Hey ya'll, I thought maybe this could be a good place to also help get the word out for my brother Jason's trip. Here's what he put on facebook:
"I have a really cool opportunity to go to Haiti at the end of this month to help out an organization called Help Heal Haiti. In order to accomplish what I am setting out to do, I need to raise some funds to get one more piece of camera gear. I am offering a really great opportunity for you to help me out, and get something beautiful in return. For every donation of $50 or more (plus shipping if you need it mailed) I am offering a limited addition 11x14" signed print from my last trip to Ethiopia. Please consider supporting my trip by purchasing one of these prints. Feel free to email me at jasoncrigler@gmail.com. Also check out my website, jasoncriglerphotography.com. Thank you so much!"
This organization has asked Jason to take photos for their new brochure and such. He is an amazing photographer. I posted one of his photos in my last blog from one of his trips to Uganda. This photo that he is offering is, as he said, from his trip to Ethiopia. He has sold other photos or other pieces of art for far more than $50. This is a great way to help a great guy out and get an amazing piece of art at the same time. Thanks ya'll!!
I don't have much to blog about today, in fact I should get off of the computer and go clean my house! We have some friends staying with us for a while (they're in the process of moving to Japan) and they have a dog. I made the comment last night, "why bother vacuuming with three dogs in the house?" BUT I really want to vacuum, even if it just stays clean for a day. Anyways, back to why I am bloggin' today. I was reading one of the blogs I follow and she just had a really good point that I wanted to share with you all.
As you know we are trying to raise money for our adoption but there's so much more to this adoption than us simply becoming parents. A friend asked me recently why we are adopting and why from Ethiopia and not the US. I told her that it's not we don't want biological children, it's that God has not allowed that to happen yet. There is a reason why we haven't gotten pregnant, a reason perhaps only God knows. But I think maybe it's so that we have been brought to this moment, this situation so that His perfect timing will bring us to the children that He wants us to raise. We aren't just becoming parents and a family, we are saving each other from not having a family.
Please read this blog of an amazing woman that has adopted so many children and still desires to adopt more if only there was the money. I'm not saying we want to adopt ten kids but we still feel a calling to adopt. I'm not sure if I have said this before but Chris and I always had a plan to adopt, but later after our biological children were a bit older. We wanted to adopt kids that were older, 9 or 10 years old. Typically, in order to adopt the older kids, you had to of already had the older kids. I guess it will just have to wait until these first kids are older. :)
The photo is courtesy of Jason Crigler Photography, aka baby bro, he's awesome. Check out his work here.
Oh mylanta! The dogs are freaking out, time to go!!
