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This month, you can make your world bigger by reading a book about adoption and the orphan crisis. On the right of my blog, I’ve created a list of books that I read during our adoption journey. Whether or not you’re considering adoption, I think you’ll find these books interesting. I hope they deepen your understanding of how desperately these children need us.
On January 24, 2010 we were united with our son, Abraham. We had waited 18 months and traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to get him, and I wouldn’t trade the experience for all the world. I love my sweet, little boy! I tell people that it wasn’t just our work and effort that brought him home, it was the generosity of friends and family that helped make it possible. He’s our son and part of our family, but he’s also part of a larger family and community of people who prayed for us, helped organize our garage sale, donated items for us to sell, gave money, and who bought A LOT of soap.
November is National Adoption Awareness Month. I read a statistic once that said, if just 1% of self-professed Christians adopted a child, there would be no more orphans. Wow! There are currently about 145 MILLION orphans world-wide (UNICEF 2008). That number does NOT include abandonment or sold/trafficked children (which is estimated to be in the millions).
We may not all be called to help solve the orphan crisis by adopting a child, but we can certainly help in other ways. Throughout November, I’m going to post something you can do to help orphans. I hope you’ll take some time to be a voice for the voiceless.
Abraham on his 1st Birthday!
Remember the days when we used sunscreen OIL at the beach? Hawaiian Tropic SPF 2? This big jar of Island Coconut fragrance oil reminds me of a warm, sunny day on the beach. By February, I’m usually missing the sunshine and warmth something fierce, so I thought I’d be prepared by making some soaps and lotions that bring to mind warmer days.
I’ve already decided on one fragrance combination: Coconut and Lemongrass. What are some fragrance combinations with Island Coconut you’d like to smell?
My lotion supplies came today from Bramble Berry! Yay! I’ll spend the weekend making lotions that are chock-full of moisturizing goodness: Cocoa Butter, Sweet Almond Oil, Avocado Oil, and Vitamin E Oil. Then, I’ll fragrance them to match some of the Christmas gift baskets that will be ready soon: Cranberry Fig, Ginger Orange, Peppermint….Mmmmmm. I can’t wait!
Okay, I’m not sure how I feel about not being able to give my soap away for free. ;) But, because I LOVE this soap and the fragrance and I know you will, too, I’m going to run this giveaway again. Please don’t miss your chance to win a big ol’ bar of Almond Biscotti Soap AND an organza bag filled with your choice of three soap samples!
I love to unmold my soaps. It’s like opening a Christmas present. I do what I can to create the soap I’ve pictured in my head, but the unmolding phase is when I can see if my creation came to fruition. For Minty Meadow, I envisioned standing in a green field beneath a summer, blue sky and being surrounded with fragrant herbs. I think it turned out just right. :)
Why Love Orphans? from Christian Alliance for Orphans on Vimeo.
