The girls and more...

I have to share a great story of Bailey...
Last Sunday night we visited a local church (great friends and my cousin and his family attend there). They invited us to come and visit. It was a good service and at the end the speaker encouraged anyone who would like to come forward if they would like to pray about anything specific or if they desired a closer walk with God. It was a very open alter service/call. My Bailey (whom has a HUGE heart for God) immediately leans over and asks me if I'll go up front and pray with her. I of course would NEVER tell my baby no, they can't get closer to God... so to the front to the alter we go (Bailey and I)!
We go over to the side by ourselves and Bailey immediately begins to cry... (sob really). I ask her what it is that she wants to pray about specifically... She listed several prayer requests, but do you know what the first one was?? Our adoption and her brother(s) in Kazakhstan. I asked her what specifically she wanted to pray for them about... and she (bawling her eyes out) says she can't help it, but she's worried about all the millions of orphans in the world.. and that her brothers might be hungry!
Is that not the sweetest most kind hearted thing you've ever heard?? You can imagine the tears were falling for me...
Now, before I get a million anonymous and rude comments.. please know that we know that Kazakhstan does a good job of taking care of their babies... we've tried to teach Bailey about the children in the world who are hurting and need a family, love, and support... The word of God tells us to care for them.... therefore that's what we are teaching her.. and she has a MASSIVE heart for it... God is so working in her and it's so awesome to see!!

Another amazingly wonderful thing that happened today is that Brooklyn asked Jesus into her heart... I know, I know.. she's young... but, she asked about it.. and her Daddy led her in a simple prayer. Let me tell you the story: Phil had taken the girls outside and they were putting the goats in the pen, etc.. :-) and I was finishing getting ready (we were getting ready to leave). Phil is putting Brook into her carseat and she asks her Daddy how he knows he will go to heaven. They had been talking about heaven and various other things and so she thought to ask that. (Also, just so you know.. she's been talking about asking Jesus into her heart for a few weeks, and at one point told me that she hadn't ask him into hers and wasn't ready to do that yet!!) :-) and my brother got saved last Sunday... so she's heard us all talking and rejoicing about that!!! (Thank you Lord!!) So, Phil simply tells her that if you have asked Jesus into your heart you can go to heaven... (keeping it simple for a 3 year old!).. She doesn't' say anything and is very quiet...then says... "OK, Daddy, I am doing it, I'm asking him into my heart!" Phil says she was SO serious.. and so he says, really sis... do you want me to pray with you?? She says yes and he leads her in a VERY simple prayer. I come out of the house to the van about that time and find Bay and Phil both in tears... Phil begins to tell me the story and says, "oh my gosh.. I just led my 3 year old baby in prayer and she asked Christ into her heart!" He was so moved and it was just amazing!!!
I know that some of you may think she's to young to "get it," but, just know that there is NO way we are going to tell a child they are to young to live for Christ... No way... It was a very special moment for Phil and I have to say it was very sweet.

Here are some random pictures from the last few weeks...




This first one is of the girls with my Dad riding his pony... Brooklyn has NO fear and LOVES every second. We didn't exactly have play clothes on, but who says you can't ride a horse and pick out some goats in your church clothes anyway?! This is the day my Dad gave them their goats.



This picture is right after they'd picked them out... Bailey's goat is named Brownie and Brooklyn's is Blackie! My Dad is real thoughtful with the names, huh?! ha ha



This is just a picture I took of Bailey that I really love. Anyone want to guess who she is pretending to be??? She has some play/dress up dresses that she LOVES to dress up in... She's such a great kid!!!




This is just another picture of both the girls that I thought I'd share... They are so precious to us and we are so blessed!!