EYES OPEN
"...once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act."
Proverbs 24:12
WHO ARE WE ?
GWEN OATSVALL -- I am a wife to one good looking, godly man and the proud mom of 6 beautiful children. We have a crazy, chaotic life that is all our own ... We have an amazing Savior that has allowed us to glimpse a small bit of His heart by opening our eyes to the orphans of the world ... 147millionorphans.com
Join us as we play football, basketball, fundraise, run, have surgeries, laugh, cry, sing, shout, fall, dance, tumble, read, play dolls, wrestle, SPEAK UP FOR THE ORPHANS, and share our life w/ amazing friends and family ...
Join us as we play football, basketball, fundraise, run, have surgeries, laugh, cry, sing, shout, fall, dance, tumble, read, play dolls, wrestle, SPEAK UP FOR THE ORPHANS, and share our life w/ amazing friends and family ...
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You don't need permission to copy and paste any post you like of mine ... We are all in this together and if I happen to write something you like then just feel free to copy it ... blessings!
THE TRUTH
34% OF CHRISTIAN FAMILIES
CONSIDERING ADOPTING
& ONLY 1 % OF
CHRISTIAN FAMILIES
ACTUALLY DO.
HELP ME HELP YOU
EMAIL TWOMOMS13KIDS@GMAIL.COM IF YOU HAVE 147 MILLION ORPHAN QUESTIONS
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THIS HELPS ME STAY ORGANIZED ...
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
OUR COMPLETE OATSVALL STORY UNTIL THE NEXT BOOK IS WRITTEN ...
Thanks Kate for making me this sweet gift of our journeys so far !!! love ya !!!
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11 kind words.:
Just beautiful, Gwen! What a sweet story God is writing with your lives.
Ok Gwen!! BEAUTIFUL!! I cried through the entire thing! Especially when Daisy grabbed Emily's hand at the airport.. Thanks for the good afternoon cry! It makes me miss Brentwood too.. That's where Jeff and I were when Ainsley was born!
Blessings!
Diana
Simply Beautiful...lots of tears...can't wait for the next books...It's going to be awesome as well.
Oh Gwen, this is awesome! You are such an inspiration girl. Love ya!
Beautiful, and inspiring. :)
Beautiful!!! I didn't realize the Chapman's were a part of your family's story. So sweet! It was several years ago that I heard Emily and her dad on Focus on the Family and that's when the Lord started stirring my heart for adoption. My daughters were inspired too. All of a sudden we had little Emily Chapman's in our house, slipping scriptures and notes in our books and bags about adoption. And very soon we will be traveling to China for our second adoption.
Thank you sharing your sweet story. Your blog posts have inspired us to take those steps of faith to adopt when the money just wasn't there. (my husband is a teacher too!)
Blessings,
Lydia
Beautiful! You & your Husband are so inspiring!!
What a treasure to have this!!
Absolutely beautiful- makes me want to adopt again!!
Tears flowing freely. So thankful for you. So thankful that He saw fit to allow us to journey together.
What a fantastic video!!! I cannot wait for the next book to be written!
I never had Emily Chapman asking me to consider adoption but one time in London when the Chapmans were on their way to Uganda, Shoey sat across from me at dinner and asked me if i had ever thought about adopting from China. And I told her, you know, we are just about to start the process! That was 7 years ago and now we are going to Uganda for two precious ones all in His time!
I hope to meet you at C4C in March!
Oh Gwen.....I can't wait for the next chapter. Actually the one after that cos the next one just happened 3 days ago. I cried like a baby....I should have known I would need a tissue before I hit play.
Beautiful, beautiful family.