tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183842935030233478.post6560493347804699229..comments2023-06-28T09:48:40.888-05:00Comments on Injera and Chocolate Gravy: That three-question thingyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183842935030233478.post-52176577216198933652012-11-13T05:55:12.783-06:002012-11-13T05:55:12.783-06:00Chrissy-My husband and I were sitting with our hea...Chrissy-My husband and I were sitting with our heads in our hands about a school decision for our nine this morning. We try to always say, "We are here to love God and to serve God. How can we best move forward to continue to do that?" Last night we did not have our heads in our hands because we had FAITH and TRUST, but for some reason I woke up hoarding our current situation. Your four questions are great! I am so glad God nudged me to read your blog just after my husband left for work! Thanks for cooperating with God to get that post out. --Elaineyou only live oncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16377259735108377166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183842935030233478.post-26311161210850695992012-11-13T05:44:41.526-06:002012-11-13T05:44:41.526-06:00Hey there! Over the years we've added four to...Hey there! Over the years we've added four to our bio five...can't imagine missing out on having any of our kids in our lives. You seem absolutely centered and well grounded in your thinking to me. --Elaineyou only live oncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16377259735108377166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183842935030233478.post-57215221415559363332012-11-12T18:45:39.602-06:002012-11-12T18:45:39.602-06:00Not related to this post of yours but wanted to sa...Not related to this post of yours but wanted to say: NOW I know what Injera is! Quite by accident. Don't know why I didn't think to google it sooner - as I couldn't quite "get" the title of this blog called Injera & Chocolate!<br /><br />I have been considering making a recipe that says I can use Teff in place of the grain Amaranth. So I went to look up Teff and found this: In Ethiopia, teff is fermented and used to make injera, a traditional sourdough-type flatbread. <br /><br />Ahhh, sooooo.....a light bulb went on! Now I get your blog name. And I have to ask: DO you make this flatbread for the kids?? :)<br />Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604621923776061882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183842935030233478.post-87113449352470268922012-11-04T13:07:55.181-06:002012-11-04T13:07:55.181-06:00Needed your post...needed your 3 filter questions....Needed your post...needed your 3 filter questions...especially needed #4. My heart has ached to adopt a sibling group from Africa for over 4 years now. Ached. My loving, supportive and fabulous husband has the heart (and was once seemingly on the same page), but now is consumed with logic...money...and the like. I've been blessed with the perspective that my husband is not the obstacle...God will move when He wants to (and he felt my marriage could manage this particular method...as much as I dislike it). The question process I go through....This wouldn't be so weighted on my heart if it wasn't from God. I've asked for it to be removed (and it has only taken root and grown)it is illogical to add a sibling group (3-4) on top of my biological 5 (but that's how God works)...everything I hear, see, read, take in makes me hear "adopt." But your 4th question is what I have been wrestling with. Adoption is in the Bible...it would please God to do it...and I feel peace about it when I think about it (no peace when I try to ditch the longing and accept today for all there is)...but would it bring God glory (or the most glory) for us to go down the path of adoption (verses some other help orphans route)? I think so...it makes sense...but I don't know. And as the wait wears on, I often get quite self absorbed and figure I'm just not good enough to be used through adoption (maybe if I was more patient with my current children or fed them organic stuff or allowed them more than one extra curricular activity or...or...). So, I appreciate the 4th question...and I so desperately will try to seek what brings him glory instead of whinning about how much I think that should be adoption...although...I still have hope that is exactly what it is...and soon.M of 7https://www.blogger.com/profile/06006554410538882345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183842935030233478.post-91601060858778911682012-11-04T08:34:38.507-06:002012-11-04T08:34:38.507-06:00Thanks, Chrissy. I just today requested a leave o...Thanks, Chrissy. I just today requested a leave of absence from work because even though it's not the common sense thing to do (hello, money!?), but because I could clearly sense it was the best choice for our family.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13468881865772390593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183842935030233478.post-20752636010117763822012-11-04T07:58:21.650-06:002012-11-04T07:58:21.650-06:00Tobi- of our two adoptions, all but two of our 8 k...Tobi- of our two adoptions, all but two of our 8 kids are "older"... 4+. <br />Start on the side... Our first kids were home Aug.2010, second have been home since April 2012! Any posts around those dates should help! ;) blessings!!Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300005334186722724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183842935030233478.post-47555735451521573782012-11-04T07:42:43.661-06:002012-11-04T07:42:43.661-06:00Chrissy, Yes your post is extremely timely and Yes...Chrissy, Yes your post is extremely timely and Yes weird things are going on here. Wish we were neighbors so I could just stop by and ask you a million questions and get to know your precious heart. We have 4 teens and we are waiting to adopt 2 "older" children from Ethiopia. Which posts should I read first? Were any of your kids "older" (4yrs+) when you adopted them? Love the sweet picture!<br />Tobi Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669899658327554945noreply@blogger.com