Our church & Beanie Babies

Many of you know that this time last year God was beginning to show us that our church was not the right church for us. Through a heart-wrenching experience, God moved us away from Providence & back to Fellowship (where we attended pre-kids & moved when the twins were babies only to find a church that seemed to be a better fit for our family at that time). Although it was a difficult experience, we can now see why God was moving us back to Fellowship. Besides it being a place where all three of the boys will go to their classes & we can go to worship without being called out to tend to an upset child, they have a huge heart for SE Asia (since Vietnam is communist & works very hard to keep Christian influence out of the country, much of what our church does in the country is kept quiet & referred to as their ministry to "SE Asia" instead of "Vietnam"). When we were deciding which country God was leading us to adopt from, we asked God to give us a heart for our child's birth country. We felt God was calling us to a country that is closed to the Gospel, where our child would more than likely not hear about Christ unless she was adopted. Also, we have always dreamed of fostering a heart for missions in our children, & through out the past year we have felt God was showing us that our daughter's adoption should play a huge role in showing our children about missions. We do not want our heart for Vietnam to end with our trip to pick up our daughter, we want to continue supporting the Christian work that is done in the country & hopefully to return to the country as a family on mission trips. You may say, "Wow, keep dreaming", but we can see how God is using Fellowship to do just that! At church yesterday, we learned that they are collecting Beanie Babies for the children of Vietnam (the youth & college students are also going on a mission trip the country in June). Would it be cool or what if our daughter ended up getting one of the Beanie Babies?!!? So, if any of you have Beanies you would like to donate, please let us know. Also, spread the word to others.