tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post3457055597407439070..comments2024-02-07T11:31:44.141+03:00Comments on On Life in St. Petersburg: Made itElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-48669155473139835492009-05-25T01:29:56.654+04:002009-05-25T01:29:56.654+04:00"love you, liz. and i love seeing what God is doin..."love you, liz. and i love seeing what God is doing through you."<br /><br />Liz, please, do not delete this post.<br /><br />No, they have NOT seen what God is doing through you. Not that he cannot or may not use you, but they did not see anything. Just because someone says something, it doesn't make it true.<br /><br />This false encouragement is just that... false. Jody, Ruth please email me. Some REAL people need some REAL help. Can you help them? Financially, spiritually, emotionally? They are not some folks out there in the 3d wold countries. They are your neighbors, co-workers.<br /><br />We have people, right here in Tally, begging for money on a lot of the city corners. You want to help them? I am sure they have kids that need to be taken care of too.<br /><br />I am tired of this mission-like falsehood. Someone here in the US need to rise up against it. And it ain't gonna be me. Are there serious Christian leaders in the US who can break down this falsehood? I know I am ahead of my time for about 10 years. I guess I have to wait for another 10 years.V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-62539635353179627412009-05-24T19:35:10.139+04:002009-05-24T19:35:10.139+04:00love you, liz. and i love seeing what God is doing...love you, liz. and i love seeing what God is doing through you.Jody and Ruth Beenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312927319449237053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-76246685417445250242009-05-24T16:26:38.375+04:002009-05-24T16:26:38.375+04:00Mary, I saw Betty and Irina as well as Vera, Nina,...Mary, I saw Betty and Irina as well as Vera, Nina, and Marina from "Road of Life." <br /><br />Annie, I'd always heard that there were a lot of children available for domestic adoption as well. I'm surprised that isn't true. In Russia, financial help is needed as well as housing for adoptive families. I suppose one obstacle is that you need to not only find a source for these but also have a whole procedure developed for how the support will be allotted. Lots of paperwork involved!<br /><br />Vitali, I agree with you about not needing to draw attention to ministry! That's a good point. This conference was more of an information exchange and not a "show and tell." I tried to explain in my post how gracious and humble the speakers were. They were NOT boasting about or advertising their own success. We were all from different ministries with similar goals, and agreed...why "reinvent the wheel" if we all have something to share with each other that would save a lot of time and energy? Sometimes if you go out and "just do" something, you end up wasting time because of needing to correct mistakes. Maybe I shouldn't have written about it on my blog...but I thought that the exchange could continue here, as I know some of my readers also work with orphans.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283395756742923658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-63924104111269027142009-05-24T02:28:45.774+04:002009-05-24T02:28:45.774+04:00Too many leaders start out with the best of intent...Too many leaders start out with the best of intentions, but then get caught up in doing the wrong thing for the sake of keeping their appearances.<br /><br />It shouldn't be that way. Ok, a conference. There are millions of conferences that are taking places everywhere in the world. What's the point?<br /><br />Someone saying they are happy for you?<br /><br />Is that a point? If it is, I wonder how you, personally, feel about it. If you feel great, I'd say, it is not really what you need.<br /><br />I remember one of Petra's (and one of my fav. songs - yes, I am THAT old!) songs "Seen and not heard".<br /><br />Seen and not heard,<br />seen and not heard <br />Sometimes God's children <br />should be seen and not heard.<br /><br />There's too much talk, <br />and not enough walk. <br />Sometimes God's children <br />should be seen and not heard<br /><br />Nothing against the Heards, just a play of words there.<br /><br />I like it though.<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br />How about doing something. I mean, I visited hundreds of conferences myself. What's the point? It's like going to church EVERY Sunday. It doesn't make anyone more spiritual. Spiritually lazy, maybe.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Anyway, real work is waiting.V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-16019739696051384612009-05-23T04:46:57.956+04:002009-05-23T04:46:57.956+04:00I'm sorry I missed this conference. I think my fr...I'm sorry I missed this conference. I think my friends Betty and Irina went to it, right?Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230898402299847447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-22817031329633871632009-05-23T03:10:33.626+04:002009-05-23T03:10:33.626+04:00I'd be interested in details you have to share.
M...I'd be interested in details you have to share.<br /><br />My great question is why adoption must be so expensive. It is not convincing people to adopt that is the problem (at least not at this point) it is all the people who long to, who dream of it, but who cannot come up with the ordinarily enormous sums necessary. <br /><br />I've been amazed recently to find out that there really are almost no children to adopt in the US. I accidentally joined a yahoo adoption group focused on domestic adoption, but continued membership since it was interesting. I was frankly amazed at the numbers of couples and singles longing to adopt....even much older, even disabled, emotionally impaired children, of any race....even sibling groups - and not getting referrals. Apparently for one sibling group of three AA children, two of which were over twelve there were over forty couples who submitted homestudies before the agency refused to accept more. It is so odd that the "buzz" is that there are all these children available. When I look on the Michigan list I see primarily AA older teen boys. <br /><br />So....there are loving families...if only they could afford the cost, and had the help. I got so lucky stumbling on an agency, the purpose of which was actually to help children, particularly older children. It was small so there was no overhead, no employees to pay (only one or two part-time SWs to assist, as needed with homestudies). There ought to be more agencies like that!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949422246633548404.post-7451398471980216882009-05-22T19:38:40.895+04:002009-05-22T19:38:40.895+04:00So glad you enjoyed the conference. I have heard ...So glad you enjoyed the conference. I have heard good things about it too. I look forward to hearing your visa story work out. Life is interesting, eh?!The Herdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472507772885670488noreply@blogger.com