go back in a couple of weeks to mark the spots where the electric currents go through her arm so they will line up perfectly with the sensors. Then they send it off to be manufactured. She's really excited about it...so are we !

Wild Olive Tees Fundraiser extended....

Thank you Wild Olive for extending our fundraiser. We get to sell shirts now with a portion going to Josiah's adoption until December 14th.....yeah.

All the details are right here 

We purchased some of the "Love Others" tees to sell at various fundraisers, so if you'd like one of those, we have Small, Medium and Large in the fitted style. It's one of my favorites. They are $30. Just email me (lisabraniff@gmail.com) and I'd be happy to ship it to you.

 Thanks to all of you that have already bought Wild  Olive tees in support of bringing Josiah home. We are so blessed to have friends like you. I hope that you love your tee as much as I love mine.

A new journey begins

Today we go back to Children's Hospital but not for Mari's nose (Thank You Jesus) or for her leg. Today a new journey begins for Marianna. We meet with all the physicians at the Amputee Clinic to start the process for her myo electric hand. I don't know if you remember but Inner Wheel U.S.A. has blessed us by giving Mari a myo electric hand until she's an adult. These limbs are amazing. They are also very expensive. Her "leggie" which is not myo electric and doesn't even have a hydraulic knee was $15,000 so you can imagine what a blessing this is. She was able to see one a couple of weeks ago and she was so excited when she saw that it will move. Now she can hardly wait for it : )  

God told us over two years ago when we started the process of praying about adopting Mari that He would provide everything that she needed and He has not only kept His promise but done it in a way that continues to just knock our socks off. He is so good at that. I believe that He has great joy in amazing us. He is so faithful. Thank You Lord for this blessing from Inner Wheel and the blessing of Mari in our family.