New Blog

So I just have to pop in here and say that I lied...my new blog is clbowenbarn.blogspot.com

Oh and Charsie is the best sister ever.

And I love my family.

The end. =)

New Season

I know I haven't been very good about keeping this blog very updated....My life has gone crazy in the best possible way in the last few months! I never thought that in one year I would fall in love. Be getting married. Have a new sister from Uganda. I never thought my mom would be pregnant with another little sister for me. Or that I would get to work at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch again. Or that I would be moving to Montana. I would have never guessed that I would be able to go back to MY Uganda and fall in love with a precious babe that is now being adopted by some of our very dear friends. I never thought that I would be so close to my sweet sweet sister Charsie. OR that I would get so close to my mom. They are my girls. They make me laugh. Make me cry. Make me laugh again. They offer incredible advice and they are always they for me.

My post is feeling scattered but so is my heart and my head. Right now is a season of BIG change. GOOD change. hard change. It is simply the end of one beautiful and incredible season and the beginning of a whole new  exciting crazy amazing season. And my heart is right in the middle. I can't wait to be with Chaney everyday for the rest of my life. He is seriously God's best for me and I am way beyond thankful, blessed and ready!!! But at the same time, this is the first time I will be leaving my family and it's not easy. They are all awesome and have made me who I am today and I will miss watching them grow up and cheer them on. But I will just have to be their biggest fan from a distance. I will miss my church and the people who have loved both Chaney and Me for so long. But especially in the past year. Thank you for your prayers! The prayer group on Wednesday nights has rocked my world!

Change can be so bittersweet. But it's only bitter because of how sweet it was before. And it's going to be even sweeter. I wouldn't trade anything for the past year. And I won't trade anything for the upcoming years.

Part of why I decided to post today is because it will be my last past on Sisters Serving Him. I am handing it over to miss amazing charsie and starting a new blog... www.bowenbarn.blogspot.com

Follow what Chaney and I are up to on our new blog but keep updated with Chars on here! Thanks.

Psalm 75:9  But as for me I will proclaim what God has done. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

May all my life be for God's glory. Past, Present and Future. New and Old. Forever.

Wedding Bells!!

(aren't we made for each other?? HA)

I am getting married to the love of my life. and best friend. in 94 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!! Woohoo!!! I can't wait. I am so excited. So blessed. So in love. So thankful. In just 94 days I will be Mrs. Bowen....FOREVER!!! I love my Chaney!!!

My currently crazy life...

Hello.

I doubt anyone even follows this anymore but that's understandable....I decided that I should try to start blogging again because there is so much craziness in my life and I want to share....

So here is the very short list of some of the exciting things happening in my life...

1.) I leave for Uganda in about 31 hours!! (Oh how I love and adore and miss that country!! Can't wait to go back.)

2.) I am dating the most amazing man in the entire world and am feeling so incredibly blessed! Sadly he lives about 800 miles away in Montana finishing college. But the past 3 1/2 months has been wonderful.

3.) I am getting a new sister in two weeks!!! (thats why I'm going to Uganda!) I get to be part of the team that brings my sweet sissy home!!! :)

4.) there is much more I could tell but for now I think this works....

Please pray for my family and team in all this excitement. Our community and church and friends and family have been amazing!!! I love my life.

I will write again soon and make updates about my trip....

Blessings!!

A "Hart" for Esther

Hey there! I know it's been far too long since I have updated this thing but I finally have something worthy of sharing. So please watch this video and share it with everyone. We are trying to bring Esther home and we can't do it alone. Thank you much.


A "Hart" 4 Esther - Share her story
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The boy whos life was changed...

