Will you be a hero?

A year and a half ago, Joy shared this video with me. It was produced by her friend, Eric Ludy. It's extremely powerful. PLEASE watch it and think of what you know about Joha.

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I have watched it dozens of times. My favorite parts are these.

"Heroes are made because they are moved. Not in their heads but in their hearts."

"Remember you call yourself my body? I'm not there except through you. Your hands, those are my hands. Your feet those are my feet. That heart, it's my heart. And if its not beating, then my heart is not beating on this Earth anymore. I work through my body. I am a Father tot he fatherless through my body. I rescue the weak and the vulnerable through YOU! And if you're not doing it no one is."


We have a "Hudson." Her name is Johanna. And while she is NOT, by God's grace, any longer wondering from where her next meal will come, she is apart from us. We want to take her back to school pictures on OUR front porch next year.

We have seen many "heroes" for her to this point and we are blessed beyond anything we could have expected. What a different journey this will be and how much we will learn about community and God's provision than if we had every penny sitting in an account already. Thank you.

Will you be a hero for her?

Our first fundraiser

It's so difficult to ask people for help, especially when we prefer to be on the giving side. But God calls us to community. And we were overwhelmed by our community Monday night. When we first arrived at Rita's we saw that they had been raffling off tickets for a Rascal Flatts concert for us and already had a bucket out on the counter collecting change for us. So sweet!

Jake got right to work selling raffle tickets for a free gallon of Rita's delicious Italian Ice.

But, he soon moved behind the counter as he is a big fan of lovely young ladies. ;) Jill and Kaity were VERY patient with their new co-worker. :)

  Adam got to visit with his buds from Apex! Love these girls!!!

And, the Luyster family came all the way from Wake Forest. You guys ROCK!!!!

 Of course, Katie made an appearance! She lived int La Vega with Johanna for 5months as our intern and house mom. Love you, Katie!

 My niece Haley and sister joined us and enjoyed some yummy Ritas! Thanks for making the trek, H!

 Beans and his new bud, Jill. They worked hard. LOTS of people to serve!

After all of these photos, we became inundated with friends, so I got too busy to snap pix. We were truly overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from everyone. We were once again reminded how loved we are!!!

Our total raised from a combo of friends donation and our Rita's sales totaled $835!!!!!! Woohoo!!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE!

And we all wore yellow, Joha's favorite color! Yup, we love her!