A Week of Mini Graduations

This week was Doria's 5th grade parent breakfast/awards ceremony.  She's off to join her brother in Middle School.  She has a great group of friends and I pray that God draws them to himself in these years.

At church today Devin graduated from Kid City.  He will be joining Doria in Take 56.  Not so sure how excited Doria is about that, but Devin is delighted that he no longer has to wait on us to check him out of class.

Donaldson's Delighting in Done Dossier (yeah, we like D's)

We mailed our completed dossier today.

We celebrated with a dinner at Biaggi's.
Then we braved the storm warning and went to the Fort4TheFatherless (www.fort4thefatherless.org) kick-off event with Stephanie Fast.  Oh my!!!!  I wish everyone I know could have been there to hear her story...a "half-breed" left to die in Korea after the war...and her rescue by the Lord via the hands of his servants...Totally motivating, humbling, inspiring...  Side note:  Coincidentally, Drake had just watched a film in school today about North and South Korea...I love God's timing!
Thank you God for this journey you have put us on, thank you for opening our eyes to your heartbeat...we're diving in.
A couple links to blogs of families who have also recently been moved by God to act:
www.ourunveiledfaces.blogspot.com
www.weloveourlucy.blogspot.com
www.treasuresinjarsofclay.blogspot.com
Enjoy

Fort 4 the Fatherless

I'm so excited about what our community churches are doing for the 147 million + orphans out there...ok, so maybe we in the fort can't touch them all, but even one life loved is worth it!!  The kick off event is this Friday may 21st.  Go to www.fort4thefatherless.org to find out more about the Stephanie Fast event.

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