Valentine's Day weekend

So I'm late on the Valentine's Day post but oh well!  Valentine's day weekend was great.  I got to go to Miami for the first time and walk on South Beach.. and unfortunately, I did not see any celebrity.  ha!

But I did get to see Bethel Music in Miami and I don't think I could have given myself a better reason to go to Miami other than for this.  Sean and I have been wanting to see Bethel for a while now so we took the opportunity to go.  It was great too.  We got to just soak in the Lord's presence that night along with other people in Miami.  It was great to see what Bethel wants to do with their music.  Their heart is so pure and they long to see God everywhere they go by raising up His children.  Here are some photos from the Worship Night.

Paul McClure

First Band of the night

Kalley Heiligenthal

Stephany Gretzinger

Amanda Cook

On Valentine's day, we went downtown towards South beach.  So I acted like a tourist in the car taking a bunch of photos of the buildings... it's just something I do...

                                    

We also walked up and down Lincoln Road.  My favorite part of the day was hearing Sean's stories of where ministry used to be and what all they did with the Bible School.  It was great to hear it. 

We only went into this store on Lincoln Rd because of the industrial look. The store was too expensive for me.

Loved these antique sewing machines.  All the walls were covered in them.

On South Beach!

The water was so clear!  It was beautiful!

                                     

The gentleman in the background goes by Apache. He's homeless on South Beach. Holy Spirit told Sean to give our leftover pizza away after lunch. We gave it to a homeless couple who then later gave it to Apache & his friend. He summoned us over to him to make me this beautiful rose out of a palm leaf for V-day. We started talking more & he kept saying 'cool beans.' That confirmed in Sean's spirit to keep talking with him since he says that all the time. After hearing Apache's heart for the people in this world, Sean prayed for him, prophesied over him, then he gave his heart to Jesus. Apache also LOVED Sean's shirt so much that Sean gave it to him. Needless to say, today has been a great Valentine's Day

The Dropbox Film

Last night I went to see the movie, The Dropbox Film.  I went with a lovely lady from church who has adopted children.  She knows mine and Sean's heart for adoption and I knew this would be good for us to go see together.

This movie, literally wrecked me.  My heart is so full with happiness and brokenness.  This man, Pastor Lee, has literally laid his life down to care for these children he has adopted and for the ones that come in daily through the baby box.  Yes, babies come almost daily to this man's home.

I did not realize how bad it is for women who are unwed to get pregnant, especially minors.  Most babies that get put in the baby box have mothers who are TEENAGE GIRLS and cannot take care of them alone.  Their families will not help raise the child; it's either abort the child or abandoning the child on the streets of Seoul.  Most babies have been abandoned on the streets and this pastor has provided an option to give them up so these babies can be adopted.  It is a great thing that this man is doing.  There is some controversy over this baby box, which I do understand why, however, I believe this is a great alternative to bring Life in this world.

Pastor Lee says every child that comes into the home has a purpose.  Most of the babies he has adopted have special needs and have to be cared for.  He prays over child and thanks God for saving their life.  Seriously, how amazing is this?!

We need to wake up.  Our society needs to be willing to be transparent and open their homes to these children who have been abandoned by their families.  Now is the time to take care of the orphans and the widows (James 1:27).  We can no longer wait for someone else to take care of it.  It's our time to get over ourselves.  It's time to give our time with a servant's heart.  

One of my favorite things about this movie is how the director of the file, Brian Ivie, found his identity in Christ.  It was an amazing gift of how God orchestrated this.  I have posted the link to his interview of how this film came together.  

Brian Ivie's Story


I have more things to say regarding this but I don't have the words yet to write down at this moment.  I can't wait for this film to be out in stores and share it everyone I know.

Happy 30!

Happy birthday to my sister! She is now in adulthood! Haha! 😜