proof, you want proof?

Sorry for my lack of posts. :) Happy 2010!

So, do you need proof that abortion is bad? Besides the fact that is murder.

Today I found this article on Yahoo: "More than 24 million Chinese men of marrying age could find themselves without spouses in 2020, state media reported on Monday, citing a study that blamed sex-specific abortions as a major factor."

There are so many proofs that come about that prove that abortion is wrong. Let's keep fighting!!!

Pray for Matt Chandler

On Thanksgiving, Pastor Matt Chandler had a seizure, and has since had surgery, and today found out that the tumor in his brain was malignant. He is a Man of God, a husband, and father. We need to fervently pray for him. Click here to see the website to see updates.

In a world of mediocre and even evil pastors, Matt is a light. He preaches the Word of God, and lives what he believes. To lose such a light would be devastating, not to mention he is a young husband and father. We must pray, pray, and pray.

Below is a clip of one of his sermons to show you his heart for God. You will not regret watching it.

Adoption Awareness Month

As we all know, October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Now, don't get me wrong, I was greatly affected by breast cancer myself. My grandmother fought it 3 times before it finally took her life in 2002 at the young age of 56.

BUT, October is over. November is Adoption Awareness Month. One of my goals/dreams in life is that Adoption Awareness Month will be as "celebrated" as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Today I will write about the need for adoption... taken from the Hands for Hope ministry of Grace Community Church, (we are visiting this church in January, and I will be meeting with this ministry for information of one day staring my own adoption ministry one day).

THE FACTS

What is the need?

* Over 130 million children have lost one or both parents.(1)

* Every 18 seconds another child becomes an orphan, without a mother or father.(2)

* At least 16.2 million children worldwide have lost both parents.(3)
* Every 14 seconds a child loses a parent due to AIDS.(4)
* Conflict has orphaned or separated 1 million children from their families in the 1990s.(5)

Where are they?

* 43.4 million orphans live in sub-Saharan Africa, 87.6 million orphans live in Asia, and 12.4 million orphans live in Latin America and the Caribbean.(6)


* 1.5 million children live in public care in Central and Eastern Europe alone.(7)

* At any given point there are over 500,000 children in the U.S. Foster Care system.(8)


* In some countries, children are abandoned at alarming rates, due to poverty, restrictive population control policies, disabilities or perceived disabilities, and cultural traditions that value boys more than girls.(9)

What about AIDS?

* More than 14 million children under the age of 15 have lost one or both parents to AIDS, the vast majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa.(10)
* By 2010, the number of children orphaned by AIDS globally is expected to exceed 25 million.(11)

* AIDS is more likely than other cause of death to result in children losing both parents.(12
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* As the infection spreads, the number of children who have lost parents to AIDS is beginning to grow in other regions as well, including Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.(13)

What happens to the children?

* Children are profoundly affected as their parents fall sick and die, setting them on a long trail of painful experiences often characterized by: economic hardship, lack of love, attention and affection, withdrawal from school, psychological distress, loss of inheritance, increased physical and sexual abuse and risk of HIV infection, malnutrition and illness, stigma, discrimination, exploitation, trafficking, and isolation.(14
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* Orphaned children are much more likely than non-orphans to be working in commercial agriculture, as street vendors, in domestic service and in the sex trade.(15)
* Unaccompanied boys are at high risk of forced or 'voluntary' participation in violence and armed conflict.(16)
* Orphanages, children's villages, or other group residential facilities generally fail to meet young people's emotional and psychological needs.(17)

What about foster care?

* On average, children stay in foster care for 30 months, or 2.5 years.(18
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* 118,000 children were waiting to be adopted on September 30, 2004.(19)


* On average, those children waiting for adoption have been in foster care for 43.8 months, almost 4 years.(20)


* Each year, an estimated 20,000 young people “age out” of the U.S. foster care system. Many are only 18 years old and still need support and services. Of those who aged out of foster care:(21)


Outcome(22)


Earned a high school diploma: 54%


Obtained a Bachelor's degree or higher: 2%


Were unemployed: 51%


Had no health insurance: 30%


Had been homeless: 25%


Were receiving public assistance: 30%

Is there any hope?

* Yes. There is a Father who infinitely loves each orphan and calls His people to join Him in caring for the fatherless. 


* If only 7% of the 2 billion professing Christians in the world would care for a single orphan, looking after the child in their distress, there would effectively be no more orphans. We can each do something.

Click here to see the sources of the statistics.

Center

What is the center of your life? Your family, health, job- what is it?

Do you know what should be the center of your life? JESUS CHRIST.

When we put anything else before Him, that is called idolatry. Idolatry breaks the first and second commandments.

This song is a great way to call out to God and to ask Him to be the Center of your life, and it is a great way to commit yourself to Him being your center.

L♥L

My pastor used this as an illustration yesterday, and it was hysterical, yet convicting.



We need to be prepared to complete our mission from Christ!

Hiatus Status

Sorry for my blog hiatus. We have been praying through BIG decisions in our lives, and we finally have decided.


My family blog will now be called The California Keierlebers instead of The Keierleber Family. We are moving from Texas to California so my husband can attend the Master's Seminary. We are so excited to see where God is leading us!

Oh, and I promise to update this blog soon!

Leave Those JoBros Alone!

Ok, so I am not a Jonas Brothers fan or anything, but I do respect these boys. They wear purity rings... how cool? :)

Kevin, (Jonas on right), is getting married. They want a calm family event for his bachelor party. A yahoo blogger cannot stand the fact that there may be pure people in the world.

"An epic night of debauchery -- he'll regret it later if he doesn't do it now. " Seriously- regret? Living for Christ is nothing to regret... having a crazy bachelor party WOULD be something to regret.

Get full ridiculous story here.

Romans 12:2- And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.