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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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Time for CHANGE ... can you help?

A couple of weeks ago, Noah and Titus were playing in the back yard. They unlocked, and sneaked through the gate and were running around the front yard, and towards the street.

Last week, Noah unlocked and opened the front door and he and Titus ran outside.  By the time I was able to catch Titus, Noah had already ran across the street - and was coming back across the street  to the house.

One of the goals of a service dog is to help provide safety and security for kids with Autism, kids who like to run.  The service dog will be trained to stop dangerous behaviors (like unlocking the gate and running to the front yard) or to chase and tackle Noah when he tries to run away.


We are in the midst of raising money for our service dog (for more info, check this out: The Beaty Bunch)


One of the ways we're working at finding money is by using CHANGE JARS.  You've seen them, at a restaurant, check out counter, or gas station.  I have available ALL shapes and sizes of containers!




I have LARGE ONES:





I have Medium and Small ones:



I would LOVE to come to you and drop one of these off for you.  Let  me know where and when!


Would you maybe be willing to take one of these and put it at your office?  Maybe on your desk at work?  Or even in your car cup holder, and put your own change in there?


If you don't live near here, I can email you the picture for the front of a jar, and some brochures and business cards. Our business cards have our personal website on them, so your friends can learn about our boys.




I even have a cover letter you can give to a store owner or your boss, to explain the situation with our boys.




Let me know if you'd like to help CHANGE our life!


Paws4Beatys@gmail.com                                                            Paws 4 Beatys



Monday, October 20, 2014

A Challenge but GOD is FAITHFUL!!

I'm working on clutter ... I mean PAPERWORK ... at my desk - listening to Pandora.  I'm wondering how I can raise this money for our 5 boys and their service dog, and I'm feeling slightly discouraged.

(Ok - honesty here - I almost started to complain.)

(God - you gave us these boys.  
We need some help - they need the service dog - 
WHY is it taking so long to raise money? 
Why can't someone just give us $1000 to jumpstart this????)

OK - I was complaining.  
(It's only been a couple of weeks that we've started the fundraising!)

Then - the 'Facebook ding' - someone messaged me ....

"Hey Karen!  Hope you guys are well!  I wanted to give you a little proposition!  We would like to donate to the Paws 4 Beatys, but we would like to do it in the form of a challenge.  My husband and I will match the total donations that come in from now until the end of October up to $500. 

WHAT??? 
I reread this - and then felt slightly guilty - I could have just asked God to encourage me - and He would have - I didn't have to complain!

She went on to say:
"You can share the challenge, of course, with other to get them to contribute.  I hope  it helps spur others to donate and we are excited to see what happens!"


WOW!!
I'm sure excited too -

Then I realized that God was playing this song on Pandora ...



....and as I listen right then - here's the words I heard:

Knowing that for every step
You were with  us
Kneeling on this battle ground
Seeing just how much You've done

But with Joy our hearts can say

Never once
Did we ever walk alone

Never once
Did You leave us on our own

You are FAITHFUL!

GOD!  You are FAITHFUL!!!!!


My friend went on to say:
"Share away! and let's see what God can do!  Again, the thanks goes to HIM!"

Yes - as always... The thanks goes to HIM!!

BUT THE STORY GOES ON!!!
"Another email ... We would like to match that first $500" ...

So...if I can figure my math correctly ... 

That means for every dollar donated in the next 10 days
it will not only be doubled - but TRIPLED!!

Yes - as always... The thanks goes to HIM!! 

Would you like to help meet the challenge in the next 10 days?  Here's one way or email me for more information.


** When God meets the $500 challenge 
with $500 ...
and another $500
... that's $1500 **


Oh - if only I'd deal with my kids whinings like God deals with mine! 

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

A text message

Got a text message from Hannah: 


"I'm using those pens you sent every day in class"





 I'd guess that was $7.58 well spent!

Friday, October 3, 2014

Remember...




Just three years ago today ....




AARON
JOSHUA






&


          
BENJAMIN
PAUL 

 






...were officially adopted into the Beaty Bunch!  They became # 9 and # 10 ... but they are so much more than numbers in our hearts.  

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Excitedly Overwhelmed


4 Paws For Ability

Overwhelmed - Yes -
Excited - even more so!

Guess that means I am excitedly overwhelmed with the thought of raising $14,000 for a service dog.  

So - trying to organize everything we have to get together - web pages, places to donate, pictures of kids, stories about the boys, letters, etc.  AAUUGGHHH!!

~MORE TO DO~


~more updates, more links to click on, more cute stories... 

~more doubt, more frustration... 

~more prayer, more trust , more reliance on God...

~More of God shining through.