Walser Adoption Adventures

Reckless Abandon Day 1 &2

We are here and having a fantastic trip already. The trip here was relatively problem free and all of our luggage made it with no problem. Even all 800 pounds of donations! Thank you Jesus!

Saturday we all woke up a little jet lagged but extremely spoiled in our accommodations at Providence Guest House. We met up with Jesse and Levi from Bring Love In (formerly of Drawn from Water). They took us to visit Anointed Word of God Church, who were caring for the poor in their area, giving Bibles to the kids and flour to the moms. It was a beautiful thing to see the body of Christ in Ethiopia caring for their own, meting both their physical need and their spiritual one. We were able to spend the afternoon hanging out with Jesse and Levi, who are opening a home for women and children (more on that later). Our day was a bit different from what was on our schedule, since their home is not open yet. However it was a blessing to be with this couple who have been faithful servants to the people of Ethiopia. Our evening was low key, giving us a chance to rest a bit. We had our debrief at Kaldi’s coffee shop, and we as a team were able to discuss our first impressions, our expectations for the trip, and our plans for the upcoming week as well as pray together.

Sunday we split up for church. The guys went to the Anointed Word of God church where we had been on Saturday. They experienced a 3 hour worship service in Amharic. The gals went to the International Evangelical Church for an English-speaking service. We met up at lunch and had a chance to spend time with Bisrat, who has organized our upcoming Train the Trainers. From there we headed to Entoto Mountain for a great view of Addis. After some shopping a the post office, we went back to our guest house for a debrief and spent some time sorting all of our donations.

God is faithful and we feel beyond blessed to be here. We are thankful to have had a slower schedule to recover from our jet lag but we are all ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work! Tomorrow we head back over to Jesse and Levi’s to help them with some organizing for their upcoming move.

More updates to come! A few pictures below (courtesy of Jessica Olivero)! Thank you for your love and prayers!

Africa and Anniversaries!

I am in full-steam-ahead mode as we prepare to leave tomorrow for Africa for our Reckless Abandon mission trip! Lots of last minute details, packing, organizing, and errands!

But I just wanted to take a moment before we leave to say THANK YOU! so so much for all of your support, for your prayers, for buying MudLove bands...I am so grateful!

The in-laws are here and prepared to take the reigns for the next 10 days. Joe and I are excited to be on this trip together and to see all that the Lord has in store for our team!

I hope to post updates here while we are in Africa, but I'm not sure how cooperative the internet will be, so we'll see. For sure I will report back here when we return.

Our schedule will be:

Thursday-Friday travel
Saturday-Tuesday serve with Bring Love In
Wednesday-Friday training church planters, serving with with Embracing Hope, and VBS with Compassion Families International
Saturday shopping and packing; leave Ethiopia Saturday night
Sunday evening home

We appreciate your prayers for:

opportunities to share the gospel in word and deed
our training of 40+ potential indigenous church planters
that we are a blessing to the ministries we are serving
safety and good health
for our loved ones and kiddos back at home

On Valentines day, Joe and I celebrated 19 years of marriage! So for fun, enjoy this video and hopefully I'll be back on here soon!! Bye for now! : )

2 Days Only!! Mud Love Bands $10 shipped!!!

I need to finish this out, friends!!
I am soooooo close to being completed funded for my mission trip to Ethiopia!
We leave in exactly FOUR weeks! YAY!!!

To try and complete my fundraising, I am offering a 2 day special on the MudLove bands---
just $10 each shipped!!!

What an awesome Valentine's gift for your sweetie!!! : ) : )

To order yours, use the donate button to the right,
and let me know in your note which band(s) you want.
(Details on MudLove bands here.)
Or comment below and I will get back to you!

I still have a couple more nickel pendants left and some tshirts--
so let me know if you'd like any of those as well!

This deal is only good through Friday, January 20th!
So order yours NOW!
THANK YOU for your support!!

T-shirt & Crosses Clearance!!! $7-10 shipped!!

I am clearing out my remaining stock of adoption t-shirts and nickel pendants and using the funds toward my mission trip. The shirts say "Love with abandon, love an orphan." These are a SCREAMIN' deal, folks!!

To order: Use the Paypal "donate an amount of your choice here" button to the right, and let me know in the comments which items you are ordering. OR you can email me or comment below and let me know what items you would like to order, and we can handle payment arrangements.

T-SHIRTS

Ladies Cream v-neck

(1) Large
(2) XLarge
$10 SHIPPED!
(these are fitted so order a size up)

Adult brown
~~(1) Large~~ SOLD!
$7 SHIPPED!

Girls fitted brown
~~(1) Small-6~~ SOLD!
(1) Medium-8
(1) Large-10
$7 SHIPPED!

Kid's brown
(3) x-small-4/5
(3) small- 6
(2) medium- 7/8
~~(1) Large-10/12~~ SOLD!
$7 SHIPPED!

NICKEL CROSSES
from Ethiopia
(I have one of each of these)
$10 SHIPPED!!

~~cross #1~~ SOLD!
(approx. 2 in long)

~~cross #2~~ SOLD!
(approx. 1 in long)

~~cross #3~~ SOLD!
(approx. 1 1/2 in long, hinges in the middle)

cross #4

(approx. 2 in long)

cross #5 (approx. 1 in long)

AND for a limited time, if you order any of the above,
you can add a MudLove band of your choice for only
$10!!

Just add $10 to your total and be sure and let me know if you want a:
redeemed necklace (brown or black)
redeemed bracelet (brown)
lovewithabandon bracelet (brown or black)

Obviously my stock is limited so order today and thank you for helping support my trip to Ethiopia in February!!

Merry Christmas

We are thankful to have Abby home this Christmas and to have the opportunity to teach her about why and Who we celebrate.

We wish you and yours a wonderful Christmas celebrating Emmanuel--
God with us.
A child,
and yet a King.

Blessings,
the Walser family

Reckless Abandon t-shirts for sale!!!

I am so excited to show you our new t-shirts we are selling for our mission trip! Check out the awesome design (created by our very own talented friend Nichol Shubin!)

FRONT:

BACK:

You have to admit--they're cool, right?! The shirt is unisex, navy or grey shirt, with grey and yellow printing. They are so soft!

You can order yours today for just
$25 shipped!

AND we have sweatshirts for just
$40 shipped!

Get your order in today! Use this link below or the one on the right sidebar of my blog!

Love-with-a-band-on!!!...Mud Love bands!! LAST day to preorder!

It's the last day to pick your choice of color and style of MudLove band--yours for a $15 donation toward my mission trip to Ethiopia in February!

A few things to love about MudLove bands:

they not only help me get to Ethiopia, they also provide clean drinking water for an African for a whole year!!
sooooooo many colors to choose from and three different styles
they are handmade, waterproof, and adjustable in size
perfect for guys and gals!!
they would be a great stocking stuffer for [you or] someone you love!

For every $15 you donate towards my trip,
you can pick the MudLove band/necklace of your choice [no shipping fees!]!
Preorders end today, so be sure and let me know which one you want!!

Order using the menus on my right sidebar or go to this post here!

[If for some reason the paypal buttons aren't working, you can use my email address as the Paypal recipient (walserhome@tampabay.rr.com) and let me know in the notes section the MudLove item you want.]