tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64819711712287875212024-02-06T21:16:07.539-08:00Treasures Over The RainbowAdoption BlogRachellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09868403951386780928noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-2935411582619999082013-03-27T21:40:00.001-07:002013-03-27T21:49:06.267-07:00New Blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have now closed this blog to the public. <br />
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Visit <a href="http://www.yonderbreaksnearer.blogspot.com/">www.yonderbreaksnearer.blogspot.com</a> to view my new blog.<br />
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Thanks, Rachelle</div>
Rachellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09868403951386780928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-29730008538793666012013-03-01T15:17:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.888-07:00The End<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is my last post for this blog.<div>
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This blog has been a blessing to me for a little over 3 years. It began in December of 2009. It has served as a wonderful space for me to share a journey that will be unlike any other I'll ever have. I am so glad there was a way for me to share in the journey and that so many people were a part of it with us because of this blog. </div>
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If you've been reading this for the past 3+ years or if you began reading along the way, I want to thank you for sharing in this journey with me. I know many of you prayed earnestly for our family and I am very grateful for that. I hope that it caused you to have a closer relationship with the Lord in some way. I know it blessed our family to have your prayers & support.</div>
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As you well know this blog documented the journey to my children. While I have enjoyed sharing it these past 3 years, I now would like to hold it sacred for my children. I feel it served it's purpose and that now all that is in it belongs to Oliyad & Selah. </div>
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I will leave the blog open for just a few more days and then I will be closing it down. I have opened up a new blog called <a href="http://yonderbreaksnearer.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Yonder Breaks Nearer</a>. You can find it by<a href="http://yonderbreaksnearer.blogspot.com/"> clicking here</a>. I am sure there will be a post about Oliyad and Selah once in a while so if you are wanting an update on the kids, you'll probably be able to find one there from time to time.</div>
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Thank you again for your love, joy, support, and prayers these past years.</div>
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God Bless, Rachelle</div>
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Rachellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09868403951386780928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-79923284770470755672013-02-20T15:39:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.915-07:00Mobius<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In the kitchen<br />
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In the circle<br />
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On the horse<br />
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In the window<br />
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In the kitchen again<br />
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My brother & sister-in-law got us a year pass to <a href="http://www.mobiusspokane.org/index.php?c_ref=4" target="_blank">Mobius</a> Kids! We go at least every week and are loving it! It's a great escape from winter cabin fever. The fun is endless! Today we were the first ones there and the kids were in heaven running around with the place to themselves for a few moments. I love seeing what they choose to do. The first few times we went they picked things that were very familiar. Like Oliyad only wanted to play at the water table, anything to do with cooking, and with spoons and cups the first time. Those are two of his favorite things at home. Now he is branching out and seeing what else there is besides spoons and cups. Selah is now all about trying everything and laughing and jumping in excitement as she discovers new things. It's been a blessing to have so much fun outside the house when it's too cold outside! The sun is shining now so I am off to wake up the kids and get outside! Have a great Wednesday all!<br />
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Thanks Will & Ashley!<br />
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God Bless, Rachelle<br />
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Rachellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09868403951386780928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-50244547624106943822013-02-16T00:06:00.001-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.900-07:00Valentine From Oli & Selah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We had a fun first Valentines Day. Of course it was real too, tantrums and all, over the last bites of cheerio treats. The highlight for me was dancing during sunset with my children. This was our dance song for the night. I love this song currently. During the journey to adopt, my life was focused on the Lord. Now it's blessed by Him with my son & daughter who keep me very busy. SO it was fun to dance and just smile thanking & loving the Lord, for loving me enough to allow me to dance with my son & daughter at last. While dancing I just felt incredibly grateful to the Lord to be in that moment with my two children & full of hope for a closer relationship with the Lord once again.<br />
Selah loved the music & Oli loved the "bubbles" in the video.<br />
