Lifesong is Great!!

I know many of you already have families your giving to, or your church and those I think do take priority but if at the end of the month you have something left, Lifesong has so many wonderful ministries going on, so if nothing else let seeing their work encourage our hearts!

 Join us to IMPACT lives in Zambia...   

    

"Hi.  My name is Richard.  I am in grade 7.  I stay with my sister, Josephine.  I have three brothers and two sisters.  My other sister attends Lifesong and is in grade 5.  Her name is Emelia.  My mother stays in a village far away.  My father died in 2006.  Thank you for supporting me and may God bless you and add more days to your life.  My favorite subject is art."

Richard is just ONE of the 253 students that we are blessed to serve at Lifesong Zambia.  He is also one of the students that will be moving on to grade 8 this fall.  

Without the construction of new classrooms, Richard may join the 95% of Zambian children that are not able to attend High School. 

Will you join us in impacting the lives of children like Richard?

To add to the excitement--thanks to a generous donor, all donations will be matched up to $225,000!!

  

To join the Impact Zambia 100 team, email info@lifesongfororphans.org!

Addedum to Micah

Wanted to add this about our Micah, this gives you a glimpse (maybe into his mind as well), although we truly never know what he will say.  So we came home from church yesterday and Micah said to me, "Mama if/when I become a Christian then I want to go in the army"...okay Micah, of course we pray that one day he will be a Christian and trust God with his life, but me thinking how does that correlate to the army?  Isaiah pipes up, because he has already shared this with his brother, he says that because he thinks people in the Army die faster and he will go to heaven quicker!  Well all in all that is a pretty good logic and perspective on his part.  The realization of eternity with God being better!  Anyway that's our seven year old!!!

Bookshelf

Well one of my new favorite websites, which I've told many is www.ana-white.com, I love it because it has tons of do it yourself projects and it shows you the plans, tells you the cost and also shows you how other people have done the project a little differently or with a new twist.  I found it when I was looking for narrow width bookcases to put in our hallway to maximize space...anyway saw pottery barn had one of course, but ya know the pottery barn prices, so I found this take off.  So needless to say Travis and the boys did a building project together, and I was just there to fill in and paint.  But the whole point, was this picture was cute of sammy, using his fake hammer to try and help with the project too.  Sammy loves to say that he is a hard worker, and that is good, we are able to say that is what God created you for, to work! 

Micah is 7!!

 
Well Micah's birthday was on Saturday the 3rd in which he turned seven years old.  We of course had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, and he really enjoyed eating his number seven.  This was also the day that our kiddo's were supposed to start soccer, so the plan was to go to three games that day, however due to the downpour of rain the night before that continued on, we only had Isaiah's game that day.  So we again went low key this year, spending the morning doing what Micah wanted, playing games and eating.  Then we headed off to Isaiah's game where the younger three had the opportunity to play in mud puddles while Isaiah played, which of course was a blessing to their parents:))  Then we headed off to Micah's favorite pizza place, Cici's.  This is an all you can eat buffet, but what Micah really loves about it is that you can order a pizza of what you want and have them bring it to your table so you get the whole thing, so he ordered his favorite, cheese pizza with no sauce:)  Yep, pretty much just cheese bread, but he loves it and ate almost the whole thing himself, 8 pieces of it.  So we then headed home to watch a movie and enjoy each other.

Micah at 7:

Micah is a semi-quiet, probably the quietest of all of our children, which means he usually is thinking, examining, scoping, ..etc..his surroundings.  In this he can also tend to be sneaky, so his tricks or poking at his siblings don't come in the form of blatant offenses, but rather a behind the scene poke, trip or whatever is up his sleeve the given day.  Micah is also very sensitive at this age, he takes things
to heart really easily, which of course can be good at times and not at others, but I do love this about him and pray that God will keep it in him and grow it for his glory.  Micah also loves to learn, he soaks up everything you say and typically doesn't forget it.  Micah also has little quirks...he loves to pick out clothes, usually with a tie, as seen above and wear them all day for no reason(I guess he has one), and of course this is so contrary to gym short Isaiah.  He also can be seen wearing one sock quite often, thus he has earned the nickname, the one sock wonder.  He also would eat snacks all day if I let him, and hardly eat his meals..., he is also right now our pickiest eater if you didn't get that from cheese pizza with no sauce, this provides a good challenge for the cook of the house, yet an exciting one to find things that he will eat.  Micah does love to hear about God and his word, he loves his classes at church and he loves pondering what happens after you die, sometimes more morbid than others, but I think a healthy dose of reality, so our Micah is a thinker...and we are so thankful to God for him!!

Just had to show you Sammy in action after our Micah birthday breakfast and the kids are clearing off the table in typical Sammy fashion, he picks up a pancake off the plate, takes a bite and then puts it back on the plate to carry over to the counter...just needed one more bite to tide him over!