time for an update!
Hello all- Welcome to the newly updated page! Thank you to Sharon @ Redbud Designs!! Also, you may have noticed that the "address" is new too! brimminggrace.com is now our official domain name!
View ArticleAdoption update #7
After having our paperwork approved by US Immigration, we have now been informed that it is making it's way to the US Embassy in Uganda where it will be readily available once we are matched!! Praise...
View Articlethe end of 2011 in photos
Better late than never right?!?Here are a few out takes from our Christmas. Playing with Aunt Mary Making a giant gingerbread man... of he was a Carolina Pather gingerbread man :) Gabe and Cozi (from...
View ArticleHow to Fight Fear
I watched this today.So good, and so necessary for my heart right now.(See the link below) How to Fight Fear
View Articleuganda calling
Uganda has been calling me for more than the adoption... A friend presented me with an opportunity to go to Uganda this April with a group called, Visiting Orphans ( www.visitingorphans.org ),...
View Articleadoption update #8
So we received news from our agency last week and I have been doing a lot of processing. + The sad news is that they have extended our match time estimate by 6 months. So instead of hopefully being...
View Articlelife is never threadbare
Sometimes I am just completely overwhelmed. Overwhelmed at what lies ahead or by the wreckage of yesterday.... but more and more I am overwhelmed by the threads. These threads, they are the intricate...
View Articlethe frenzy of KONY 2012
There has been a huge influx of attention on Uganda this past week as "KONY 2012" went viral. For those who have not seen it, it is a video campaign targeted at capturing Joseph Kony. Joseph Kony is...
View ArticleRed Bus Tour Flyer
Red Bus Tour Flyer, a photo by ShowHope on Flickr.If this bus is coming to your area, do not miss this neat opportunity to bless!
View Articlemonth(s) in pictures - Jan&Feb 2012
Here are some highlights from our start to 2012. I can hardly believe we have surpassed the one year mark in CA. playing on the beach we snuck away for one night as a family to Coronado Island,it was...
View Articlesinging to brim
Hmm... okay the title of this blog is "Brimming Grace" mainly because that is what I imagine brings God the most glory and brings us to Heaven's doorstep on earth. That every utterance from my lips,...
View Articlethe sand storm
I haven't posted for a couple weeks now... you see, I have been caught in a sand storm. It's been blurry and confusing and most days I find my self scurrying yet with little to show for it. It is like...
View ArticleFeet on the ground in Uganda!
Thank you for all your prayers! We have made it safely to Kampala, Uganda. We arrived last night around 1 am and settled in. It was amazing to see as we pulled out and gathered all the art supplies,...
View ArticleSix today
Dearest Gabe, It was the hardest hurdle to overcome saying "yes" to this trip to Uganda...knowing that it meant missing your birthday.But part of loving you as a gift from the Lord means living this...
View ArticleUganda trip recap
My sweet friend, Kylie, put this video together chronicling our trip to Uganda. I wanted to share it with you all especially since I have been terrible about posting on our recent journey! It was an...
View Articleburned by beauty
i forget the pastor or even the church of which i heard this sermon.. it was years ago... but what i do remember is this - the pastor portraying a story of a prodigal (which aren't we all?) and...
View Articlewait, beloved
One of the things the Lord whispered to me on my recent trip to Uganda dealt with one of my least favorite things - waiting I am typically terrible at waiting... Long and changing timelines make me...
View Articlea graduation
I know it has been forever since I have put up photos on here, but that is what I am going to do. Our little boy isn't very little any more. He is now a first grader!
View ArticleSummer Reading
I feel like I have been in some sort of hibernation period. Seeking to listen and learn more and let my words be few. Ah... that is the tricky part at the end! Just a season of quiet. I have been...
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