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Bring Hope and Help to a Child in Poverty

13 Friday Dec 2013

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Would you like to know how to spread the message of hope to a child living in poverty this Christmas season?

 The following children are available for sponsorship through Compassion International.  They each live in deep poverty, in communities that lack many of the basic things which are readily available to our own children.

 

 

  • One in six children 5 to 14 years old — about 16 percent of all children in this age group — is involved in child labor in developing countries.

  • In the least developed countries, 30 percent of all children are engaged in child labor.

  • Worldwide, 126 million children work in hazardous conditions, often enduring beatings, humiliation and sexual violence by their employers.

  • An estimated 1.2 million children — both boys and girls — are trafficked each year into exploitative work in agriculture, mining, factories, armed conflict or commercial sex work.

  • The highest proportion of child laborers is in sub-Saharan Africa, where 26 percent of children (49 million) are involved in work.

    In a world where more than a billion children live on less than U.S.$2 per day, connecting one child with one sponsor is the most strategic way to end child poverty.

    Through monthly gifts, prayer and letter writing, sponsors invest in the lives of children living in extreme poverty. This relationship communicates, “You are an important little person!”

    Children attend church-based child development centers where they receive life-changing opportunities that would otherwise be out of their reach. All Compassion-sponsored children have the opportunity to develop their God-given potential and be released from the poverty that has trapped their families for generations.

    Contact me at byquietwaters at gmail dot com for more information, or to sponsor one of these children.

It is almost time!

11 Wednesday Dec 2013

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Sponsorship Request

03 Tuesday Dec 2013

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Jill over at Compassion Family received word recently that two of her correspondent children have lost their financial sponsors.  She is hoping that someone in our blogging community can help find sponsors for these two precious children.

Click over to Jill’s blog for details!

Hope

03 Tuesday Dec 2013

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“The mattering part is never what isn’t.  The mattering part is never the chopped-off stump.  It isn’t what dream has been cut down, what hope has been cut off, what part of the heart has been cut out.

The tender mattering part is– you have a Tree.”  Ann Voskamp, The Greatest Gift

As Silver Refined by Kay Arthur

26 Tuesday Nov 2013

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It’s a quiet Saturday here at By Quiet Waters and I’m enjoying having a stuffed turkey in the oven, kids quietly puttering and the opportunity to clear off some of my to-dos.  As I was doing some online decluttering I found a review that I neglected to post.

As Silver Refined (Answers to Life’s Disappointments) by Kay Arthur

Maybe the reason this post was “shelved” for a while is because I struggled greatly to get through this book.  Not at all becuase it is poorly written or irrelevant.  But because when life is busy or I am deeply focused on a particular thing other things just do not “stick”.

The analogy to the refiner’s work on silver is a beautiful one and I do hope to approach this book again in the future, to soak up the word pictures and spend time reflecting on the Refiner, His fire and the outcome of the Refiner’s Fire.

This book was sent to me by Blogging for Books (WaterBrook Press, Multnomah Books and Shaw Books) in exchange for my thoughts and opinions.

Domestic Violence

14 Thursday Nov 2013

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As a woman, a mother, a daughter, and an adult survivor of horrific childhood abuse I so appreciate others who have the courage and ability to communicate well and share their story.

Shine the light in the dark places.  Speak life.  These words are taking on a deeper meaning today.

Give Them Grace

09 Saturday Nov 2013

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There are scores of parenting books available, and I’ve read more than a handful of them.  Often looking for that “formula” that will enable me to raise daughters who won’t make the mistakes that I’ve made, and maybe even, won’t make mistakes.

But if I’ve found any formulas in the pages of those books, not much has really stuck in my mind.  And while I do have some very amazing wonderful daughters…there is one big thing they inherited from their Momma.  We are selfish, broken sinners. 

Last spring I read Because He Loves Me with GraceLaced and Grace Full Momma and gleaned so much from the book.  Some of what I read in that book has even changed the way I mark up my Bible.  But most of all, a deeper understanding of who I am because Jesus loves me has changed the way I think and live.  Elyse Fitzpatrick wrote in such a way that I am sure the book was written specifically for me.
Looking for a book to read this fall, I decided to see what our library had of Elyse Fitzpatrick’s books.  There were two, and the one that really caught my eye was this Give Them Grace, dazzling your kids with the love of Jesus.

Oh the load that has slipped off my shoulders.  It isn’t for me to find a formula to ensure that my daughters follow Jesus and live a life of sweet joy, peace and love.  It is for me to show them the grace that has been showered upon me, upon each one of us, and to continually point to Jesus.

 

Maker of the Starry Sky

03 Sunday Nov 2013

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Have just a few minutes?  Head over to Shaun Groves blog and listen to this.

Maker of the starry sky
When all is bleak and broken
With your pow’r through us make bright

amen.

Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies

16 Wednesday Oct 2013

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This week we had a little over 1 cup of canned pumpkin left in the fridge that I intended to use in muffins.  One morning I wanted to have something that would stretch for snacks through the weekend.  So I adapted the Giant Breakfast Cookie recipe that I got from here to make Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies instead of muffins. Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies

 1C Butter, Melted

¾ C Honey

2 Eggs

1 tsp. Salt

2 tsp. Cinnamon

1 tsp. Ginger

½ tsp. Ground Cloves

1 tsp. Baking Soda

1 tsp. Vanilla

1 C Pumpkin

2 C  White Wheat, freshly milled

2 C Whole Rolled Oats

1 C  Raisins or Chocolate Chips (optional)

Sift dry ingredients with a fork or whisk, make a well and add wet ingredients.  Mix well just until all ingredients are wet.  Fold in raisins or chocolate chips if desired. Let dough sit for about 5 minutes.   Then Scoop heaping tablespoons onto a cookie sheet or baking stone.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 16 minutes.

 I baked about 2 dozen and put 9 dough balls into the freezer for a quick cookie snack on a busy day.  These cookies satisfy a sweet tooth and are training diet approved. 

As each of our girls go through a particular intense training they are to adhere to a Modified Training Diet.  This diet is not to lose weight or anything like that.  It is designed to maximize nutritional needs that increase during this training.  Sugar and refined grains are avoided during this time, and I love that I can still bless my kids with “cookies” while complying with the MTD!