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Rachellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09868403951386780928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-90310257406447125172013-02-13T00:58:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.919-07:00less please<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A single plate is enough. That single pla</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">te, among other things or lack of things was apparently very impactful on me. This lesson really was not learned because I was in Ethiopia, in a country of people with less "stuff" than we have here in America. It was because we lived in a guest house with the things we had packed from home, the groceries & supplies we bought there, & what the guest house provided for us. I've stayed in cabins on vacations for 10 days or so, but never anywhere for 7 weeks. So what I learned about how I feel about stuff, I learned because we lived with little for so many days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Most people who enter my home or even make their way throughout our house would think we live with minimal amounts, some would feel our house is bare and sterile even already as it is. For me it is still too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Since coming home and now knowing the difference I feel like I am suffocating under all that <strike>we own,</strike> owns us. You may recall this post <u><a href="http://treasuresovertherainbow.blogspot.com/2012/12/stuff.html" target="_blank">Stuff</a></u> I wrote a few weeks ago about feeling overwhelmed with having too much "stuff". I prayed about how to handle it. Since then a lot has changed in my relationship with my stuff. I began my attack against it all & it is still going.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I recalled that I had started reading this book be<span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: nowrap;">fore we left for Ethiopia but had yet to finish it. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: nowrap;">So I've now finished it and it fueled my desire to live with less, even more.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/7-jen-hatmaker/1110788490?ean=9781433672965&isbn=9781433672965" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><img alt="7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess" src="http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9781433672965_p0_v1_s260x420.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;">You know that quote, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;">"Live simply so that others may simply live."? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;">Many of us myself included like this quote</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;">however to live out is altogether much harder than </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It's actually what is at the root of my stress & dislike of stuff, among a few other reasons. At the end of each day I find myself so tired and warn out from managing stuff that I just want to sit and relax and & be selfish with my time. My life is set up in a way that I believe in the word of the Lord & all scripture for instance: Mathew 6:19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal." and yet I have enough stuff keeping me from serving the Lord by keeping me busy serving all of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I am going to experiment with a few things and see where it leads. Remember how I had just one plate? I also had one bowl, one fork, etc.... Because of that we had to wash our dishes after every meal. In Ethiopia it was more time consuming than it would be here because there we had to boil water. Currently we use new dishes for every meal. Well starting tomorrow morning we will be using a very small fraction of the dishes we actually own. I am setting aside a cupboard of items we can use for each day and the other cupboard and a few drawers will be off limits. I am curious how much less time I will spend loading and unloading the dishwasher and how much time it will free up for me to work on the projects that the Lord has put on my plate to do instead. From there I will scale everything else back. I'll post about that soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have already been able to eliminate a lot of excess in our home and have gone through our house and taken away what I can and will continue to do this. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I'll update you on how this goes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I hope that if you feel the same way about stuff, you will feel encourage to begin to let go of your excess and find out if there is something God can do with the time you get back when you aren't managing it all as much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">God Bless, Rachelle</span><br />
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At last Josiah and I had our first date since we left for Ethiopia and came home with our children!!! </div>
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It only took seven months to get to this point where we felt comfortable to leave our kids for a few hours and enjoy an evening, just the two of us. It was perfect! We celebrated our eleventh Anniversary! Grandma Tami spent the night and the kids were asleep the entire time we were gone so it didn't even put a glitch in our bonding! We really, really appreciated our night out more than ever before and can't thank Josiah's mom Tami enough! I love this man & have to admit that my most favorite roll in life is being wife to Josiah Boone, of course mom comes in as a close second, but there is nothing like being Josiah's wife. My mom taught me at a young age that she loved us very, very much but that my dad would always come first. She said that some day we would leave and have spouses of our own and our own children and that my dad would be with her forever. She taught me right, I think. Looking forward to more date nights with my hubby! (not sure why I look like I am ready to shake hands?? but any way there we are ready to go out for the first time in 7 months!)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kind of afternoon I was dreaming of last winter.</span></div>
