Pajama Day

So yesterday I didn’t get a morning shower. I showered the night before, which is all good and well, but if I shower at night I wake up with “Little Orphan Annie Meets Home School Mom” hair. I managed to wash my face and throw a sweat shirt on over my pajamas. I looked pitiful.
We [...]

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Family Newsletter

For those of you that are not on our ministry mailing list, here’s the newsletter that we just send out. If you’d like to be added to our mailing list, please email me at tracieloux at ihop dot org. I’d be happy to add you. If you haven’t received your newsletter and you expected to [...]

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Tis the Season to be JOYFUL

It’s not that I don’t have plenty to say, it may be more that I have no time to say it.
I am absolutely loving this season. Everything is new again. I get a bit emotional thinking of all the firsts for Emma and Aiden. First Christmas Tree, first ornament to start their collections, first drive [...]

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Six Reasons to be Thankful

Aiden’s first Thanksgiving Day snack.

Trying to get a Toddler shot is not an easy task. Aiden always has fun posing though!

Another try. *Elia has  a mouth full of crackers in case you were wondering.

Beautiful Girls and Aiden the show stopper!

Our six incredible reasons to be truley grateful this year.

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Thankful

The little ones were up starting at 5:20AM this fine Thanksgiving morning. Amazing how it can be 8:40AM and feel like half a day has passed already. I am feeling so very thankful today as I consider all that we have been blessed with this year.
I’m thankful that at 5:20AM a little girl named Emma [...]

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Haiti Adoption Update: The Kallinen’s

I wanted to give you a quick update on the status of Betty Kallinen and her girls home coming. Earlier in the week Betty was diagnosed with Typhoid. As you know this is a serious illness, and Betty is not doing well. The tickets had previously been purchased for her to fly with the girls [...]

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I Cor 1:26-31

I received this email from a blog/facebook friend today and wanted to share it with you all as you continue to pray for Emma:

Tracie,
I wanted to thank you for your transparency on your blog. Your post about Emma and FAS really stuck me. I wish that I could fully explain my thoughts and feelings. I [...]

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Justice

I just discovered a couple of posts that are reactions to my post on Emma and thought I’d share them with you.
Justice for Emma a post by my dear friend Dorean Beattie
Injustice for Children a post by the one and only Sean Henry
 
 

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YOU DID IT!

I love watching the Body of Christ at work. Thank you for giving and for praying!!!!
Yesterday within minutes $1200 came in. 3 hours later the total was nearly $3,000. As of this morning, the total giving for the Kallinen adoption has totalled $3932.73 (NEARLY $4,000!!!!!!!)
I am so thrilled that you have chosen to partner with [...]

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Help Get this Family HOME!

Our friends Betty and Brion Kallinen have adopted 3 beautiful girls from Haiti. This precious family is part of IHOP here in Kansas City. This has been a two year process and the family, with unexpected delays and expenses along the way. Finally the girls adoption has been completed, they have visas and are ready [...]

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