Meet Judah

April 14, 2014

Many families can connect a moment in their own life to a reason why they sponsor a child through Compassion. Take a moment to meet Judah...

Did you feel a tug at your heart? It is easy to get started sponsoring a child today.

Go therefore

April 12, 2014

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations." - Matthew 28:19

Linking up with Scripture and a Snapshot

Great and abundant blessings

April 10, 2014

Abner is one of my correspondent children that I have been blessed to write to for over two years now. He is such a sweetheart and I just love receiving letters from him! Here is what he wrote in his latest letter I received this week:

Dear Yvonne Reynolds

Sponsor, what a beautiful day, it is so sunny! I am so happy to write again to you and be able to tell you so many things that have happened in my life. I want to thank you for your beautiful letter, card and lovely words. As for your questions: my favorite song is El Burrito Sabanero. ON Christmas, we have a dinner together and the next day, take a walk and share as a family. I liked so much the Bible verse at Ephesians 4:7; the things God sends us are to put them into practice. I want you to know what I am like: I am 4'6" tall and weigh 72 pounds. The color of my eyes is dark brown and my hair is black. I like to wear comfortable clothes. My favorite colors are orange, brown and green. My favorite cartoon is The Ninja Turtles and my favorite movies is Lion King. I would like to know: where do you live? What is your favorite movies? I tell you I pray for you every day that God will bless you. I would like you to include me in your prayers. I would like you to read Psalm 119:1-2. I say goodbye with a strong hug and wishing you great and abundant blessings.

Sincerely, Abner

I love how much he shared with me this time! I had to go online and find out more about his favorite song since I have never heard of it before. I was able to find a video with spanish and english lyrics. And I found Lion King coloring pages I can send to him in my next letter!

Have you received a letter from your sponsored child lately?

Tackle It on Tuesday: Pinterest recipes

April 9, 2014

My 'Recipes I would love to try' board on Pinterest has over 400 pins, which is the equivalent of the average cookbook. Every now and then, I like to give those recipes a try because making the same things every week just gets a little boring. This past week, I actually tried three recipes and here is what I thought about each one:

5-Ingredient Bacon Asparagus Pasta was the first new recipe I tried last week. All of the ingredients sounded wonderful! Bacon, asparagus, pasta, white wine, parmesan cheese...heavenly right? My husband loved this one, and he loved it even more the next day as leftovers. But something about it just didn't sit well with me...something about the bacon and the bacon grease. So I am thinking of changing this one up a bit with Italian sausage instead of the bacon...

Recipe #2 for the week...Pan Roasted Lemon Chicken. Again, the ingredients sounded amazing, but for some reason, the flavors didn't come through when I cooked up the recipe. I was really hoping this one would be a keeper because my husband really likes chicken for dinner...bummer!

After two strikes so far, I was a little reluctant to try recipe #3. But this recipe was for dessert, and really, how can you go wrong with dessert? After finding all of the ingredients I needed for this one, I must say, this was really good and will be moved to my Pinned it, tried it...it's a keeper board!

This week, my project I need to tackle moves me from the kitchen to my sewing room...

One of the reasons we were able to participate in Civil War Reenactments is because I did a lot of sewing for myself and my daughter. It is hard to believe the layers of clothing women wore during that time period and how expensive it is to buy those items today. Right now, we don't go to nearly as many events as we used to, so I am not making near as many outfits either, but a friend of mine has asked me to sew some items for her. The plan is to finish up her underclothes before this upcoming weekend and this chemise is just one of the items I am working on. Next week, I hope to share with you about some of the underclothes ladies wore during that time...makes you thankful for modern times.