Nannies (slippers)

Nannies: A comfy slipper made from vintage Double Knit & Polyester Fabrics


NANNIES ARE SLIPPERS BEING MADE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A MISSION TRIP TO UGANDA AND KENYA TO VISIT VARIOUS ORPHANAGES. THE BIBLE CALLS US ALL TO SERVE THE LEAST OF THESE. JAMES 1:27 SAYS “RELIGION THAT IS PURE AND UNDEFILED BEFORE GOD, THE FATHER, IS THIS: TO VISIT ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR AFFLICTION, AND TO KEEP ONESELF UNSTAINED FROM THE WORLD.” I PRAY THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER ORDERING A PAIR OR TWO OR EVEN JUST GIVING DIRECTILY TO THE TRIP FUND. NANNIES MAKE GREAT GIFTS ESPECIALLY WITH CHRISTMAS COMING UP. I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ORDER AND YOUR SUPPORT. MATTHEW 25:40 SAYS “AND THE KING WILL ANSWER THEM, TRULY I SAY TO YOU, AS YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BROTHERS, YOU DID IT TO ME. “


Slippers made from vintage style double-knit and polyester fabrics. Will stretch to fit! Though Color and Fabric Design cannot be guaranteed, quality is!
Therefore if you are not completely satisfied with your purchase please contact me to make arrangements for refund or exchange.

Sizes come in: Child/Infant, Child/Small, Child/Medium, Adult/Small, Adult/Medium, and Adult/Large.

They are $10 per pair and make great stocking stuffers! If you are interested, simply email me your order and I will get them to you as soon as possible! My email address is: elisha.robertson@gmail.com

I greatly appreciate your support as I go share Jesus in Africa!

-Elisha

Kenya/Uganda: Here I Come!

October 10, 2011

Dear Family and Friends,
I am very excited to be writing to you today. God has been working in my life and I want to share with you the journey He is taking me on. Since my trip to Tunisia in 2010, I’ve been praying that He would send me again. Just this morning the scripture that I read was Isaiah 6:8 “And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I! Send me.’” This has been my prayer for the past couple of years and HE is sending me!

This winter I have an amazing opportunity to visit an orphanage in Uganda and Kenya. This 13 day mission-trip is being organized by a Christian non-profit ministry called Visiting Orphans. They organize trips for Christian groups to visit orphanages all over the world. You can learn more about them at: www.VisitingOrphans.org.
I am writing to ask you to partner with me on this trip by praying, encouraging and financially supporting me. Please pray that our team will have unity and that our travels will be safe and we’ll remain healthy. Pray also that God will teach me more about Himself and especially pray that we’ll be able to communicate God’s love to the children we meet.

The cost for me to attend this trip is $3700. This includes all my travel, lodging, meals, and translators. Once I’ve reached my goal, any additional money raised on my behalf can go toward orphanage donations on our trip. $2200 is due to Visiting Orphans by October 26 and the remaining due 3 weeks prior to my trip. So as you can see this is quite a task to get done within a small amount of time, but I know it is possible through Him! Matthew 19:26

Thank you for considering being a part of my support team. If you need to contact me, please email me at : elisha.robertson@gmail.com or call me at 903.436.5841. If you’re able to help support me, you can use the sample response card below. You can also donate on the Visiting Orphans website, just be sure to designate that it is the Uganda/Kenya Team 2 trip from Dec. 27-Jan. 8 and put my name down. I also will be making slippers to sell and use the money towards the trip. See next post for info on ordering these.
Thank you so very much for your support!

Serving Him together,

Elisha Robertson

Response Card

___Yes, I’ll be praying for your Visiting Orphans Mission trip.
___Yes, I’m interested in financially supporting you on this trip.
Enclosed is a check made payable to Visiting Orphans for:$_________or I plan to make donation online for:$_________
Name:_____________________________________________Phone:__________________________
Address:___________________________________________________________________________
(*please indicate on the check that this is for the Uganda/Kenya Team 2 trip from Dec 27-Jan8)

Did somebody say chocolate?

