Being The Hands & Feet Of God.

Well I am super happy to say that in March I will be (Hopefully!) going on a missions trip down to Hermosillo Mexico with my youth group for a week! We will be going down to lay the foundation for a new orphanage that is going to be built as well as do VBS (Vacation Bible School) & play with the orphans! 
This will be our youth groups 4th time going down there, my first time going with them! 

What a great opportunity this will be for me to start my journey, into the world of missions.  Now the only thing stopping me from going is the money that I have to have.  By Feb. 12 I have to have $200 to hand to my youth pastor & then will need another $200 with in a 2-4 week time span.  Now me being Jobless & totally relying on God & others to help me make this trip happen I will need people to help by sponsoring me.   Even the littlest bit will help me get closer to my goal!  So if you feel lead to give & help me make my way down to Mexico, there will be a "Chip In" donation box over on the right hand side bar that you can donate to.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me! 
You can either email me @ AlyssaGoodhue[at]hotmail[dot]com
Or you can message me o Facebook. "Alyssa Goodhue".  Thank you for taking the time to read this & thanks in advanced for helping me get there! :)

Not A Burden But A Blessing

Down syndrome is most certainly not a burden, but a blessing.  Whenever I hear people talk children & people with Down syndrome, I only hear positive things.  I hear about all of the great things they have accomplished that the doctors told them could never be done.  I have heard the amazing joy that is brought into peoples lives by a person with Down syndrome.  The different personality's & attitudes that they have. The love that they show, to me it is all amazing.

I have only heard that people with Down syndrome are a blessing.  Never a burden.  They are beautiful & unique.  All they want is what everyone else wants. To be excepted as they are for who they are.  Everyone is different, in one way or another we are all different.  Not one of us is alike.  So then why is it that children & people who are "Extra" special get made fun of & become outcasts?

Their almond shaped eyes, wider spaces between their fingers & toes make them unique.  They learn at their own pace as everyone else does.  Now I have no siblings with Down syndrome but God has blessed me, & opened my eyes so that I can see their full potential, & I wish show other what God has shown me.
While we are sitting in our nice warm houses, with all of our luxuries, these kids are wasting away in places where they are unwanted.

Where they are shown no loves, no affection.  They get no attention.  But instead become bedridden, they stop growing because they are malnourished.  All because they are "different" their lives are deemed as unworthy of life.  A question I have always asked my self is "Who is the person that gets to decide who is different & unworthy of life?"  Because whoever it is need to be put in the situation of the poor kids that are suffering.  All because we never think of other anymore.  It's all about me. Never about the children that are suffering & will die if they aren't rescued.

These children are special they are HUGE blessings.  They deserve a family, a house, a warm bed, more then we do.  They deserve so much more but yet are given so little.  If only people would take the time to see what they CAN do.  & stop putting everything they wish to do in life down.  They CAN & WILL fulfill their dreams.  They will get jobs. They will fall in love.  They will make a difference.  It will happen & nothing will stop them.  They are blessings....not...burdens.

Healing & Mending My Heart

The past couple of days have been super tough....Lots of tears, & sadness. Not the best couple of days. Well this evening I was hanging out with some friends of mine, and we needed something to do. So we decided "Hey! Our youth pastor & his wife just had a baby! Lets go visit them!" So we headed over to their house, and walked into a room full of people. Family and friends surrounded them! A friend of theirs Carissa had Baby Parker. When we walked in she brought him over and handed him off to Jeff. Ang & Phill walked us to the other living room so we could sit and talk while taking turns holding little Parker. While watching Jeff cradle the little 5 day old baby, I was thinking to myself how hard it was going to be to hold baby Parker, because of losing Addison just weeks before. When Jeff was done holding Parker, he asked me if I wanted to hold Parker. I said yes, expecting to break into tears. I took baby Parker, and rocked back & forth. Staring in to his precious face, loving his little hands, his nose, and little eyes. The sadness and pain all just up and left my body. It was quite surprising. Instead of being filled with pain and sadness, I was filled with peace and happiness. I prayed over Baby Parker, and asked God to never let anything ever happen to that precious bundle of Joy. And that he would grow up to be a man after Gods own heart. I then turned around and handed Parker off to Ellyn, which was not an easy thing to do! Considering my love for small children :) I was able to take a deep breath and just be happy for a moment. It was a nice feeling! I am really thankful that God used something that I lost, to bring happiness and Joy into my life. He used baby Parker, to put a REAL smile on my face! I am still happy and it has been hours since I held that precious child! God is truly amazing and used a 5 day old baby, to touch my life.

Philip, Angela & Parker :) The Engle Family!

I am truly blessed and always will be!

Lots Of Love,

Today...

Today when I was feeling really down, and wishing I weren't alive and breathing. I got to thinking that it is selfish for me to be thinking like that. It's like I am wishing away my future, my husband, kids, there is so much I am wishing away because of suffering that doesn't even come close to what Jesus Christ went through for me. A sinner in this world. (Not to say I shouldn't morn the loss of my little sister,But instead of letting it consume me make good out of it) My pain compared to His is like comparing a thorn in the foot, and loosing an arm...! I am going to try and be happy through the sadness and look to the future. Think about how happy my husband will be when he see's my smiling face on our wedding day. How happy our kids will be that I am alive and healthy and here to care for them. How happy people will be that I am here to be a friend. So many things to look forward to in life. Jesus, I love you...Thank you. You have opened my eyes. Made me happy, shot the devil down once again. You are truly one amazing savior.... <3

Love your, daughter Alyssa.