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Rachellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09868403951386780928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-27102821763970812492013-02-04T21:53:00.001-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.884-07:00Tutu Morning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">With certainty I dreamed of having a daughter. With certainty she was never this precious. On this morning Selah woke up early before everyone else. Her tutu she got from her grandma Tami was on the floor on our way out of her room. I was tired and thought, "Well it's early and I am tired but I have a little girl. I have a little girl and She has a tutu sitting right here on the floor. She should put it on. We should dance around." It was early & it was a great time to have a tutu kind of morning. So there she is peering out the window on a snowy winter morning, standing high on her tippy toes in her tutu. </span><br />
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Rachellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09868403951386780928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-10784209005347947212013-02-04T20:15:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.823-07:00Time & Love Gifts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So it's been a while since Christmas......however these hand made gifts we got this year just touched us so much that I had to share. For Christmas my dad made our daughter this beautiful baby cradle and my mom made an adorable mattress, quilt, & pillow to go with it! The note under the cradle is what brought me to tears the day after Christmas when I finally saw it. As if that's not cool enough, my dad made our son a bunch of stained & painted blocks with some stenciled on letters too. All the blocks were beautifully packaged in the bag my mom made to go with them. I was just blown away at the thoughtfulness, time, and love my parents put in to these gifts and couldn't imagine more precious gifts for their first Christmas. Our family isn't in to celebrating Christmas by spending, shopping.....and forgetting all about Jesus so we were delighted that my mom & dad took the time in their busy lives to make some things with their own talents and things that they already had at home. Warms my heart so much to picture my dad out in his shop and my mom downstairs in her sewing room thinking of their two new grand babies. Such love!<br />
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Before Christmas even got here an amazingly thoughtful friend who I am most undeserved to call friend, Alana Carlander, came by to give our family a gift. She is always, always, always, surprising me with flowers, more flowers, gifts, and just thoughtful gestures that have continued to make me feel loved. I am not sure how I can ever thank her enough for being the type of friend she is to me. Soooo back to the gift she brought by this Christmas. She made that beautiful Africa with the heart over the region where Ethiopia is and painted the faith sign to match! Plus she made it all rainbow style! LOVE! I got teared up when she brought it by and once again felt so loved. This now hangs in our children's room.<br />
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Any way I just wanted to take a moment and be thankful. I have a lot to learn from the thoughtfulness of my dad, mom, and Alana! Blessed!<br />
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God Bless, Rachelle</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lately I have been working on getting our family photos up around the house. After I got my first round of photos up my son was so excited and kept walking around the house with this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> He loves to point out each family member and often follows up at the end by saying, "family", like we have taught him. When we were in Ethiopia one of the most precious things our son said in Amharic was, "Mamayay" and "Ababayay". Our driver in Ethiopia explained to us that when Oliyad would add the "yay" ending to mama or ababa he was saying, "My mama" or "My ababa (daddy)" in Amharic. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(FYI I am certain I am not spelling this correctly as I am just spelling it phonetically.) </span><span style="font-size: large;">When I found this out I immediately started saying "Oliyadyay" and his eyes would light up and he'd laugh & smile. Now here at home we all still use it very often to refer to one another. Lately Oliyad has been enjoying pointing to each of us at breakfast, lunch, or dinner and as he points he says, "Mamayay, Ababayay, Selahyay". It is so awesome to hear him saying those words. He also loves to do this when he is looking at photos of our family. It seems to me that this is a great bonding activity for him. He can say "My mama...ababa...sister..." but I think using these familiar Amharic words together with us, is also a fun way for him to bond with us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When putting up family photos around the house, naturally most of the photos are up high were Selah & Oli can not see them unless we are holding them. So I am placing some pictures down on their level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we got home from our first trip to Ethiopia one of the first things I did was put these up on the fridge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids both love to look at these and just this morning Oliyad caught me off guard as he said, "Good morning Ethiopia!". Since getting home over 6 months ago I have pointed out to him that these pictures are from Ethiopia. However he was remembering something that we use to say together often from our balcony at our guest house. While in Ethiopia with them I always made sure to point out at our view over looking Ethiopia when on the balcony and roof top and said, "Ethiopia." or I would encourage them to say it by saying, "Good morning Ethiopia." or "Good night Ethiopia". Writing this now, I just recalled telling him to say, "Good bye Ethiopia." as our plane lifted off the ground when we left Ethiopia for home in the US. mmm sweet memory.... Any way I have always loved photos for their ability to help keep memories alive & active in your memory. It's awesome to see that working for our son. