"Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished." ~ Luke 1:45 Before the first session of the SheSpeaks pre-conference, I was thinking to myself and quietly asking God to show me a verse that I could use on my new blog. 1 Samuel 1:27 was displayed on my blog as we waited for a child, but now that our Missing Linck is in our arms, I felt like I needed a new verse. Something that was a reminder of God's faithfulness. During the first session, Luann Continue Reading
There’s A Need. Advocate!
Did you know there's a huge need for families to adopt African American and bi-racial children in Oklahoma? This is a fact I learned through the adoption of our son. Yes, there are millions of orphans around the world, but there are also children in our own communities who will never have a family to call their own. Through the adoption of our son, God made it very clear that John and I were to leave the Ethiopia program and pursue a domestic adoption of an African American or bi-racial Continue Reading
Is HE Worth It?
I've been home from SheSpeaks for exactly one week and already I'm feeling discouraged. For the past two days I have wondered why I'm even trying to build a platform. Can I really write this book? Do people even care? I don't have many Facebook followers and switching to the new bog has been a bit discouraging. I can't find anyone (that I can afford) to design it. Honestly, the thought of building my platform just makes me tired. I am SO NOT the girl to go around asking if I can speak at Continue Reading
A Final Batch of Cupcakes…
He walked into the break room wearing his Mr. Roger's sweater, boat shoes and dark rimmed glasses. I was a tad bit intimidated by his knowledge of the Bible and swore he had to have been older than me. Theology was his thing. The day I met him, he sat across from me and asked a thousand questions about our plans to adopt a child from Ethiopia. I never dreamed he would become such a good friend. Justin and I worked together at City Rescue Mission and a friendship formed quickly. He's liberal Continue Reading
Publisher Appointments!
When I signed up to go to SheSpeaks I was given the opportunity to meet with publishers. I checked the box not realizing all the work that would be involved as I prepared for those intimidating publisher appointments. Satan began to have a ball as he tried to plant doubts in my mind. What was I thinking, meeting with four of the biggest Christian publishers? I spent about a month working on my book proposal and One Sheet. There is so much detail involved in a book proposal! Two of the editors Continue Reading