Well I think I may have found a new favorite thing to make. You see, Hobby Lobby is one of my absolute favorite stores and I always go down the cake/baking isle but never turn my eyes to the candy side. Well yesterday, I turned my eyes and I got a couple of valentine heart molds and this way cool squeeze bottle that you put the chocolate in to melt and fill the molds. Ok, sooooo easy and the results are sooooo cute! I love this and will be going back to try the flavored chocolate chips as well as some other molds. These are cheap, easy and make cute favors!

Snow Daze

Love is in the Air

The girls got to go enjoy a fun time at the Daddy/Daughter Dance. They were excited to get new dresses and also dresses for their American Girl Dolls. They wore corsages with painted fingernails. They had pink cookies, punch and chocolate kisses. There was lots of dancing and music. Wonderful memories were made with their daddy!

Snow day #2

So here we are day 2 stuck inside. Here's the list of activities for today.

Family Exercise Hour to Fit Moms DVD
45 minutes of Ping Pong Game (see below for explanation)
Craft Time (magazine collages)
Move Time (Shrek Forever)
Beauty Salon (put girls hair in dreadlocks,pics to come!)
Valentine Bingo
Spelling Practice/Reading Time
Make a tent in girls' room to keep them busy for maybe 10 minutes
Family Worship/Prayer Time (hopefully will have music by Dad, a devo, and prayer time)

As the day progresses the volume seems to go up and up in here. Looking forward to the melting of the ice. Not enough snow this go around to play in, plus it's way too cold!

Ok, so for those of you interested in Ping Pong Game here it is. You take as many ping pong balls as you desire and write different chores on each one with a sharpie. They might be things like wash dishes, vacuum, empty trash cans, feed the animals, pick up toys, fold clothes, etc. Everyone chooses a ball and does that, as soon as that task is complete they draw another ball. The point of the game is to get the most ping pong balls and that person is the winner! The girls love it because it's a competition.

Snow Day!

Ok, very quickly this morning I realize that we are going to have to make this "snow day" very structured or else this house will close in on us very fast. So, while taking my shower this morning my mind was racing with ideas. And these are the activites I've come up with for today and possibly tomorrow.

ART: Decorate Valentine Mailboxes
LANGUAGE ARTS: Make Valentine Cards
HOME ECONOMICS AND MATH/SCIENCE: Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
SPELLING: Play Scrabble Junior
PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Play Hide & Seek
READING: Individual reading time
BIBLE: Write letters to our sister Karla in Nicaragua
REST TIME: Movie & Popcorn
GAME TIME: Valentine Bingo

It's the teacher in me wanting to keep things organized and structured. I figure we'll have fun and still learn too.

We Are Hungry

This is my heart this morning

Hungry (Falling on my Knees)

What do you hope for?

Really, what do you hope for?

Some hope for promotions at work, a new car, a new home, a breakthrough in rough circumstances, losing those extra pounds, a new friendship, a restored relationship, and the list goes on and on.

What is it that you are hoping for?

The verse I read today was Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."

I was convicted by this verse knowing that I have a relationship with a Holy God who is my hope. HE is all the hope I need. And not just that, but do I share this with others who are desperately in need of hope? If you are a Christian then you have a hope that surpasses all other things and we need to share that with this hurting world. Opportunities are all around us daily, let's seize them for God's glory!

Eat & Pray

Well we are back to our menu planning and praying for countries around the world.
Last night was Rustic Tortellini Soup from Italy as shown in the picture.


Delicious!!!

Tonight was Sesame Shrimp Bowl from Asia. It's a fun way to include missions in our daily life and also to get the girls to try new foods.

We are also following operation world and using their prayer guide to pray for people groups around the world before we go to bed. It's fun for the girls to learn about other cultures, and the prayers they lift up to the Lord are amazing in their innocence. The faith of a child.....if only we all had that!

