Hey friends — I just have a few quick questions for you. Do you have a moment to answer three wee queries for me?
- Could you would you pretty please visit this link at espn and Vote for Coach Calipari of the University of Kentucky, who has chosen Samaritan’s Feet as his charity of choice in the Infiniti challenge, in partnership with ESPN? We’re in second place (about 20% behind first place) and winning could mean $100,000 for Samaritan’s Feet. That works out to about 10,000 pairs of shoes getting distributed to impoverished children around the world. It will take a moment to register, but then the website will remember you and you can vote every day until the contest ends on March 11th.
Will you vote preez? A pair of shoes can change the course of a life. - Are you interested in going on a mission trip with Samaritan’s Feet this year? I am confident that if you did, it would be a week that would change your life. Between May and August of this year, teams will be shooting off to SOUTH AFRICA, Brazil, Haiti, Iraq, SOUTH AFRICA, Nigeria, Peru, SOUTH AFRICA and Zimbabwe. Wait, did I mention SOUTH AFRICA?
Never have I understood the words of Jesus that it is more blessed to give than during my experiences in short term missions. A short term missions trip literally changed the course of my life. If you are even remotely interested in hearing more about the upcoming trips, would you mind leaving a comment on this post? You can put an email and a phone number if you like. You don’t have to include a contact number. And, you don’t have to put your email address into the comments section — I’ll be able to find the address you register with behind the scenes without you typing it out for all the internet spam monsters to grab it and get busy. You can also visit Samaritan’s Feet’s website to find out more.If you’re thinking about thinking about it, will you leave a comment, preez? A short term mission trip can change the course of a life. And I mean yours.
- Easiest question of the three. If you were having a baby boy tomorrow, what would you name him? I might not, but hey, it could happen. 🙂
Will you pray that we’ll have peace about the right name? A name can change the course of a life!
Thanks for taking a moment with these three wee questions. No contractions yet, other than a few Braxton-Hicks. Love you guys.
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Oh the naming of names!!! It is tough isn’t it!!! We always had a pretty good idea about our first names…(except for the one we thought was a girl who was actually a boy… and suddenly before he was born we chose a boys name just in case!!!) but middle names continued to trip us right until we were in labor… way into labor!!! I would stand in the front hall with the computer at eye level surfing through name lists… waiting for the father person to get home from work!!! We always found a name that fitted before the little one was born but it got quite close to the line a number of times!!! I will pray for a beautiful manly name that springs to mind timeously!!!
We looked at each other just this morning and wondered what it would be like if the baby arrived and it was a girl! We feel more prepared with a girl name than a boy one! Thanks for the prayers — I *think* we might have a plan. *Think**** 🙂
Hamish Stuart Cameron Angus Donimurdo* Bezalel Mackay
Sounds like a good strong Scottish lad to me!
Unless I was in a North Carolina lass living in South Africa and my surname was Collie. Then, I would have call my child James Luke Nathan Kiwano Collie.
😉
*Donimurdo is the Gaidhlig name for ‘DangerMouse’. just in case you were curious.
LA – you are a joy! Those are some seriously strong names. Kiwano just sounds too much like guano. We can’t do it! Where does DangerMouse come from???
Did you not get introduced to DangerMouse when you were in the UK? 🙁
I’m sure you would be able to find him on YouTube. He was possibly my favourite cartoon character growing up – closely followed by the Gummi Bears.
Don’t worry – I’m only joking about Kiwano. My Mum reckons he would end up getting called Keanu. However, it may become my codename for your little one joining the ranks of Elastatoddler, Mr Teapot, Miss Sweetroot, Mini Kahuna & Mr SmileyBurp. 🙂
If this helps my own name was chosen thus
Laura (meaning laurel, symbol of victory/honour) – chosen as a name my Mum loved since she was 5, and main character of a book called ‘Laura’s Summer Ballet’
Anne (meaning ‘grace’) – chosen after my Mum (my cousin’s middle name is also Anne, and my paternal grandmother is ‘Ann’)
Elizabeth (meaning ‘worshipper of God’) – chosen after my maternal grandmother.
If The Bear has paternal grandfather name, I wonder if the little Kiwano inside you needs a name from your side of the family as his middle name, and a first name that has meaning of what you believe God has for him, or what God has given you through this new little one?
You are actually on track with what we might be thinking…with the last part…but um, not the Kiwano part. 😉 DangerMouse only seems vaguely familiar, and I think that’s because a friend of mine’s IM name used to be dangerpenguin. Not sure. 😀
Just do it the South African traditional way of naming a child and help him remember he is part of a big loving family. He will SA born so help him become part of the tradition and the culture.
Either Mark’s Fathers names or your fathers names or a combination of the two. I know that is what the grandfathers could be hoping for so make them feel more proud.
The Bear already has Mark’s Dad’s name in the middle, but we are thinking of incorporating some family heritage as well! There’s more to the meaning of the name than just the meaning of the name, right? 🙂
Nathan \n(a)-
than\ as a boy’s name is pronounced NAY-than. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Nathan is “God has given”. Biblical: Nathan was God’s prophet during the reigns of David and Solomon
That’s what I think!
Thinking of you ALOT
Lorna
Thanks for all your thoughts, sweet Lorna! We are thinking of you ALOT! 😀 Nathan and Luke must be the two names that have been suggested and re-suggested over and over again! Strong ones, for sure — we keep crossing them off and coming back around again!
Hi Caroline!!! I’m betting you could be having your baby as I type! (I just found your blog a bit ago thanks to (in)Courage.
I am very interested in learning more about a mission trip. Please feel free to email me at your convenience.
(If I had a baby boy, I would name him Morgan, it’s Celtic for “lives by the sea.”)
Thanks so much for your interest! I have passed your email address on to one of my colleagues at Samaritan’s Feet stateside (named Sara Beth) and hopefully she’ll be getting in touch with you soon! No contractions yet but here’s hoping it won’t be too much longer. Morgan is a good strong name! I like it! 🙂