One year today a young boy who lived in Kampala,Uganda,Africa was the boy who's life was changed because two crazy people along with their crazy family decided to adopt him. Who are these people? you ask. Well they are my Uncle Justin, Aunt Shauna, cousins Ashton, Hunter, Dawson, and Lily. The boy they adopted his name is Isaiah.
Isaiah may have had his life changed because Justin and Shauna decided to take him into his family but Isaiah also changed many other peoples heart. One of those hearts was mine. But more on that later. I am going to give the very brief story on little Isaiah.
Justin had met Isaiah in Kampala, Uganda in May of 2008 on his first mission trip. He felt that the Lord had told him to bring him into his family and call him his own. Justin called home and said to his lovely wife Shauna that he fell in love with Isaiah and that he was going to be their son. After a ton of paper work, a whole bunch of prayer, many tears, and a lot of questioning husband and wife was on their way to AFRICA to bring their son home.
Just to let you know Isaiah was found on the busy streets of Kampala. Heart breaking.
So, during the two weeks that Justin and Shauna were in Africa my family watched their kids. Well in my family there is five kids in theirs four. Plus we had my cousin Brittany living with us and my parents Charlie and Jenay. All together there was 10 "kids" if you will and only two "adults". Because according to my cousin Hunter your not an adult until your married.
You could ONLY imagine the craziness there was. It was a TON of fun though! But on October 30, 2009 we were all set down for breakfast when my mom shared the good news that the Uganda court had come to a conclusion that Justin and Shauna was Isaiah's official parents. God had moved mountains almost just to be able to get that say. That day the house was filled with total joy. Each and every kid had a huge smile on their face!
It was truly amazing seeing what God could do. He showed me that no matter what people say one persons life can be changed just by the boldness of another. God also gave me a HUGE heart for those in need. I am so excited to see what He has in store for my life but right at this very moment I just am always in amazement at the daily miracles He preforms in MY life. A 13 year old girls life. I pray daily that someones life could be turned over to Him. Thank you Isaiah Ryan Vaughan and all the other Vaughans for showing me this. I love you all. Now thank you to the Vaughan family Isaiah NOW knows how it feels to be loved, he NOW knows what its like to have a mom and dad, he NOW knows what its like to just be a child, he NOW knows the Lord Jesus Christ, he NOW knows how TO love.
I am going to leave you all on this note:
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come YOUR will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as WE also have forgiven OUR debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the KINGDOM the POWER and the GLORY FOREVER. Amen.
That is found in Matthew 6:10-1

Happy gotchya day Isaiah Ryan Vaughan

3 years of age and the boy whos life was changed and the boy who changes lives. :)

Cleaning a closet for a sister

I am so sorry its been so long since Lashae or I have posted. We both have been CRAZY busy! But I finally had a fun thing to post about. I have had plenty of ideas but I couldn't resist posting this! So as most of you know my family is adopting a little girl from Uganda, Africa. She is 9 years old and the plan is that her and I are going to share a room. Even though we have a while until are process is complete for adoption God works in crazy ways so I decided that since He can move mountains why can't he bring a little girl home from Africa soon? Last night I decided JUST in case the Lord wanted Esther (that's her name) to come home soon then I should kind of have my room ready. My room is cleaned everyday bed made and all that fun stuff but my closet is a complete disaster. So I decided I should have it ready to share. That was an adventure so I had to share with you all about it.

This is ALL of the stuff in my closet piled in the middle of my room. Some where hidden is Reece and my floor.

My pile got a little smaller and awww theres Reece.

Look!!! Its small! Yep Reece is still hanging out with me But at the moment he is re-organizing what I had already done. Hes more entertainment then he is help!

Just to let you know this wasn't done in just a few minutes it took me one hour and thirty minutes. Here is my smallest pile but yet many more minutes lay ahead for me at this point. Look at Reece eye bawling my stuff!

Okay there it is!!! My floor!

Here it is.... My side.


ESTHER SIDE!!!! Yay I am soooo excited!!!

Reece isn't in this picture because he found a whistle in one of my piles and ran away with it. You could ONLY imagine how we were all woken up this morning! :D

It was a really long process but I am glad I got to have the pleasure of doing it! As you can see we already have a few things in there for her and we will just keep adding! :D