Big News!!
We have some big news….and no, we are not pregnant! 
We felt over a year and a half ago to pursue foster care. From there we felt led to pursue adoption and as many of you know we are about to finalize our adoption of our little boy in the next couple of months. Through the whole process God has messed up our hearts in such a huge (but good) way! I feel like God has given us a small glimpse of just how much His heart breaks over orphans.
Eddie and I have been praying what our next step should be…we want to make a difference for orphans so badly…should we continue to do foster care? Do we need to adopt 20 more kids? Seriously we did have that thought briefly but considering that our house, car, and wallet would not be able to add an additional 20 kids at the moment we decided that might not be the way to go As we’ve continued to pray, God has worked in His own way to show us exactly what He wants our next step to be….and that is to start Caroline’s Promise in South Carolina!
Some of you may be familiar with Caroline’s Promise, but for those of our friends and family who are not, let me catch up you. Caroline’s Promise was founded five years ago in North Carolina by David and Lisa Holbrook. They have an amazing story of how God orchastrated several events together to not only bring a little orphan girl (Caroline) from Guatemala into their family but as well bring hope to orphans all over the world through a ministry that they felt God led them to start, Caroline’s Promise. Please check out www.carolinaspromise4u.org if you’d like to see what the mission of this ministry is all about. Since Caroline’s Promise began in North Carolina over five years ago, God has exceeded all of their expectations and many orphans have found hope!!
Lisa and I got together last November to attend an adoption conference and she mentioned to me that maybe I should start praying about beginning Caroline’s Promise in South Carolina. Honestly I thought she was crazy at first But..I felt that God just kept bringing it to my mind in the weeks following the conference. Less than two months later, I called Lisa and told her yes…I feel called to do this. What’s scary is that I am in over my head and have absolutely no idea what I’m doing but I know that “wherein I’m weak, His strength is made perfect!” Praise the Lord!
We have planned a fundraising banquet that will be held Tuesday, April 14 at Southern Wesleyan University. This banquet will allow us to begin reclaiming hope for orphans in South Carolina and the outermost parts of the world! Feel free to e-mail marthamarie@hotmail.com if you would like to get involved in this ministry….anybody anywhere can a play a huge part in this! I truly believe God has incredible things ahead! God is going to do big things through Caroline’s Promise because we know that this is His idea….His heart!