Here's the link if you are interested in praying with us : http://www.operationworld.org/prayer-movement

HH100

Ok, so I have to post a pic of my awesome hubby who survived the "Hotter n Hell 100" Bike Rally in Wichita Falls this past weekend. He rode the entire 100. Amazing! That's all I can say. It sure got us excited. Hoping one day to ride as a family, well maybe not 100 miles, but at least the 25. It was such a fun weekend camping and seeing all the cyclists.
Way to go Wes (Daddy).....we are proud of you!!!!

Keema & Couscous

So....our family is on a prayer journey. We are learning and praying for countries and cultures that we are not familiar with. Along with this journey we are trying new foods that are popular in those countries. So far, we've had Kapusta from Germany, Couscous from Tunisia, Pong Pong Pork Chops from China and Keema from Pakistan. We are so excited and wanted to share it.

The picture above is the Keema from Pakistan. It is a ground beef casserole with some veggies and bold spices!

Here's some current info about Pakistan via the IMB's website.

PAKISTAN

Pakistan is experiencing its worst flooding in 80 years, impacting more than 13 million people. Baptist Global Response along with Southern Baptist relief workers reported that the scope of human suffering in Pakistan is staggering – and only expected to worsen. Millions of people have lost homes, possessions, crops and livestock, and the United Nations has estimated up to 3.5 million children are at high risk of deadly water-borne diseases. Relief efforts are hampered by continuing rains and landslides that are blocking roads and damaging bridges, communication links and supporting infrastructure. Pray for the relief workers at the aid shelters, asking specifically that they will stay healthy and that they will be safe from opposition. Also ask God to speed the delivery of the necessary tents, food supplies and medicine to the relief camps despite the washed-out roads and continual rains.

Praying that the people of Pakistan come to know JESUS as their LORD and SAVIOR.

Chief Faber

Sunday was one of those "supernatural" days that you just didn't want to end. Chief Faber of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe in New Mexico came to visit our church. He was dressed in his beautiful Indian costume. He gave his testimony of growing up on the reservation, being the town drunk and having never been told about Jesus(even though there were many churches on the reservation). Of all people, a cashier at the gas station that bought alcohol from got his attention and prayed over him. His life changed drastically. Anyways, towards the end of the testimony he transitioned into a time of invitation. He asked everyone to raise their hands that had a growing relationship with Jesus. As everyone in the sanctuary raised their hands, He proceeded to ask everyone to get out of their seats and come to the alters and lift up this community. It was absolutely amazing! Mainly because sunday comes and sunday goes and there is hardly ever anyone that goes to the alter.....but this time Everyone went to the alter. It was a beautiful sight and so very powerful! The verse the chief quoted that has really stuck with me is John 3:30"He must increase, but I must decrease." I just didn't want it to come to an end. I was overwhelmed by the spirit that morning and it continued into lunchtime as we enjoyed fellowshipping and eating with the chief and other brothers and sisters in Christ. Then that evening we had a concert of prayer that was so very special. I just love days like this when you just feel drenched in the Holy Spirit. It was so good. To be honest, it's not totally over with....I feel like God is still working in mine and Wes' hearts. I'm not sure what or how or when, but I know God is preparing something very exciting for us and i cannot wait to find out!

Dresses

Here they are......dress pics. I've had many ask if I'm going to sell them, so I thought about it and decided that sounded fun. So how much you ask? I've decided bandana dresses will be $15, pillow case dresses will be $20-25(depending on size), tank dresses $10-15(depending on size) and for those of you who have american girl dolls or in our case the Target version Our Generation dolls, I can make a matching bandana dress or pillow case dress for an extra $5. I will add pictures as I get more made. Thanks for your orders!

Graduation Cakes

Busy couple of days baking cakes, but I enjoyed making each one of them. They were all very unique. One vanilla, one yellow and strawberry and one chocolate.

Growing up!

Preschool Graduation for Keira today.

Ready or not, here we go.....

Ok,
So I've really enojoyed my friends blogs and would love for our family to have one. So, here we go.....we're going to try it.