Getting real; Reading up

Just started my reading:

Book one...Parenting the hurt child by Keck and Kupecky

*Parenting hurting children requires loving patience and clear expectations for improvement.
*Parenting hurt children if frequently painful.
*Hurt children bring their pain into their new families and share it with much vigor and regularity.
*Parents who did not cause the child's trauma often suffer the consequences of it.
*Family fun should not be contingent upon the child's behavior.
*Parents should expect difficult times, as well as reduction of them.


Just the beginning.

We have so much to learn.
We love our biological children...
We will need tools to train our new children.

Discipline will be trickey..

Ciao,
Shell

Pray some more

Prayer is useful!
Prayer is important!
So, won't you pray for our little one today..Our sweet one in Thailand!
Pray for the referrals...We still have not heard!

Fund Raisers!!
Look for our Garage Sale this weekend!
Look for T~Shirt sales!
Pic's to come..
Look for my coffee..buy it...this will be ongoing fund raising!

Look To God to provide!
We will!


Ciao
Shell

Time To Pray

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

New Living Translation (©2007)
Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Jeremiah 33:3

So, lets do this together!

As soon as our Dossier gets to Thailand/As it goes to Thailand............We will go on a waiting list.......

We will need some prayer.

So, lets pray our Great God will have favor on our Dossier! On our Child! On our Current Children!!

His timing, His name glorified!

Proverbs 22:6

New International Version (NIV)

⁶ Start children off on the way they should go,
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Pray God grants us wisdom to do this with all our children!!

Ciao, 

Shell

The monies

A trusted friend had to be honest with me the other day. 
They mentioned that "If we had to raise monies to bring this kid from Thailand home...we would likely not have enough monies to raise the kid?"
(In the end our friend was thinking out loud and using his thought process and did end up saying..Then they had a change of heart <3, and decided we were doing a good thing and they would like to join us in that endeavor) [So, don't be upset, we're not.]

But, I feel i have something to say....
1. The average~~~ Retirement savings account has around 25,000 ....this is not the rainy day savings ... just retirement. [According to Christian Science Monitor]
2. Sad to say we are a bit like most Americans...But working on it! We are doing all we can to pay off debt/Not acquire more debt/ AND save up for a rainy day.  AND ADOPT with OUT debt!!!
3. We believe God has called us to adopt!!!
4. We Know God will provide every need in to our calling.
5. If we did have the 30,000 sitting in our bank account as extra fun play monies (ahem, for adoption)~~~Who would we need to share in our adoption experience with?  
6. (5 continued) Who, I ask, would we lean on? 
7. (5 continued) Who, might we (okay, God) encourage to think about adopting (through us)?  
8. The Orphan and widow are close to God's heart.
9.  May be, just may be this is an exercise in our Faith? 
10. Will Tony and I be faithful to God when he asked us to do something our bank account said is impossible? 

If i remember right..The Creator of the Universe specializes in the Impossible!!!  I Love that about my Jesus!

We love that you all are wrestling with the (as our 5 year old says "HU~Normous") cost of adopting..not to mention the emotions that go along with it!

Thanks for living life with us!
Thanks for being our community!!
Thanks for praying for our little one in Thailand!!!

Thanks for praying for our family!!!!

We Love You!!

Ciao,
Shell

Hebrews 4:16

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁶ Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Lets laugh together

There are many things that are funny about adopting...

This is random video of people laughing:

Random People Laughing

I'd like to do a short series of blog posts about them..

Lets work through them together....

Monies~  All the questions about monies

Why did you decide to adopt?

What will your kid be like..look like...and me being her or his real mom...dad..ect...

What not to say!

Where do you think we should start???

Thanks

Thank you for each drop of love, prayers, and monies!!!

The marathon month of fund raising to match the fantastic Titus Task Matching Grant is at an end!

We [Ahem, God] did it!!!  to quote a friend...Money is easy for Him!!

Praise the Lord God the Creator of the Earth!!!
Thank you Titus Task!!!!!
Thank you for your heart for the orphan!!!

THANK YOU !!!!!

Big Big News - We Heart The Titus Task... and You!

We are extremely delighted to share the letter below. We love you all and are so grateful for the continued support of our adoption efforts!

Dear Friends of Tony and Rochelle,

The Titus Task is excited to announce that the Franco Family has been chosen to receive a matching grant for their adoption. The Titus Task is a registered 501c3 organization dedicated to pursuing a future for orphans. One of the ways we do that is by raising funds and giving child specific adoption grants to NW Arkansas Families. Since 2009, we have given over $100,000 to 18 families in NW Arkansas.

We would like to ask you, as friends and family of Tony and Rochelle, to help us make a difference in the financial aspect of their adoption. The Titus Task will give one dollar for every dollar that is donated by friends and family up to $2,500, making the total amount to be given $5,000(or more)!

Most of our board members are adoptive parents and we know first hand what a wonderful gift of encouragement it is for the financial burden to be lessened during adoption. Caring for the orphan happens in many different ways - please know that your gift makes a huge impact!

Tony and Rochelle are living out their faith in caring for a child from Thailand. Will you join us in showing love for this family and their child?  We are excited to partner with you as we witness the miracle of adoption and watch as God provides for those He loves so deeply. May He be glorified.

To make a Tax Deductible donation by Paypal please use this link  http://www.thetitustask.com/franco-family.html or mail checks to the address below. Please make donations by May 6, 2013. Thank you for your consideration and generosity!

Warmest Regards,

Mark & Tiffany Hansen
The Titus Task
Adoption Grant Coordinators

www.thetitustask.com
tiffany@thetitustask.com


PO Box 82
Siloam Springs, AR 72761