To All My Committed Readers

Thank you so much for checking in on my blog from time to time. It blesses me to know that I can share what God has blessed us with and to also keep in touch with you. My life has changed so much over the last year and a half and to all who have journeyed with, thank you.

Here is a little update on life in the Cooper Home.

*I am buying my tickets to Haiti this week. Technically I am buying 8 tickets to Haiti. We are a little late because of waiting on funds, but we must buy now even if some of our team members can't come. The clock is ticking. My team is great and I feel that this trip will do more than just build on the last, but I feel that it will surpass it in the amazing things that God will do. So far there are 165 nannies and nurses coming to our training sessions. That is a great response. I have made so many divine encounters at the most random places for supplies and it keeps coming. Yesterday I sat down at the park and ended up talking to an African missionary who helps develop usable, energy saving devices for places like Haiti and Africa that I think will be used in the future with this ministry. He opened my eyes to so many things and I feel that it was divine encounter for sure. I am still raising funds for our trip and the Food For Haiti program where we feed a village every time we go. If you want to give you still can. Make the checks to Fire International and mail them to me. Email me for my address.

* We were called with a situation to adopt a little 10 mo. in Oregon a few weeks back. This sent my heart into a tale spin, but I quickly recovered to get my head in the game. For a week or so it looked like it might work. I got all the paper work to update our home study and started making phone calls. Unfortunately I haven't heard back from the lawyer and am leaving that in God's hands for now. It made me realize that God is still knocking on the door of our home and our hearts to say " Are you ready, because there are many more." Our answer is still yes.

* Steven is busier than every with school. His first midterm and paper are past. PTL! Now he is working on his Criminal Justice research paper on Human trafficking. It is intense for sure, but it is a great season for Steven once he gets the knack of it. Pray for him if you think about it. Next semester will be a doozy.

* Work for me is good. I have taken on more responsibility by agreeing to teach the staff on the short and long term effects of sexual abuse. I will have to research it and then make it teachable for a 3 hour class. This is a crazy task, but I feel that it will be very valuable in the long run. I start teaching it in October.

* Shiloh is great. She will be 11 months on Aug. 11th and I am trying to find where all this time has gone to. I have attached some videos so that you can see that my little 6lb baby has grown up. She loves things like tomatoes, plums, and avocado. She crawls really fast and took some steps with her walker yesterday. She loves to dance in the prayer room and pace with mommy. She says "hi", "da da", blows kisses and drinks from a straw. (since 8mo) There are no words to describe what our hearts feel towards this one. She is truly one sent to bring us peace, Shiloh.