little angel

well, my husband...

where to begin....

he often keeps me wondering.

in general he thinks solely

"like a man"

logic is the only way.

all of his thought process is so incredibly logic driven

[frankly it can get annoying for this often 

emotional thinker, hahaha]

therefore compassion can be very hard to come by for this man.

the little orphans on the

tv screen just dont work on 

him...

society's deprived do not make him look twice...

there is just not that soft, tenderness

that some people exude all the time.

{this can be confusing because he was

in church ministry for a good amount of time...but he did not do it to practice compassion or tenderness!}

yet...

every once in awhile i see a light.

this past weekend i saw that light again.

our church has a giving tree filled with angels{people who are in need}

and you could go pick one up to bless them on christmas.

well at church, mark all of a sudden disappeared

and he came back smiling very proudly

that he picked out an "angel" for us to bless on christmas.

its a little girl about elleanne's age

who basically needs "everything"

on top of just being 

blessed on christmas.

we have been calling her "our angel"

so he told me...well 

you like to shop

and i figured our family could bless

someone else because we are so blessed.

well, i rejoiced inside

because i always want to adopt everyone

who is truly in need...especially little kids!

[however if i am honest i felt a little overwhelmed and almost irritated that he thought i liked to shop (i used too...before taking 2 kids under 2...ooh and that this little girl is the same size as elle so it is hard to give it her and not my own daughter-however GOd quickly changed my heart there-pointing out to me that this little girl has nothing and elle has "everything" compared to her!)]

so to the stores i went.

well, my best shopping is at the 

thrift store :)

i buy stuff and spruce it up!

(we are also giving new stuff too!)

but i just wanted to show you something.

i found this baby doll

and she looked terrible.

looked like she been put in a blender!

hair everywhere, marks on her face and clothes

destroyed.

but i fell in love...

she sings and tells you how to get ready

i love her.

and now that i have been working on her

i love her even more

but what i have done is prayed for this little girl whenever i work on the doll she will be receiving.

its so stupid but it is going to be a real 

sacrifice to give her away

but i know she will be special to this little girl, i just know it!

here's the picture of the doll.

i wish i could show you what she looked like before but i did not take a picture.

but if you are reading this i am asking you to pray for our "little angel"

crazy how in just a little amount of

time that you spend praying and thinking about 

someone...someone you dont even know

and will never even know you- and yet you can love them.

i cant even fathom God's love for us!

well so i still have lots more work for this little girls christmas

but i just wanted to brag about my husbands compassion and how he is leading our family this christmas![and what God can use to teach us]

anyways

i have to share one other thing.

we got such a great gift.

auntie kate sent us a fisher price

nativity scene that the kids can play with.

why didn't i think of this?

its perfect, jesse is learning all about baby jesus and the christmas story.

we love it!

here's a video of not to long after we opened it!

ooohh and by the way....
i called it a horse that elle was chewing on.
well, mark corrected me...its a cow....i dint think they had cows...not sure why?