Saturday, December 24, 2011

The Birth of Jesus - Luke 2:1-20 (NIV)

The Birth of Jesus
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

The Shepherds and the Angels
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Luke 2: 1-20 (NIV)

Sunday, November 13, 2011

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Protect Indian Kids from being exploited by Corrupt Tribal Leaders - Sign White house Petition!


The fruit of my womb does not belong to tribal government!!  My husband and I did not give birth to our children to benefit Tribal leaders!  Our family does not care about Tribal sovereignty. We do not want our children to be used to garner more federal  funds for corrupt tribal government. We are US citizens, who are supposed to have rights!

The Indian Child Welfare Act is unconstitutional law.  Children are being hurt by it.  It needs to be changed.

We have 30 days to get 25,000 signatures in order for our petition to be reviewed by the White House.

November is National Adoption Month - Let's do this Petition as our part in helping children this month. We need 6250 signatures a week to meet that goal. Let's pray for God's help and get started.

On Nov 19, Nat'l Adoption Day, families, adoption advocates, policymakers, judges and volunteers will come together and celebrate adoption in communities across the nation. We are setting a goal of 10,000 signatures by that date.

Please Sign the Petition and Use every method you have to share this link - http://wh.gov/bvZ - If everyone could get just 10 people to sign the petition and share it with at least 3 of their friends, we'll have it made!

Thank you friends!

TEXT OF PETITION:

We petition the Obama Administration to:

Ensure that Children of tribal heritage are guaranteed protection equal to that of any other child in the United States


Across America, children who had never been near a reservation nor involved in tribal customs have been taken from homes they know and love and placed with strangers chosen by tribal social services. This includes MULTI-racial children with minimal heritage.


Because of poorly thought out law called the 'Indian Child Welfare Act';
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1) Kids have been removed from safe, loving homes and placed in dangerous ones.
2) Some families, Indian and non-Indian, have felt threatened by tribal gov't and have had no money to get legal help.
3) Equal opportunities for adoption, safety and stability are not always allowed to children of all heritages.
4) Constitutional right of parents to make choices for their families is being interfered with. Some tribal families don't want to be on the reservation.

SIGN AT http://wh.gov/bvZ
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Want to help? PLEASE Call These Congressmen and Tell them about the ICWA Teach-In, Friday, Oct 28, in DC... http://ping.fm/1nHtz pray

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Upromise Celebrates its 10th Anniversary!

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Upromise is celebrating its 10th Anniversary by giving away $20,000 to users who share a story that tells how a parent supported a child's dream!

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My dream is that my children and grandchildren grow to be Godly men and women of character - so I am praying that they will be able to afford a good Biblical education at a Christian institution.

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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Come Learn How ICWA is Hurting Kids -


CAICW received final confirmation from Senator Hoeven’s office:  The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is allowing CAICW to hold an ICWA "Teach-in" on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28th, 9am to 1pm in the Senate Committee for Indian Affairs hearing room in Washington DC. 

Dr. William B. Allen will be their main speaker; the information and material offered to be exceptional.

Remember – the Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare (CAICW) is the ONLY national organization focused on advocating for families who have lost or are at risk of losing children due to application of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and has been advocating for families since 2004.

Feb 26, 2011— “We need help! This child will be dead in this woman's hands. We feel the good fight to do what's right but fear this child will be severely marred.”
April 7, 2011— “I have no were else to turn. My girls and i are in desperate need of help. If there is anyway you can help us please contact me as soon possible day or night…”
May 18, 2011—”our kids were taken yesterday. The pain is difficult to bear. We love these kids so much. This will be there third family placement since coming into foster care almost 2 years ago.”

ALL are welcome to come join and support them there. Come on Wednesday prior and spend a couple days visiting with the offices of your Senators and Representatives - and invite their staff to come attend the Teach-in!

Please share this note with friends and relatives who might be interested!

Also - CAICW has SAMARITAN Discount cards available for sale to help with the Teach-in expenses  ;)

Contact Lisa if you would like one or would like a few to share some with friends!

Twitter: http://twitter.com/CAICW   ( @CAICW )


DONATIONS NEEDED for Teach-in expenses! Thanks!!! :)   - Click this Link for direct donations to CAICW, a 501c3 non-profit 

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Tribal govt is very effective at playing victim card, never mentioning realities behind ICWA http://is.gd/b5X3qN kids abuse family

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Together for Adoption's Nat'l Conference Oct. 21-22 Phoenix: http://ping.fm/Qna2h Mission living, gospel, and orphan care Adopt family

Thursday, June 16, 2011

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Google Wades into Climate Debate

