Remember back in the day (What day?  Not sure…a long time ago.) when you’d open your mouth really big and hold three fingers on each side of it, spelling W-O-W?  Yeah, I’m thinking about bringing that back.  This year is the year of wow, and today God wowed me again.  At this point, I’m not even surprised…just really grateful to be part of His remarkable plan.

Okay, back story.  Elliott has been going to weekly speech therapy for about six months after his dubious frenulectomy (It’s just fun to say.) .  His speech is delayed, and he either has apraxia (some befuddled wiring of the brain) or he’s just stubborn.  Could go either way…both screwy brains and stubbornness run in the family.

Last night, I read Tom Davis’ blog about raising money for kitchens in Ethiopia (see my post from yesterday).  Alex and I didn’t really think much about it, we just had a twenty second chat, picked a number, and got on board.  This morning at speech, Elliott’s pathologist, Jan Williams (LOVE HER!), said that she thinks we need to back off a bit and drop Elliott to every other week.  Yeah, last night Alex and I started giving a monthly gift to Children’s HopeChest for kitchens in Ethiopia.  This morning, by dropping from weekly to every other week speech therapy sessions, we are saving THE EXACT AMOUNT that we pledged last night.  How cool is that?  We stepped out to help, and God immediately opened up the funding. 

Yeah, I’m not taking any credit for this.  God’s like the cool kid in school and I’m just trying to hang out near Him, maybe try to imitate Him and wear what He’s wearing.  I am having THE BEST TIME watching what He’s doing.  I can’t wait to see what’s next.  I mean, look at me.  I’m writing in all caps.  Sheesh.  Very exciting.

Tags: Africa, Children's HopeChest, Elliott, Ethiopia, Giving