#lolablue

     Last Sunday, we realized that it had been exactly a year since we told my parents about the adoption. There are valid reasons that our journey has gone slower than I would like up until this point, and we trust God's timing--but what a punch to the gut! A WHOLE YEAR. Luckily, we've also seen some encouraging progress these past few weeks, and are hopeful that things on the South Africa side will get rolling a bit quicker. We feel a sense of urgency to get Our Girl home, and are looking at some hefty agency fees coming up. 

Enter Lola Blue! I met Jessica and her sweet family at a previous church job. She makes these AWESOME, super creative bags that were recently given away as swag at the MTV Movie Awards. How cool is that? Jessica and her family have a huge heart for missions and I'm so honored she is allowing us to feature her Piper Bag in our fundraiser. 

This bag is awesome, and there are several adorable fabric combinations to chose from on Lola Blue's website. There are six, count them SIX inside pockets, that makes this an amazing carry-on, everyday bag for your laptop, diaper bag, or overnight bag. 

One of our lucky readers will get a Piper Bag, in the fabric combination of your choice!

Here are the details:

You have until May 18th to enter, and our winner will be chosen and announced on May 19th---just in time to get your bag for Memorial Day Weekend!

To enter: make a donation to our Paypal, and include your contact information.**

We suggest a donation of $10 per entry, but it is up to you! There is no limit to entries. 

Once your payment has posted, we will send you a picture of your entry ticket.

We will use www.random.org to chose our lucky friend!

I will contact the winner and then order your choice of Piper Bag!

Please share this on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and email all of your friends!

We need $3850 for our next fee, and that's where 100% of your entries will go. THANK YOU for helping us get our girl home! 

As always, if you'd like to make a tax-deductible donation toward our adoption fees instead of entering to win the bag you may do so here. 

RULES:
1. Always post the rules
2. Answer the questions of the person who tagged you and write 11 new ones.
3. Tag 11 people and link them.
4. Let them know that they are tagged.

Questions given to me.

1. What is one lyric that sums up your life?

"Short on money but long on time

Slowly strolling in the sweet sunshine

I'm running late I don't need an excuse"-New Shoes by Paolo Nutini.

2. Which period in history do you find most interesting and why?

This one kind of depends on which part of the world we're talking about. Not even continental so much as to the country. Like if it's England then 19th Century. If it's the U.S. I'd say post WWI. Pretty modern overall. Anything before late 18th, early 19th is of no interest to me, really.

3. If aliens came down to Earth and asked for you to show them one thing to “sum up” humanity, what would you show them?

Tom Hiddleston. I know how that sounds but seriously, he's the nicest guy and he's pretty and he's smart. So I'd like to present the best, not the worst. 

4. Rain forest, beach, mountain top or arctic tundra?

Rain forest. I'm sick of the beach seeing as I live next to one and the other two sound too cold for my lack of cool climate experience.

5. Have you ever experienced synesthesia (A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color)?

Well, yesterday for sure. Someone was talking to me about something and while he talked about it, I had a visualization of what he was talking about...in my way, the way I had experienced that. Strictly speaking, my visualization based on my hearing what he was saying also provoked feelings in me. 

6. What is the most beautiful sounding word in your opinion?

If an English person is saying it then strawberry. Sans accent? Innocuous. (Bonus: In Spanish estremecer-kind of like to tremble; and in French, oublier-to forget)

7. What is the most breathtaking thing you have ever seen?

I don't think I've ever seen something that has taken my breath away like that. But I guess the closest is probably my beloved WE, this gorgeous lake in the interior parts of the island, or the beautiful cascade at El Yunque. Oh and possibly Guernica by Picasso. It's certainly very impressive when you see it in person.

8. Do you have any plants?

If you count the ones in the yard, then yes.

9. “Click” the movie becomes real. Would you fast forward through parts of your life if you could?

Absolutely not. That backfired on Adam Sandler and it would surely backfire on me. But, like Jandy said, I would rewind a lot.

10. In terms of body language, what do you find the most interesting?

11. If you could create a word & definition for anything not already named what would it be?

A French word meaning cheap. Because in French, the word cheap doesn't exist. You have to say that it's not expensive. Every time. In Spanish that problem doesn't exist. In Spanish cheap is barato. But in French, every time...pas cher...aka not expensive. So I'd like one. It'd make my continuous studies in this language much more interesting if I could invent a French word for cheap.

New Questions

1.You're granted the opportunity to be one of your favorite characters for 24 hours in their lives. Which character would you be and why?

2. What's your most prized (non electronic or motor) possession?

3. What book have you read more than once because it means a lot to you and you see something new from it with each read?

4. What period of time would you most dread being stuck in?

5. Say you actually committed a murder, would the guilt eat you alive that you'd end up confessing to the police or would you live with the guilt if you know you'd never be caught?

6. Pick a movieverse in which you'd like to live. By movieverse it can be contained to the universe of one movie, a universe in which you know all of the films of a director take place, etc. 

7. Would you change your eye color permanently if possible? To what color?

8. Do you root for heroes, villains or anti-heroes?

9. Do you have a favorite family member? You know, even if you don't want your other family members to find out?