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are enjoying them very much & I look forward to the conversations that these will create in our kitchen each day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Along with these refrigerator magnets I previously made, coasters, & a wet erase magnet board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Step 1: Go to <a href="http://www.picmonkey.com/">www.picmonkey.com</a> and create a collage & save to your computer/or if you only want a single photo then simply print it to fit the CD case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Step 2: Using Microsoft works word processor, insert your photo and scale to size to fit CD case</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Step 3: Print your collage or photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Step: 4 Cut photo, collage, or paper to fit case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Step 5: Open CD case and remove the CD case cover photo paper insert and the back cover insert.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Step 6: Replace with your collage, photo, or even your favorite scrap booking paper as I did for my coasters and wet erase magnet board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Step 7: Put case back together. (If you still need to store your CD and inserts just put them back in the case and place the inserts behind your photo, collage or paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(For a larger surface utilize the back of the CD case as the front of your magnet, coaster or wet erase board.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is one of very few creations that I </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">did not </b><span style="font-size: large;">find on Pinterest but came up with on my own. I know it is helping with our family bonding and I hope it will help with yours too!</span></div>
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God Bless, Rachelle</div>
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Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-57652255644971516802013-01-16T00:20:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.903-07:006 Months!<span style="font-size: large;">Today marks 6 months since the day our family began living our daily lives together as a family!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God Bless, Rachelle</span>Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-62907402139215637602013-01-16T00:05:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.906-07:00I Love You Mom<span style="font-size: large;">"I love you mom." He said as I sat beside him on the edge of his bed just a few days ago. I was sitting looking at the mess of furniture I had in the room as I tried to envision a new arrangement for their new room. It was an ordinary day, an ordinary moment while I busily tried to adjust our home to our new ways of living in it. I hadn't said anything to him to cause him to say it. The room had been silent just before he said those sweet words. He's said it before. This was his first time to say it without having responded to me saying it to him. He spoke to me like he was <strike>seven</strike> no more like 27. I looked at him and his eyes were full of his twinkles like he gets when he is happy. He giggled as I said, "You do?". We laughed and laughed and hugged and he was just so happy. We had a very clear understanding in that moment sitting there on the edge of his bed nearly six months since our lives began together. He knew what he was telling me and I knew he meant it.</span><br />
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<br />Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-63616464077633852932013-01-03T23:29:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.908-07:00Photos of Ethiopia & A Scrap of Paper or A Memory<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tax season is kicking up and my husband and I have our work cut out for us to get prepared as my husband is a real estate agent and sole proprietor. Part of that process involves going through all our receipts. As I was going through them tonight I couldn't. I had to stop. It's that Ziploc bag full of receipts that I picked tonight that is so full of emotion for me. Often times when receipts are gathered up other random small papers are too. Well this bag had so many triggers of memories of our time in Ethiopia, our first days as a family. I just want to do it over again. We have the children now and life with them here is so precious but I miss those first precious moments so much. I think that's probably normal. I also miss Ethiopia. So what was in the bag full of memories? Many very short grocery lists on sticky notes for Josiah to take with him as he went out for the day to walk to the store in front of the Mega building on Africa Street. Those little instructions telling him the color of wipes container to look for, because we had found a wipe brand that we liked but didn't know how to say or write the name. Our pediatricians business card from Ethiopia. It reminds me of our first walk for our family visit to the Dr. and getting real instructions on how to care for our children for the very first time. Many bank statements of times when Josiah would transfer dollars for Birr. Since we didn't know when we were leaving we did this often in small amounts. Grocery receipts from our trips when we picked up a lot of food and supplies with our driver Dawit. It reminds me of how the cashier inside the grocery store would ring up a total and a receipt and they would load the groceries in to our cart. Then we would go out the doors to the main entrance and stand in line at another counter and they would take our credit card and the first receipt and that's where we payed. One time the power went out between getting our first receipt and paying for the groceries. Thankfully it was a short outage. The power going out was a regular occurrence. I somehow even miss that. Ripped off corners of paper that I took from the lobby in the guest house to write down notes on. Josiah's cheat sheet for currency rates from our very first trip to Ethiopia. The receipts from the laundry service we used. Reminds me of how excited I was every time a load of fresh laundry returned to us as we rarely wore clean clothes