Laminin ( HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD)

Today I want to tell you about How Great our GOD is. Do you know that you are fearfully and wonderfully made. Have you ever heard of Laminin. Laminin is a protein molecule. The human body is just extraordinary if you haven't figured that out yet. Every human being has 46 chromosmes. Have you ever wondered how they are held together well this is where the Laminin comes in to play. Laminin is what holds your DNA together. God puts us together the way he wants us to be. God knows about every cell in our body.


Laminin

This is what Laminin looks like now tell me that GOD is not awesome. GOD created our DNA and who better to hold it together than Jesus Christ himself. Now is a microscopic picture of this protein.

Do you see what I see? That is Jesus Christ holding our DNA together.

Now why am I telling you about this. As we were having the invitation at the end of our youth service this evening I was praying and GOD revealed something to me. There are 163 million orphans in the world. There are some that have special needs and some that don't but GOD holds each of them in the palm of his hand. Each one of these 163 million orphans have these proteins in their body. Each of us are called to care for the orphaned and the widowed. If we never prayed for them, adopted them or raised money for their ransom GOD would still have them in the palm of his hand. Each child has the arms of GOD holding them together. I don't know about you but this makes me want to do something for them. All 163 million orphans need to know that GOD holds them together.

Now watch this video and Louie Giglio explains about this magnificent creation of Laminin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0-NPPIeeRkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0-NPPIeeRk

Now after you watch that video worship with Chris Tomlin's song How Great Is Our GOD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKLQ1td3MbE

Forgiveness

I want to start off by saying I know I have not posted anything in awhile but I just needed a break. Well the silence is no more.


Forgiveness what does this mean to you. Forgiveness is when you have been done wrong you choose to do as GOD does for us. Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice for us when he died on the cross he paid for our forgiveness. I have not blogged about this because I have been so angry and bitter about it all. January 1, 2013 Russia officially halted all American adoption. We knew that this was being tossed around for awhile and we prayed Lord don't let this happen precious lives are at stack. My birthday is December 28 and though birthdays are a time to be celebrated I could help but feel depressed because on this day in 2012 the Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into a law the ban on all American adoption. That day was a blow to the face for so many who had children there. Families in limbo not knowing if they would ever see their precious little ones again. Several families had been through court and been legally named the child/children's parents but it was still up in the air as to whether they would ever come home to there forever families. Parents who had met their children have now been told that they can switch countries or wait for Russia to come to their senses. A few of the parents have made the hardest choice to make and switch countries while they wait for Russia to let them come back. Do you know what happens to children who live in Russia that have special needs? They are locked away in orphanages because they are deemed as unlovable. Children age out of these orphanages between the ages of 3-5 years of age. The next step is and ADULT MENTAL INSTUTION. INSTUTIONS are no place for a baby. Little girls have their heads shaved so the caretakers don’t have to wash their long beautiful hair. Children who can’t never learned to walk are bed ridden 24/7. The children bite themselves to self stimulate. I tell you all of this to tell you that I have been so angry and bitter toward the Russian Government. Last night my husband and I attended the largest Christian concert on tour. Winter Jam have you ever heard of it 10 wonderful Christian artist under one roof can you say amazing. Newsong is the host of the event and for the last several years they have partnered with Holt International. This year was different they have partnered with World Vision. Before intermission Newsong spoke about World Vision and while we had a break everyone had the chance to sponsor a child. This was amazing to see. Adults, teenagers and kids all being the hands and feet of JESUS. While this was all going on I couldn’t help but think about my precious kids who have stolen my heart. I became angry again over this whole thing with Russia. After the intermission was over my favorite artist of the night came on stage Matthew West.  Matthew West has an adopted daughter from China and so he is very near and dear to our hearts. For several years now he has been writing songs based on people’s stories.  One song hits home to me it’s called for “Forgiveness” this song was inspired by a mom who chose to forgive the man who killed her daughter in a drunk driving accident. This song took on a whole new meaning. The chorus of this song is:

Forgiveness, Forgiveness

Forgiveness, Forgiveness

Show me how to love the unlovable

Show me how to reach the unreachable

Help me now to do the impossible

Forgiveness, Forgiveness

Help me now to do the impossible

Forgiveness
 
I know that they anger and bitterness that I have had toward Russia is not of GOD. I need to forgive these people. I need to pray that there hearts would be turned toward Jesus Christ and that they would want what is best for these precious little ones. I have chosen to forgive these people would your join me. We must pray without ceasing that they will reverse their decision. Children’s lives are at stack  they need us to pray for them. These are just a few of the faces of that are waiting on their forever families. They need our prayers.

