My family's sponsor child

Hey blog readers,

Yesterday, my family and I picked a child to sponsor from www.compassioninternation.com and we picked a 5 year old boy from Dominican Republic. His name is Nelfali and he is a orphan living with his grandparents. : ( He is so cute and I can't wait to get his picture in the mail and write him a letter to tell him about my family! I am so happy there are programs like Compassion International so we in America don't lose sight of God's little children. To think that every night 1/3 of the world goes to bed starving is just so sad and it brings joy to my heart to know that I can play a part in helping less and less of that 1/3 go to bed hungry! I pray that more people will sponsor those little children. Thankfully most of them have parents but those who don't, the hurt they must feel... oh how I pray God will comfort their hearts. If you could be so good as to pray for the hungry and homeless every night before bed, that is just a special part we can play in their lives. Don't be sad because they are getting help! Right now in all of the world, there are more people becoming Christians in Africa than another other place in the world! Isn't that encouraging?!? To know that in Africa where there are the most false teachings, there is also the most converts! You just have to love how God works in mighty ways!
Well I have to go but I will definitly write more later!

Blessings and Joy be spread to you all,
SocialButterfly

Party planning!!!!

Hey everyone,

Starting tomorrow, I will start the countdown of the days left until my birthday! YEAAAAAAAA! I am sooo excited!!! My family is coming over on Thursday to celebrate my birthday along with my Aunts birthday and I can't wait to see them! So about my birthday, I have to obviously plan a party but what is a good party theme? I would like the party to be outdoors but indoors may be necessary for weather purposes. Tell me what you would want your Sweet 16 to be like and I will see if I like any of the ideas. I have already had my b-day party as a hawiian theme, tea-party, movies and play but the movies could possibly be done again (it depends). So tell me your creative party ideas and I can't wait to hear from you all!

Until next time,
Socialbutterfly

Our Family Trip to the Botanical Gardens! ! !

There is nothing quite so beautiful as the flowers God created. This is a true sign of Spring for me. But back to the subject. March 21, last Friday, my family and I went to the Botanical Gardens! I was so excited because we usually only go once or twice a year because we seem to forget that it exists until we look at old family photos. Anyway, all the pictures above were taken with my Nikon camera. I don't remember the names of every flower but I am sure you can identify the Easter Lilies and maybe figure a couple others above. We had a wonderful time and I enjoyed the whole 2 and 1/2 hours we were there! It was so enjoyable. Some parts seem like you are walking through the desert because although I didn't post a photo of it, there is a bunch of cacti in one room and in another room you feel like you are in the jungle with all these different tropical trees! The coolest thing there was probably the banana and orange trees! Oh and have you ever seen a sausage tree?!? I DID! LOL It had these funny sausage looking plants growing out of the unique shaped tree. Well I hope you enjoy these pictures and that God's creation will lift your spirits for this Spring!

Blessings,

SocialButterfly

HAPPY EASTER! ! ! !

Hello blog readers,
I would like to say to you all,
HAPPY EASTER!!!!
I hope you all have a great Easter and that God showers His blessings on you and your families! Also I pray for warmer weather!!! LOL

I have to go now but here is a clue of what will be added to tomorrows post: flowers in a warm building. See if you can guess where I went on Friday! Hurry and leave a comment on this post to give me your guess!!!

Until tomorrow,
SocialButterfly