By John Brandon Published April 05, 2011 FoxNews.com Google is diving headfirst into the climate-change debate with a "21 Club" of hand-picked experts that the search engine giant hopes will drive the conversation -- and guide investments -- in climate change. But it's a discussion that even the club's members say is meant to be one-sided. “If Google included people who challenged that debate, they would be wrong to do so,” said Matthew Nisbet, an associate professor for the School of Communication at American University and one of the 21 Google Science Communication Fellows. “As to whether climate change is happening, humans are a cause and it is a problem -- there is no scientific debate over that," Nisbet told FoxNews.com. A review of the 21 Club confirms Nisbet's comment. The group includes meteorologists, communication specialists, and even weather forecasters, as well as few scientists who research climate change for a living. None argue that the planet isn't in imminent danger. Simon Donner, with the University of British Columbia, recently wrote that unless coral reefs learn to adapt, climate change may rapidly bring on their demise. Noah Diffenbaugh of Stanford University recently concluded that "global warming exacerbates poverty vulnerability in many nations," arguing that the cost of food staples in Bangladesh, Mexico, Indonesia and other countries will jump with the temperature. "There is consensus amongst scientists that humans are changing the Earth's climate," reads the mission statement on the Helmuth Lab website, headed up by Brian Helmuth of the 21 Club. From food to rocks to plants to sea life, the 21 Club believes climate change to be a dramatic problem -- one that requires dramatic action. Eugene Cordero with San Jose University even created the Green Ninja, a climate-action superhero who fights global warming. “Our goal is to foster an open dialogue and provide the tools,” argued Amy Luers, the senior environment program manager at Google.org, the non-profit funded by Google, speaking to FoxNews.com. Depending on what the scientists learn, they may develop a system that shows where climate change is occurring on the globe. Or, using technology such as Google Earth, they might map out detailed models showing the effects of climate change. In other words, some day you might be able to find out that the water near Costa Rica is 1 percentage point warmer since 1980, or that Alaska's glaciers have melted … slightly. Google's position toward climate change should not come as a surprise; the company has historically shown a penchant for Democratic causes. As FoxNews.com reported last October, Google gives more to Democratic politicians than to Republicans, for example. Follow the money So what's Google up to, anyway? Part of the motivation seems to be funding new climate change research. Jack Gold, a research analyst, told FoxNews.com that promoting new research often ends up generating new product ideas. He said having good models for climate change can also feed into the company's own data visualization efforts. The company likely sees the search term “climate change” popping up in search results, too. “They are probably reacting to what people are interested in,” Gold said. Jon Peddie, a consumer analyst with Jon Peddie Research, told FoxNews.com that Google may have other motives in mind. “They are pursuing offshore wind farms along the East Coast of the U.S. and probably want to build a solid case for the need to get off oil,” said Peddie. Whatever the reason for the project, Google has big ambitions: Google.org has already doled out about $100 million in grants, mostly to green tech start-ups and alternative energy consortiums. Google to the rescue? Climate studies also involve enormous data sets from many sources and massive computing requirements for data collection. Google has the computing muscle to help analyze that data and make sense of it. “It includes conventional weather data collected by the meteorological services of the world, at the surface of the Earth and in the atmosphere from balloon-borne instruments and satellites," said Richard C. J. Somerville, a research professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, one of the primary sources of climate-change data. "It also includes satellite and ship and buoy data to give ocean temperatures. It includes measurements of glaciers and ice sheets and sea ice, made from satellites and on the ice itself.” Another key purpose is to make climate-change data more “accessible,” to use the parlance of Google's mission statement -- and more discoverable, of course. The company likely has pure motives, tech analyst Roger Kay told FoxNews.com. But Google is also interested in important issues that make the company look good. “This promotes Google’s overall brand, to be associated with problems and perhaps solutions.” And finally, don't forget that it may all come down to business consideration. Remember all those people searching for "climate change"? “Google won’t be able to sell ads if we wipe ourselves out by not mitigating the effects of climate change,” joked Kay.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

PLEASE help ensure 'Best Interest of the Child' in Custody for kids of EVERY heritage. Donate Today ~ http://ping.fm/H8zZ0 tcot family

Monday, March 7, 2011

THE WEBSITE IS BACK UP! - Thanks so much for your patience. Debit card expired - Forgot to change card on auto Debit (need Secretary!)

Sunday, March 6, 2011

DEEP APOLOGY: Debit card expired- Forgot to change card on automatice Debit- changed/paid now- hope caicw.org back up soon (need Secretary!)

Monday, February 21, 2011

PLEASE help ensure 'Best Interest of the Child' in Custody for kids of EVERY heritage. Donate Today ~ http://ping.fm/H8zZ0 tcot family

Thursday, February 17, 2011

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

DECIDED: Senators need to understand: Welfare of children shouldn’t be political ie ICWA; it MUST be abt Best Interest of Child tcot ado
Disappointing - Coburn no longer on Senate Commtt for Indian Affairs. Unsure what that means as far as continued support for ICWA hearings.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

'Butt Paste?' Sounds like Something my Grandkids would Come Up With -

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Well, my baby Granddaughter needed some help with a diaper rash and the product my daughter had put in her baby bag wasn't cutting the mustard. So I went to the store to see what I could find.

Being a nurse, I remembered how well a cow udder salve had worked on the skin of an elderly, bed-ridden woman I had once attended.  All of us at that nursing home were pretty surprised at how well it worked.  It was the woman herself, having been raised on a dairy farm, who had suggested it.

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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Michelle Bachmann's aide is going to talk to Bachmann (who is a foster mom) about ICWA. Urges us to also connect w/ Committee members tcot
Lost database -Pls resend USPO addy's. Upcoming newsletter: DC trip, spoke to, what next. Send addy 2 writeus@caicw.org. Thx! family adopt
Setting up new Computer post horrid crash. Need everyone's email addresses again - pls send email to administrator@caicw.org. Thanks! kids

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Senator Kent Conrad aide: Wants to see about having hearings. "It's worth looking at, especiallty when it affects children this directly."
Gary Bauer also said: Find one person in Senate and one in house that will make it their cause; this is way to bacome a REAL reformer -
Gary Bauer: Concerned about Religous freedom aspect. Will call everyone we meet w/ and encourage support. Christian church kids cot
Speaker Boenher's Aide: Boehner sees importance in protecting families. CAICW needs to urge hearings in Committee. kids congress

Monday, January 24, 2011

Meetings here in DC are going well. But this time, we are going to keep the momentum and follow through - tcot teaparty Congress

Friday, January 21, 2011

Keep checking this page Jan 24-26; We'll be posting here during the trip to DC - letting you know who've we've met with and what was said