Lead me in the Way Everlasting Psalm 139:24: An Introduction: Red Letters Campaign

What You Should Know About HIV and AIDS

-HIV can NOT be spread through casual/household contact. HIV is not spread through hugging, kissing, shaking hands, sharing toys, sneezing, coughing, sharing food, sharing drinks, bathing, swimming or any other casual way. It has been proven that HIV and AIDS can only be spread through sexual contact, birth, breastfeeding and blood to blood contact (such as sharing needles).- HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable disease. With treatment, people who are HIV+ can live indefinitely without developing AIDS and can live long and full lives.- People who are HIV+ deserve to be treated with love, respect, support and acceptance as all people do.Additional information on transmission of HIV can be found on the Center for Disease Control website: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

An Introduction: Red Letters Campaign

I have decided to to try something a little out of my comfort zone. I am going to blog as an Adoption Journalist for the Red Letters Campaign website. The links have been here on my blog for a little while now, but now my blog will be linked on the RLC website. This is a step of faith for me because I began my blog as a way to journal my thoughts and feelings more for my own benefit than for anyone who might read it. So now, using my blog as a platform to share what Jesus has done in my life and continues to do as we follow Him in the Adoption Process is both exciting and scary. So, if you haven't yet checked out the links to the Red Letters Campaign, please do so. Tom Davis' book, Red Letters, is also a book I completely recommend.

Now, if you are new to my blog, let me introduce myself. My name is Staci. I love Jesus! (That is probably the most important thing I could say about myself.) I have been married for 16 years to a wonderful guy, and we have four kids(so far!!). They are Aidan(12), Elise(9), Isaac(4), and Camille(2). We have two bio kids, and two adopted kids. We are also in the process of adopting our fifth child. We are a foster/adopt family and have adopted through our county here in California. We have had a great experience, and I have learned a lot about about both foster care and adoption. We are also a multi-ethnic family built through transracial adoption.

With all that in mind, I love being a mom. Our family has so much fun together, I am so thankful that God has brought me this family! I am not perfect, and neither is my family. We make plenty of mistakes, but we are learning along the way. Also, I don't want to imply that the way I do things is the only way. I seek God and try to follow the way He is leading me, my only advice is for you to seek Him for yourself. I have learned a lot, hopefully some of it will be helpful to others, but I certainly don't know everything. I look forward to learning more about God, myself, my family and adoption as I continue to walk down this road.