the paxton project: bringing heaven to earth...

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

bringing heaven to earth...

Tysen I have a surprise for you tomorrow! "I know what it is mom, you're gonna get little sister tonight and lay her next to me while I am sleeping." ( I must admit this made me cry a little). I wish honey, but not yet; how about Disney world? I just smiled...

About 3 weeks ago we were having dinner with some friends of our's and they had invited over another couple whom we had never met. We had an awesome time. When the evening was concluding the husband of the couple we had never met said, ya know, if guys guys would like to take Ty to Disney world I can get you in for FREE! My heart jumped with excitement. Ty has been asking to go for months but, in the middle of adopting a baby and going over sea's this summer there is no spare change...

So this past Friday, we had the day off. We packed our backpack full of snacks and we were off to the Magic Kingdom. It was seriously one of the most fun days of our life. Some of the comments made throughout the day by Ty were: "this is the best day of my life" & "splash mountain rules" & "can we come back to tomorrow?" There was a ton of dancing going on too (by Tysen). It gets better; about mid afternoon, the couple that had us over to dinner told told us they would be at Magic Kingdom with there grand kids and wanted to meet us at the castle to give Ty a gift. When got there my friend hands over an envelope with Ty's name on it with 50 Disney dollars; to buy ice cream, souvenirs or anything else his little heart would desire! I know - amazing!

God is good. In the midst of all the turmoil and suffering in the world; in the midst of the stress of how are we going to pay for this adoption; and the list goes on and on. In the midst of all this some sweet people who love God chose to give us an amazing day where all the stress seemed a billion miles away (probably because we were at the happiest place on earth). I want to be that kind of person. To spread the good news of Jesus and to see people in stressful situations and to help relieve the stress. To do what I can to bring a smile to peoples faces... There is so much saddness right now, and I am not sure the world is going to get better, but we need to do what we can do, to bring heaven to earth in someone's life!

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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.