since it was so pricey to have them washed. My daughters stub to one of her plane tickets from our trip home. Makes me recall our long journey across the globe and how far and yet near Ethiopia is. An envelope that has two leftover passport photos inside that Josiah had to have taken while we were in Ethiopia in order to purchase an Ethiopian phone number for his cell phone. It reminds me of how Josiah had to leave the guest house nearly every day on foot because he could only get us enough supplies for a few days as he carried everything around the streets to our guest house every time he went out. I remember looking down at the court yard anxious for the gate keeper to hear Josiah knocking at the gates to open them. Sometimes I looked down through our windows in our room and saw Josiah walking down the red dirt road and was so happy to see him there. I wasn't afraid, not of the people any way. People in Ethiopia are very kind and relaxed. I did though wonder how I would ever find him there if he didn't return for some strange reason. But that's when I would just trust in the Lord. Any way this little stash of small sticky notes, bank statements, scraps of paper, business cards, plane tickets, and receipts got my memories going. I am glad I came across these small little things that serve nearly like a short journal entry of a time in my life I want to remember every detail of. God was good to give us that time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once we knew we were leaving Ethiopia and would be going home, we took one trip out with the kids with our driver. This would be our first & last real outing in Ethiopia for this trip and we wanted to celebrate our children getting their visas. Our trip ended at one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, ever. It was a resort. We thought we were going to a nice restaurant on a lake, but our driver took us to this gorgeous resort on a lake instead. It was a wonderful first meal out as a family and a beautiful place to celebrate our journey's end. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have yet to share any photos of Ethiopia outside our guest house, from our second trip there so I decided to finally put this together. This is a very long, unedited slide show that gives you a window view of Ethiopia as we drove a few hours out of town to the place where we celebrated our completion of our adoption process. I hope you enjoy the view of our children's beautiful birth country. We did.</span><br />
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Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-30736865279741833072012-12-26T23:02:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.890-07:00New for December 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-38364126928040292232012-12-11T21:54:00.001-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.894-07:00My Mom's Birthday
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I wanted to wish my mom a happy 60th and post this on her actual birthday....but I have kids! YAY!<br />
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Mom I love you beyond, beyond! </div>
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We celebrated with a surprise private party at Luna Restaurant. We filled every seat with those who love her dearly. A wonderful time was had by all and stomachs were more than happy and full. Mom was surprised and had a wonderful time..........<br />
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I can not tell you how many events over the years that I didn't enjoy or dreaded going to because I was missing my two children. So now when I am at a party like this one or some other event I take it in more and enjoy it more because I know what it was like before. I like it so much better now!<br />
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God Bless, RachelleJosiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-15612676312923580372012-12-05T00:27:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.828-07:00Stuff<span style="font-size: large;">It just takes 3 days of really not being home and then our home...it's buried under "stuff" somewhere. When we get busy coming and going, our house becomes a disaster zone and our "stuff" is exposed. So tonight I began to tackle it after the kids were asleep, because as a mom I am thankful to have already learned that reading that story, or taking the kids to watch their dad's basketball game, or just sitting down for no reason at all are all more important than a tidy house. So as I try and pick up and wipe up, and reorganize, strategize new organization, load and unload.....I am just overwhelmed with "stuff". As my husband passes through the kitchen after helping me tidy as well, I tell him that I am thinking that we should pretend we are all leaving for a two month stay in Ethiopia, pack our bags and then get rid of everything else. He knows I am not totally serious, but that I also kinda am. I think about our time in Ethiopia and what we lived with. We each had a plate, fork, knife, spoon, cup, enough clothes, just enough food, diapers, some toys, books, computer & ipad one burner, sink, and small fridge and tiny freezer.....GASP! WE lived! So I wonder what all this stuff is that I am managing and spending time nearly worshiping once the babes are asleep. I want to spend that time in study and worship of the Lord and in serving Him not my stuff. So I am going to pray for the Lord to help me figure this out...how to stop the near worship of things... I know you are thinking to yourself, ""worship" why is she calling it that?" Well, worship is when we give up of our time and our money and ourselves for something or someone...hence....worship. It's a sneaky thing that "stuff". It steals His worshipers and keeps them busy managing stuff so they can't find time or dig their way out to find Him who is worthy of their worship. