We are so excited that you have decided to look into the life of the Normal Beaty Bunch. We hope that these words will encourage you to fall passionately in love with Jesus and follow him with your whole life and heart!
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Sunday, March 7, 2010

The Battle Belongs to the Lord. 1 Samuel 17:45

Posted in | 4:16 PM | by SuperMomma

Baby Levi came to live with us, January 17th. A helpless, fragile, preemie baby. God really needed to protect him. At times, I wonder if I'm out of my mind - taking in a LITTLE baby when I'm getting so old. Many times I've prayed - God, PLEASE make it clear - do YOU really want us to take him in - and probably adopt him?

A couple of weeks after he came to live with us, a card ended up in our mailbox at church. On the front - a picture of Goliath, and David standing in the background. And a sling - in his hands. Goliath has a HUGE spear. Inside, someone wrote:

'Love you, Beatys! Congratulations on your newest member.'

Inside the card - 3 $20 bills. A simple gift. No name - no way for me to thank them. Just a love gift, for the Beaty Bunch and Baby Levi.

I LOVE THIS BABY CARD! The battle for Levi, for his future, physically and spiritually, belongs to the Lord! I just need to trust and obey.

~ a couple of weeks later .... Pastor Ed handed Andrew a bank envelope. No name, no nothing. Just a simple explanation from Pastor Ed. "Someone wanted you to have this." $50. No way for me to thank this person - just a simple gift of love.

~ today.... Out of the blue....someone slipped an envelope into my purse today at church. It was an offering envelope - with the printed writing scratched out, and these words written across the front:

'for Andrew & Karen. We love you. Thanks for caring for kids.'

That's it. No name, no way of knowing who put it there - or why? Inside ~ a $50 bill. Wow! Thank you Jesus. That's Who I thank.

I believe this is the beginning of a long road towards adoption. Maybe this is the start of the 'adoption fund' we need to grow....

Who knows? I know...the Battle Belongs to the LORD.... I just follow and hang on tight!

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Saturday, March 6, 2010

The time has come!

Posted in ,, | 10:47 PM | by SuperMomma

It's time for the Normal Beatys to begin a blog and document the journey of life! So - here we go! If you know anything about us, you'll know that this post really describes who we are!

What’s an orphan?

Recently, we were talking with a friend about our youngest foster son. We explained that we were so happy that we belonged to a church that cares for orphans. We knew that people will be there to help us with things that we need.

Our friend was taken back that this little boy in foster care would be called an orphan since we know who his mother is and we’re doing testing on several men to determine who his father is. However, we explained that since his biological parents were unable to take care of him properly, he does indeed fit into the Biblical definition of being fatherless.

He’s just another one of around 500,000 US foster children looking for a permanent home.

Want to help children in either temporary or permanent crises? Let us know! We’d LOVE to talk with you about how you can help the orphans in the American foster care system. We’d love to come and talk to you, a group of friends in your home, or even for your church or other organization about how people can truly make a HUGE difference in the lives of children.

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