Cardin Family Project to Adopt and Care For Widows...

Jesus said the only "religion" we should have is to take care of widows and orphans.

The Both Hands Project taking place Saturday in Etowah does just that!

I know Jessica and Jason Cardin, the sponsors of the event because my dear husband teaches Spanish with Jessica at McMinn Central High School.  (So much for anonymity!)
Why does that matter?  I think it speaks to the heart...  Jessica and Jason have a daughter already but are compelled to adopt their next child and to care for high school students!!!  I share the calling to adopt.  You call a child your own and you will be saving them!  Love changes things.

And so it is in caring for a widow who needs help!  For her privacy, I won't identify her here.   I'll call her "Elizabeth." What good wouldn't be done if we don't volunteer to help?  I'll tell you!
Elizabeth needs some work done on her home.  I'm so excited that a) she had the guts to ask for help and b) the Cardins are the kind of people who want to help!  It promotes their need for adoption funds, (yes, please make checks out!) and it helps Elizabeth...  And right before the holidays!  What a wonderful thing.
One might point out the redemptive value of such and endeavor!  One like me! LOL!

• Listen in to my radio show Friday at 3 for a LIVE discussion with the Cardins!
• For more info, go to the event page on Facebook!  
• https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143927582370318&ref=ts
• Tax deductable donations here*:
• http://www.bothhandsfoundation.org/jason-and-jessica-cardin.aspx
• *100% of all funds raised will go directly to cover adoption costs—nothing will be taken out for the nonprofits’ administrative costs.
• Read the story by Greg Moses, of The Daily Post Athenian http://www.dailypostathenian.com/dynamic/Lifestyles/Story/178883

Soli Deo Gloria! ~K. De La Cruz

New Pop Music Artist Annie Rose Rocks Today @ 3

Annie Rose, 17, shares her heart, her music, her story today at 3 on The Katie De La Cruz Show!

Annie Rose and I met at Belmont University to record her interview!  Sweet & stylish, Annie Rose declared that she works out her emotions through her music!  Songs featured today include frustration as a cancer survivor in Bring Me To Light, synicisim of a break up in Remember Me, and love, sweet love in More Than Maybe.  All three tunes are totally memorable!  The songs are ready and playing on the airwaves TODAY @ 3PM EST on the Katie De La Cruz Show!  WYXI 1390 AM

Don't just take my word for it..Listen to Annie Rose here:

http://www.reverbnation.com/annieroserobinson

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The Return from Casa Shalom; a Guatemalan Orphanage

My grandmother, Gerri Lamoureaux-Donahue, was an incredibly stylish and savvy woman. She had a career working on the first generation of computers for the Oil Industry during World War II. With the money she saved, she bought fur coats, took vacations and bought her own family's first car. It's quite possible that none of those experiences would have occurred were it not for the family that adopted her when she was four-years-old. That family, The Carrolls, had five children of their own when they took in my grandmother and another girl.

With the passage and acceptance of abortion law, homes for unexpected children, nee, orphanages here in the United States have disappeared. The aborted babies are the orphans we don't see. But in a little town, San Lucas, in Guatemala, there is a home for the orphaned. And I was just there.

Never have I received so many hugs and kisses. Never have I been so totally unable to wrap my mind around the truth of circumstances. Sixty-four children without a mother or father? Really? My husband and I have two young sons. I have to pause under the weight of loss for these young people...

Yes, there were 64 orphans where I stayed for eight days. They were beautiful and funny and muy intelligente! I was amazed at how many could speak english and play Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring on a simple Recorder! They were needy too and will be. They need groups to come visit and they need folks to move there to love on them. My husband and I are toying with the idea, too. There's so many more details to share with you. We traveled with the Founder of the orphanage, Jan Waldrop and four students from the high school where Jan and my husband teach Spanish. You can hear more about our trip during my radio show, Fridays at 3PM on WYXI Radio 1390 AM. And thanks for reading. Know that the reason I care and we care is because The One has cared for us first! While we were yet in sin, The One, Christ, the Son of God, died on the cross paying my sin-debt and adopting me into His family. Through Christ we know that God loves us!

My husband created a little movie with our pictures and videos...I hope to link it for you!