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That stopped me. I had to go sit down. All this managing of excess stuff I don't want to manage put me back there in Ethiopia. I find myself missing that time in my life so much. It was only a few months ago and a lot of the time while there, I spent wanting to be here. So I sat down and put on some music that we had while we were there and like the hint of a smell that passes by you & triggers memories, so did this music. I recalled it playing on the ipad while we put our children to sleep at night. I could feel the temperature in the room, the smells, the feeling of holding Selah, rocking her in my arms while Josiah helped Oli fall asleep as well. I don't know maybe it's like the memories of those first moments holding your child after giving birth and you have them in your arms. If you are a mom, don't you crave to relive those first moments of seeing your baby for the first time? Well for me I just crave those first days so much. They were hard yes, but so precious. They just stand on their own. Everything, everything was different for us during that time and it was all so unique and such a once in a life time kind of time. Anyway, the time just passes sincerely fast. It doesn't wait for you to enjoy it, live in it, embrace it. What I do love is that it is possible for you to grab that memory, close your eyes, and be thankful for it. I do that often when I think of my dear brother Ryan. I thank God for the gift of memories. But in the time while I am existing in the present I want to do an even better job of being glad in it and seeing it better. When my kids went to sleep in Ethiopia, I didn't stay up until midnight managing stuff. When my kids go to sleep here at home, I manage my stuff. I know it will likely never be as it once was in Ethiopia with very few things to manage. I am asking the Lord for direction in helping me eliminate the stuff that is stealing His worship and my time in close relationship with Him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Any way I'll leave you with a few pictures I captured in Ethiopia of things I wanted to remember that remind me of the simplicity of how we lived there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one is the milk for Oliyad's bottles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This photo just reminds me of how we did the dishes and how we had 3 things to cook in. The tea kettle, a pan, and a pot. After finishing that speghetti sauce we used the jar for any left-overs.</span></div>
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<br />Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-89014948371253657672012-11-17T13:59:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.917-07:003 Years Ago<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Three Years Ago Today....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We called up our parents and told them to stop by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we shared the news with them </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">about our decision to adopt 2 children from Ethiopia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They were so happy for us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our process began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then a lot of time past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of things happened.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of lessons were learned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And two precious babies were born into this world!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Three years later....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Those two little ones are taking a nap upstairs in our house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Praise the Lord that this year they are home at last!</span></div>
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Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-2229140670819257202012-11-16T19:00:00.003-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.879-07:00Their First Snow
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, since then we took a trip up to Josiah's parents where we pulled them with rope on sleds and even went down hill many times. They loved it and laughed and Oliyad kept asking for more and Selah giggled and smiled almost the entire time. I think they will enjoy the snow nearly as much as they enjoyed the water buckets and sprinkler this summer and the leaves this fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Enjoying the seasons more than ever.</span> </div>
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<br />Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-18336751209699094542012-11-09T01:02:00.000-08:002013-09-02T20:51:35.830-07:00Together At Last Together Forever<span style="font-size: large;">So I should be in bed....but I just can't help myself & just have to say......</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love this girl!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few days ago my sweet miss Selah and I went out on a mother daughter lunch date. While we waited for our friend and her baby boy to join us we just sat at a table together and hung out. I <strike>felt like</strike> I was in a dream. Just sitting there next to her and getting to enjoy time alone with just her for a few moments was just one of those moments that are extra dear.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> When we got home she was so excited to see her dad and he was so excited to see her too. It was like it had been a whole week since they were last together the way they smiled at each other when we got home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am working on a project that reminded me of my long time top favorite movie that I watched hundreds of times as a child, Annie. The movie from the 1980s not the new version. My parents use to rent a VCR, yes I said "rent" & "VCR" from the pizza shop down the street and the movie Annie. I would watch it as many times as I could until they had to return the VCR and video. Any way the song has gotten stuck in my head. The main lines, "Together at last, together forever." any way so I looked it up on youtube to see if I could find the scene. I found it:) Well of course I have to share the fun of Annie so enjoy this little clip of the song from youtube. By the way in the lyrics it says "I don't need anything but you." I'd be telling a lie if I said I didn't need the Lord....so while it can sometimes feel like I don't need anything but my hubby and kiddos....I need the Lord even more. Ok enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh and one more thing....I love the line "Yesterday was plain awful, you can say that again, but that's, not now, that's then."