This is the offical lyric video of Matthew West's song Forgiveness go watch.
http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=WLPKY7NX

4 or 5 years old.

What do you think it means to be 4 years old. Does it mean laughing and playing with your friends. Well let me give you a new thought on being 4 years old. 4 years old means being sent to an adult mental institution for most kids with special needs. A 4 year old have the mildest delay can be transferred to an adult mental institution. I will soon have a 4 year old in my home. Precious Prince will be turning 4 in December and he has a diagnosis of being developmentally delayed. At the end of this month my Precious Prince will be getting ready to celebrate his 4^th birthday.  This is such a wonderful time in his life.  1 year ago this November he started preschool. Precious Prince goes to a developmental preschool where he gets physical therapy and occupational therapy and he was getting speech therapy. Precious Prince just had a annual review where we learned the he no longer qualified for speech. Precious Prince made a 19 month gain in 12 months that is an amazing feat for him.  Precious Prince knows that his mommy and daddy love him and are so proud of the progress that he has made. On Precious Prince’s 4^th birthday he would become at risk for transfer or even be transferred on around his birthday. That reality makes this mommy sob big huge tears. I could never imagine my Precious Prince going to such an awful place like an adult mental institution. There he would be locked away forever never be hugged and told that is beyond special. Never be told that he is loved just the way he is. An adult mental institution would bring out the worst in Precious Prince because he would have to learn to fight for his life.

Do you see this face it is a face of a child with the same diagnosis as Precious Prince.  Carlton is FACING TRANSFER an adult mental institution. Carlton Boy, born October 2007 Brown eyes, Nature calm. Carlton is a very bright, charming, and very good looking little boy. He loves to read and recite poetry – and his love for learning has him doing school work at the seven-eight year level, though he’s almost only five years old.  Clearly, he’s an intelligent boy!  He’s also a sensitive boy, who often asks when he will have parents.  He dreams of the day when his forever family will come for him and wants nothing more than to be part of a family. Carlton needs his parents to find him now and act quickly to spare him any time spent in an institution.  He has a lot to offer to a family and will make your hearts glow as he progresses and continues to learn and love.  Are you Carlton’s family?

This face is the face of a Princess. Kalina was in born August 2011. Developmental delays is the only reason that she is not accepted. Kalina is just a little girl, who has already had to fight for her life.  After the birth of Kalina, she required much care; now the girl’s condition is more or less returned to normal – she likes to communicate with adults, showing emotions, respond to affection and attention (and requires them), learning to crawl and pronounce certain syllables.  She really needs loving caring adults.

These faces are faces of brothers who need a mommy to love them for who they are and to help find their way in life. William and Tommy are just cutest little boys ever. William (DOB 11/17/06) Special Needs: developmental delays, autism symptoms, mild thoracic scoliosis, strabismus Tommy (DOB 08/07/08) Special Needs: Developmental delays, congenital thalassemia. William is considered to be a sweet and considerate boy, he helps other children clear up their toys and is “the teacher’s wonderful little helper”. William’s foster mother has been working with him on his emotional control and stability, he is becoming more stable through her guidance and comfort. His schooling is helping him to progress in his learning though he continues to receive speech training through a Speech Language Pathologist. Tommy has adapted very well to his foster family as well. He has developed a close relationship with his foster mother and seeks her attention. His emotions have also stabilized and he gets along well with his foster sister as well. He is very independent and can follow directions and warnings well. He also loves to go to school though he is about one year behind children of his age – it has been recommended that he needs more social stimulations and his therapy seems to be helping him catch up.William and Tommy are looking for a forever home where they can be cared for and loved together!

