Posted in Adoption, Birthdays, China adoption, Christianity, Video Clips on November 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yes, the Prairie Family had yet another birthday this week! Kara turned 6 years old on Sunday. She had a very special day!
A special friend’s mother remembered the occasion and brought cupcakes to Sunday School to celebrate Kara’s birthday–that was a sweet and thoughtful surprise! Then the pastor announced that it was her birthday, and [...]
Posted in Abeka Academy, Abeka Academy Weekly Journal, Adoption, China adoption, Club Feet, Homeschool, Syndactyly on October 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yes, this is a Thanksgiving paper! We are enough ahead of schedule, that we are pretty close to Thanksgiving in our schoolwork.
This week I am going to write about something that I really don’t notice much, but that does come up from time-to-time: Kara’s hands. Kara had multiple birth defects, some of which have been [...]
Posted in Adoption, China adoption, Christianity, Family on September 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Three years ago Huang Min Cui from Huangshan, Anhui Province, China, became my daughter. We changed her name to Kara Joy Mincui O’Brien because “Kara” means “pure,” and we were confident that God was bringing our family pure joy when He saw fit to bless us with her. He has truly done that, and I [...]
Posted in Abeka Academy, Adoption, China adoption, Christianity, Homeschool on September 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
From the very first day that Kara joined our family, she has heard us pray at meals and at family devotion time. Even before she could speak English, she would mimic our actions and take her turn to talk to Jesus. As she started to pick up some word, we began to understand how she [...]
Posted in China adoption, Club Feet, Family on June 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
UPDATE: I am happy to report that I have been contacted by a family that can use the shoes, so they are no longer available.
As most of my readers already know, our daughter Kara has a corrected clubbed foot. Although the foot is straight, it will always be smaller than her “normal” foot, and [...]
Posted in China adoption, Family on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in China adoption, Family on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in China adoption, Christianity, Club Feet, Family on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday our pastor gave a great sermon from Acts 3:1-10. This passage is the story about the lame man who was healed in the name of Jesus Christ by Peter and John. As he was giving this message, I couldn’t help but to be stirred as he described the straightening of this man’s [...]
Posted in China adoption, Club Feet on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Most of my readers are aware that our beautiful daughter Kara was adopted from China. She had a severely clubbed foot at the time of her adoption, and we have had it surgically corrected. She is an absolute delight to our family, and her resilient courage that she has shown in facing her special needs [...]
Posted in China adoption, Christianity, Family, Holidays, Video Clips on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today our church had a Christmas program during the Sunday School hour. Even though it was very simple, it was nice, and I am glad that it was put together. Taking part in these types of things were always a highlight of my Christmases as a child, and I want my kids to feel the [...]
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