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh how I can sing that line......many days along our road things stood in our way but oh how that was</span> <span style="font-size: large;">then, not now! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">God Bless, Rachelle</span>Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6481971171228787521.post-2349882635362406032012-11-03T21:40:00.000-07:002013-09-02T20:51:35.881-07:00Nearly Stupid. What You Can't Feel That I Wish You Could<span style="font-size: large;">(I want to add a little note here to say this post is not meant to be an insult. It was written out of joy. Also please know we appreciate all the love and kindness you've all shared with us along the way. I just wanted to share these feelings and know that it might be helpful to those considering adoption themselves.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't make you feel what I do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We hear all the time what a good thing it is we did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are told that our children are blessed to have us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are told these things so very often. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What rings more true and more real for me is that I am Oliyad and Selah's mom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am just a mom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Really. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am their mama.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you could feel what I feel in my heart when I open the door to my son who is in his bed crying out for me, "Mama, Mama, Mama!" you'd understand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you could feel the flutter of my daughter's eye lashes against mine as she gives me butterfly kisses when I ask her for a kiss, you'd know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You would know that....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am rescued. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am rescued by the Lord who gave me</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">my son</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is that simple. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So though I appreciate the love from others and mean no offense, to this mama, it seems "nearly stupid" to think I've done a good thing, because for me.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What else is a mom suppose to do but to raise up and love and care for her children. It is good to adopt, but once you have, it's just what was always going to be and what you can't believe you are so blessed to get to do. I do believe we followed the Lord on this path and that He leads us to do good, but that sometimes we get to be the ones blessed by how He includes us in His story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My heart literally shrivels and wants to flea at the word "orphan" in connection with my son and my daughter. It hurts, because that is not ever what God had in store for them, not ever. Not for anyone. He promises us all that he will not leave us as orphans that he will come to us. John 14:18</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So as Orphan Sunday is tomorrow, I write this post. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I do not write this post this time with the message to you to do something good or to hear the cry of the orphan, although I have posted that before and still believe that God calls us to care for the orphan....this time I am writing this for the mama or daddy out their who in their heart, hears the cry of <strike>the orphan</strike> their child. You know if you know. God just stirs your heart. You just feel it. There are hundreds of people who say they'd like to adopt some day who really just like the idea of it, think it's cool or trendy. Or those who say that once they have "their own" children first then they will adopt. Maybe someday they will adopt after having "their own" children and then they will laugh at why they ever thought that only a biological child would be "their own".<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>......but then there are those who know they have "their own" child out there that will join their family through adoption. </span><span style="font-size: large;">There are also those who just don't know this yet, but when the time is right the Lord will lead their hearts. Your child may be waiting now or someday down the road. Mine are no longer waiting and for this I am truly thankful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am blessed to know the love of adoption and that it feels the same as the love I have for my spouse, the same as I have for my brothers and my parents. They are my babies and I am so blessed & they bring me so much joy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So if you feel a tug, go and pray. Maybe just as simple as, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Lord, I don't know for certain what your plans are for me, but if it is your will for me to adopt my child will you lead my every step and give me faith along the way? I thank you dear Lord if there is a child of mine out there, I thank you for that child. Thank you that you will watch over my child until I can get to him/her if it is your will for me. Please just rule over my heart and my daily actions and I pray now Lord most especially that you would lead my heart in my desire to adopt & what to do next." Amen. (Or your own prayer, this is just an idea of where to start.) God is good to answer prayers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this picture is a little blurry,,,,but I am certain you can see the joy in all of us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God Bless, Rachelle</span>Josiah Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720029715140294364noreply@blogger.com1