William has developmental delays, autism symptoms, mild thoracic scoliosis, strabismus and Tommy has Developmental delays, congenital thalassemia
William is considered to be a sweet and considerate boy, he helps other children clear up their toys and is “the teacher’s wonderful little helper”. William’s foster mother has been working with him on his emotional control and stability, he is becoming more stable through her guidance and comfort. His schooling is helping him to progress in his learning though he continues to receive speech training through a Speech Language Pathologist.
Tommy has adapted very well to his foster family as well. He has developed a close relationship with his foster mother and seeks her attention. His emotions have also stabilized and he gets along well with his foster sister as well. He is very independent and can follow directions and warnings well. He also loves to go to school though he is about one year behind children of his age – it has been recommended that he needs more social stimulations and his therapy seems to be helping him catch up. William and Tommy are looking for a forever home where they can be cared for and loved together! William (DOB 11/17/06) Tommy (DOB 08/07/08)

Will YOU please consider helping one of these precious children. I could never imagine what it would be like for my precious prince if he was institutionalized . I love my baby boy so much and he has so much potential and so do these children. What can you do? You can pray, donate, or you could even adopt one of these precious little ones.

The day has come.

The day has come for our Royal Art Auction to finally start. We have some really great stuff that was painted by some very special people. Come check us out. Like the page and you can start bidding away. This is a link to the page https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Royal-Life-of-Gods-Special-People/218210771584475?notif_t=page_new_likes  THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

This is Prince Pratt himself he is who we are fighting for he has stolen our families heart and we pray for his forever family because we know that they are out there.  Praying that GOD sustains his little body till he can come to receive the medical care he deserves. GOD BLESS YOU ALL

November 1st what does this mean.

November 1st is the day I have been waiting along time for. November 1st is the official start of Reece's Rainbow's biggest fundraiser of the year. Angel Tree went live today. Today is the first day that you can donate to Pratt and get his ornament with his beautiful picture on it. November 1st also is the the first day of National Adoption Awareness Month. Today will you commit to praying for all those here and abroad that need a forever family. Pratt is one of those children that needs a forever family to call his own. A family would mean so much for this precious Prince. November 1st also means only 5 days till our online auction starts with all donations going to Prince Pratt's adoption grant.

Pray, donate, just do something
Thank You

Angel Tree and The Royal Auction

It is 2 days till the offical start of the biggest fundraiser that Reece's Rainbow has each year. Angel Tree starts November 1st and  I can not tell you how excited I am to be doing this for the second year in a row. Now for the Royal Prince himself Meet Pratt.

This will be Pratt's first Christmas and if you didn't see my post from last year your first Christmas is huge in our family. A baby's first Christmas is a big milestone in our family and we do something extra special. This year Pratt will have a little boys my first Christmas stocking hung up and he will have a special baby's first Christmas ornament on the tree along with his official angel tree ornament. Pratt's life will be celebrated in our family and we pray that someone finds it in their heart to open their home to this precious gift from GOD. We love you Pratt.

I am going to give you the run down of Angel Tree. Like I said it starts Nov. 1st and ends Dec. 31st. The goal of this fundraiser is to have every kids grant at least jump 1000 dollars by New Years Eve. All donations are tax duductable and with a 35 dollar or more donation you will get the cutest ornament with this precious prince's photo on it.

The Royal Art Auction starts Nov. 5 and ends on Nov. 26th. The art that is being auctioned off is painted by my sister in love Sandi and some of her special friends. As well as some of our family and our kids. The auction is being held on facebook so come check it out. This is the link to the event https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/events/453532081352619/

Now for a sneek peek as to what is going to be in the auction.

Painted by Sandi

We love our Kids with the extra 21st chromosome

GO CHECK OUT THE AUCTION MORE WILL BE ADDED IN THE COMING DAYS.

Angel Tree Miracles

Well this is take 3 we are starting angel tree November 1 and it runs through December 31. For every 35 dollars donated you can recieve an ornament. We have a new little boy to raise funds for his name is Pratt. Pratt was born in April of this year that means that he is only 7 months old. Pratt has  heart condtion that needs to be addressed. Pratt would benefit very much from early intervention and therapy. Pratt will have his very first christmas by himself with no family to share this milestone. Well Prince Pratt you will have us we will by your baby's first christmas ornament and will celebrate for you. We pray for you that God will sustain you until a family comes for you.

Who wouldn't love a little boy with a paci. My monkey boy just loves his paci and his blanket. We love you baby Pratt.