Home Life

Wow,  It is hard to believe that the summer is half over. Life is extremely busy with all the kids, ministry stuff, homeschooling,swimming,cooking,cleaning,LAUNDRY!!!!, and all the other things we have our hands in.  But I wouldnt trade it for anything. God is continuing to open doors for us with speaking engagements,helpers,and donations.  We are so truly blessed and in awe of God and his wonderful favor.

A current prayer need is we are trying to plan a "ministry Kick off" we just need to figure out when and exactly what we are going to do.. So many wonderful people have come foreward offering their help and talents. Please pray we figure out exactly what it is we need to do to make this ministry's voice be known...It is all about these kids.. it is not a job, it is a lifestyle.. it is about families,healing, and wholeness.

Thanks to all who have helped us in anyway,whether it be volunteering,praying,making a donation, or just telling others about us.. God uses His people to carry out His purposes...Without you, we could not do this..

Much love and blessings,

Steph

Well, today has been a special day.  Not only are we completely blessed to have one of the best dad's in the whole world, but we also had the joy of sharing our passion with First Baptist in Eclectic, AL.  We first met with the Brotherhood ministry and they fed us a WONDERFUL breakfast. Then we spoke with 2 Sunday School classes.  It always brings us such excitement to share our hearts and passion with others.  Thanks so much to Jim and Myra Burroughs for inviting us out. It has been such a joy to get to know the both of you and we soo much look forward to spending more time together. You are precious Angels sent to us by God and for that we are soo thankful.  It was so special for the kids to meet you and attend Sunday School out there with yall today. They had been counting down the days until we were headed out your way and the love and acceptance they felt was special. Please know you and your church family will be in our prayers.  You all are like family now and we hope to come out for a visit again real soon..

 This week has been an amazing week for the ministry.  God is truly opening doors, knocking on hearts and fulfilling promises of all HE has for us.  Please continue to pray for His favor for us and for those He has called to join in our mission. 

Have a blessed one!!!

Steph

Well our interview on the radio has continued to be a wonderful success in getting the word out about what God has called us to do.  It has been amazing to see how God is getting people excited and involved... Continue to pray for those God has called to help us will continue to come out of the wood work and be excited. Continue to pray that God will send a person to do the PR stuff for us and help with making more speaking engagements and contacts. We also need someone to help with creating fundraisers we can get involved in and that others can be involved in as well. It unfortunately takes money to help these families and these wonderful kids... If money was not an object imagine the lives that could be impacted and the souls that could be saved.

 Thanks to Myra and Jim Burroughs for embracing our hearts and spreading the word about the need to help these "orphans" whether temporary or permanent. We are so excited about visiting you and your church family on Father's Day.  We LOVE to tell our story and the story of these kids,but it truly is even more wonderful when the people we are talking to are already excited about the cause. The kids are very excited to meet everyone as well.. It is a blessing to be able to celebrate our "daddy" with all of you. Steve is the best dad in the whole world and he has been so obedient to God with all He has called us to do.  Every child deserves a Daddy not just a father.

Thank you to our sweet supporters who blessed us with a Suburban.. Words cannot express how blessed we feel to be able to go places together.  Please continue to pray that God will provide the 4 row seat so that all 11 of us can ride safely and legally....

 Have a blessed day and know Jesus loves you all....

Well, summer has officially started in the Whyte house.  We have finished our first week and everyone  is into the groove of being together and making our days fun and productive.

We will be "homeschooling" 3 days a week to stay on the ball with our schooling as well as to catch a few of the kids up as they are behind a couple grades due to their backgrounds.  It will be lots of fun and lots of work, but we truly embrace the work hard, play hard mentality in this family.  It is the easiest way to get stuff done and still have lots of time to play and be rotten.:)

We are also hoping to take a few field trips this summer. The big world is an awesome classroom and so we will go and learn about stuff that we do not learn about during the school yr.

AS far as the ministry goes, we are blessed to report that we will be able to speak in different locations this summer. The radio interview has put us in contact with people we had never met before.  God is truly opening doors and we feel extremely blessed. He is preparing those around us who are called to be a part of His awesome plan and so we are eagerly waiting for it all to unfold so we can continue to go forward and be the voice of these precious kids. Please continue to pray that the Lord will send the people we need to make this thing take off as well as the financing to help as many families as we can.  We know God is calling His people to represent Him in this "mission field"  these children, these parents, these families all need Jesus. He is the only one to bring Hope to the hopeless.

If anyone feels led by God to help out in anyway, please feel free to contact me. We love to tell the story and educate people on the truths and joys of what being a foster parent or adoptive parent means. So if anyone has a group or church they would like us to speak to, we would love it.

Be Blessed until next time.....