the paxton project: the perfectionist...

Thursday, February 3, 2011

the perfectionist...

There are so many things I love about my life. My husband, working @ YWAM Orlando, my friends, traveling and my mom. But one of the things I love most in life is spending quality time with Tysen. The question is: if I love it so much, why do so many things tend to come first? Cleaning (the perfectionist takes control of me in this area at times), phone calls, watching "The Ellen Show" :)- the list goes on & on.

But I am constantly reminded of a poem my mom used to say to me: "Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow; but babies grow up, we learn to our sorrow. So quiet down cob webs and dust go to sleep. I am rocking my baby for babies don't keep."

5 years down the road our kids will not remember whether or not we had some dust or cob webs or streaks on the windows. But they will remember the park, walks, stories, adventures, and kisses.

2 comments:

VickieFebruary 3, 2011 at 9:27 PM
so excited to be joining you on "the paxton project!"

xoxoxoxox
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AlissaFebruary 8, 2011 at 2:43 AM
good word Rach!
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We have raised our inition goal of requirement for the adoption to proceed. We still have travel expenses, post adoption, citizenship and other legal expenses that will gradually unfold. We still are accepting donations to help meet these needs. You may give by mail or online!

Many of you have been asking how you can give financially towards paxton's adoption & get a tax break. Your giving towards this project can be claimed as a tax deduction. You may give through Youth With A Mission Orlando, which is the Christian missions organization we work with. Here is how you can do that.

Mail: make check/money order payable to "YWAM" and mail to - Andy & Rachel Miller; PO BOX 620487; Orlando, FL 32862 / (contact us: 69.426.1086)

Note - 100% of the donations goes towards the adoption

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behind the cause...

when i was 18, i had the privilage of going on a 2 month outreach to India w/ Youth With A Mission. I had no idea the impact it would have on my life. The thing I remember the most is the 30 hour train ride. This was NOT Amtrak. It was hot. It smelled. And there were eunuchs sitting across from me the whole trip. It was a little exciting and yet a little scary all at the same time. At one of the stops, a little boy came crawling through the train begging fro money. He was missing limbs off of his body. It was terrible and it was the first time I had ever seen anything like that. I tried to give the little boy some food, but he resisted. Later our host told us that there are people, sort of like pimps, who take in orphaned children and cut off the limbs so that when they send them out to beg, people will feel sorry for them and will then give them money. The child will in return, take all the money back to their "pimp." I had never heard anything so sick. I knew that I wanted to adopt kids from that moment on. I can not stand the fact of children growing up on the streets being sold into the sex trafficking industry, among many other horrible things. Our heart for adoption is huge. I have been asked many time, "Can you not have your own children?" My answer is, "I don't know." I went through a miscarriage in the Fall of 2010. It was sad and my heart still aches when I think about it. If I were to get pregnant, of course I would be excited. But none the less, it would not change my heart for adoption. There is something inside of me that knows this is bigger than me. I know God is with me and that he will provide. I hope to someday help others to adopt; to give; to be A VOICE on behalf of kids are are screaming, but are not being heard. This my friends excites me. And this is why I choose to adopt.