friends & their august shirts

here are the henry’s showing off their adopting august shirts.

pictures of your adoption shirts

hey friends & family,

we’d love to show you & your adopting august shirts off to the world of web. if you could email me a picture of you or your family in your shirts we’ll put them up. that would be awesome! bush(at)stevenbush.org

thanks for your prayers & support. they are greatly appreciated.

Martin Luther King

I just watched the Martin Luther King special from Oprah. I will be honest when I say that I do not know a lot about Martin Luther King. I know we covered him in school but now I wonder how much of his life did we really cover? I went to a mostly white private school and I don’t think they had the desire to really dive into his life or legacy. The older I get the more fascinating this man becomes. I listened to pieces of his speeches during this special and just cried like a baby. This man changed the face of America with the passion inside of his heart. I believe he READ the Bible and he preached equality. This special inspires me to learn more about his message and mission of his life. I will be looking tonight for a book of his life.

We are all the same. White, black, rich, poor we are all created in the image of God and we are equal. We are a fallen humanity who is in need of hope and a savior.

When I dream about my family I realize that I can dream these dreams because this man stood for what he believed in. I long for a family that is transracial. I want as many colors of skin as we can squeeze into our limit of children. I want our family to stand for equality and love. I want to celebrate every culture we have in our family and I want us to love each other the same. Our colors are beautiful.

Sometimes I worry about what people will think of our family especially when we are out in public. After watching this and seeing what people fought through to get here my fears are eased. What if MLK lived his life based on what people would have said about him? What if he had never pushed the envelope and encouraged people to think outside of the box? What if he had never taught people how to love? How would America look today if he had worried and tamed down his message due to stepping on toes?

There is racism that still plagues our country. Do we surround ourselves with other cultures? Do we stay in our safe white community? What are you going to do to change the face of racism? Please take 5 mins to watch this video.

Honesty

My great friend Tamera over at (http://cosbyfamily.wordpress.com/) just posted a blog about a couple that went through Bethany Christian services and they were just chosen to be the parents of twin girls who were born this morning. My excitement for them and what they are feeling is beyond words. Twin girls!?! How fun, chaotic and exciting. I would eat that up. I am so excited for this family!

The feelings I have are proving to be a double sided emotion. I long for that day that we are chosen. I get frustrated with God’s timing. It just feels like he is saying…”not yet.” It is so out of my hands and sometimes that drives me crazy. I am so excited for this couple. Really I am. I know this seems like such a selfish post. I just long for the day when that is us. So for today I will imagine what this family is experiencing, pray like crazy for them as they travel to Mississippi to meet their girls for the first time and I will keep dreaming and praying for August.

pictures of you in your shirts

i hope by now most of you have recieved your shirts from us. we’d love to post some pictures of you guys in your Adopting August Shirts. if you have a picture…you can email it to bush<@>spur58.com, and we’ll put it on the site. thanks to all who have supported us through donations, shirts, & prayer. it’s amazing to see how the family of Christ comes together in situations like this. we hope you all are well.

1/5 of the way there

i’m super excited this morning to say that we are now 1/5 of the way to our financial goal for this adoption. we can’t believe the amount of support everyone has given us. it’s amazing to see how people from all over the blog world come together to help others with their journey of adoption. we are forever grateful for everything you have given us.

i’m also excited about the fact that i am able to use my photography to raise money for this adoption. it’s been a lot of fun taking pictures of these wonderful families. if you would still like get some pictures done…you can contact me here.

the t-shirts have been selling so well, and we can’t thank you enough. our first shirt order was from someone from the Netherlands…unbelievable! it’s so cool to see how far your story can really travel. thanks to you all for your support through shirt orders. if you’d still like to purchase a shirt…you can find them here.

we thank you all for your prayers & support. we couldn’t do this without your help. many blessings.

we’ve got shirts!

many of you have been asking us when we would be getting our shirts, and we’re glad to say they’re here! please click the link below to go to our shirts page and order yours today. i’ve also added the code for this banner in case you’d want to use it to put in a post to help spread the word. all the money raised from these shirts goes toward bringing August home.

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YAYYY FOR SCOTT AND TINA!!!!

My sweet friends Scott and Tina just brought their baby home (to the hotel) from the hospital!! They are in Texas still getting all of the paper work finalized and then they will be coming home soon. I am so excited for them!!

Check out their blog:

http://scottandtina.blogspot.com/

family photos - fundraising

Christmas time is here, and there have been people asking me if i could take family photos for them. I’d like to let them & you know that i’d love to. if you are interested in getting some photos done please email me at bush@spur58.com we can talk scheduling, prices, and any other questions you might have. all of the money raised will be used towards the Adopting August Fund.

here’s where i’ll be these next two weeks
Houston : November 21 - December 2 (Texas people give me a shout)
Nashville: December 4 - January 1

if you’d like to see some of my photos…click here.

My little August,

My mind is flooded with thoughts of you tonight. I want you in this house with us. I just imagine you crawling around this floor. I want so badly to hold you and kiss all over your sweet face. I am ready to be a mommy (or at least I think I am).
This week I saw your daddy love on a little girl named Isabel in Peru. I can see in his eyes how much he will love you. I know that he will be an amazing dad to you. I can’t wait to see what God does with our family. I can’t wait to see how God blesses us with your brothers and sisters. I can’t wait to see where they will be from. I love you and dream about you all the time.