{Day 210}

February 21, 2012

Hello you wonderful people! So a few Tuesdays ago I had something happen to me that’s never happened before. I was going about my day as normal and then I was off to meet with a friend when I looked for my keys…and couldn’t find them! What this doesn’t happen to you all the time?! you ask. Nope. So I prayed and looked around and behold they were no where to be found. Fast forward to the next day when I have practically torn apart my house looking for them. Still no sign of the keys. Oh and I realized they’d been missing since Sunday so who knew where they were… (I know you’re probably thinking that I have no life if I really didn’t know my car keys were missing from Sunday till Tuesday 😉 ) Anyways after canceling an appointment and having to use my parents car I’m trying not to be frustrated and instead laugh at the situation. At this point I have looked in the freezer, the couch, some other very odd places, and even gotten suggestions from people on Facebook as to where to look. My feelings at this point are this: I wish I could type in a “search” on my house and it would tell me where my keys are. By the time Wednesday night rolled around I was completely baffled. And then my mom suggested I search the trash. Yep, you heard right. You see I had checked the trash but I’d been avoiding the garbage in the kitchen (with good reason mind you!), so I grabbed my hot pink gloves (if you’re gonna wear gloves they might as well be hot pink) and said a prayer and literally kept reminding myself that people all over the world and children in India have to go through trash all the time to stay alive and so I dug in. It was not pleasant folks. AT ALL. And there at the very bottom…I spotted something! Could it be?? YES IT WAS! My keys! You should have seen the look of jubilation on my face as I sat on the kitchen floor laughing in my pjs with my hands in stinking garbage. Lifting out my keys you would have thought I was holding up a gold medal. So yeah I need to go get another key made so that this never happens again… 😉 Hope your Tuesday is going splendidly! Have you ever lost your keys only to find them again? If you have a funny story please share in the comments!

Oh, and if you’re wondering what do these pictures have to do with this post…well let’s just say my life isn’t always as glamorous as it might look. 😉 Sometimes I get to model for my amazing friend Dorene (who made this incredible hat) and sometimes I have to dig though garbage. Welcome to my life. 🙂

UPDATE!!! $56,849.54 YEAH!!!! OK you’re all incredible! Look only need a little more to push it to the 57K mark. 🙂 Want to help? 50 darlings are sleeping on boards still and need mattresses. So if you want to donate $10 bucks today that would be such a sweet gift. (Please just mark in the comments when you donate that you want it to go for mattresses.)

(Photos by: Dorene Vandermeer)

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22 Responses to {Day 210}

Jenessa king February 21, 2012 at 7:40 am #

Just last Friday I locked my keys in the car for the first time! My husband-in-shining-armor had to leave work to come rescue me!
Glad you found your keys before the garbageman came! How did they get in the trash?
- misselaini February 21, 2012 at 2:15 pm #
  
  Love it that your husband came to the rescue! 🙂 Yeah the garbage went out the next morning…! I have no idea how they got in there but I must have been more tired than I thought on Sunday. I think I just scooped them up with whatever trash was on the counter and threw them away. SO thankful I found them!
duoimagery February 21, 2012 at 2:10 pm #

First of all, you are so gorgeous! Your key story made me laugh.. I like you. =} And the updates! It makes me so happy that you get to keep updating! God is good. 🙂 -beth
- misselaini February 21, 2012 at 2:17 pm #
  
  You are so very kind friend. Thank you. Haha yes I was laughing too…AFTER I found them. 😉 I like you so very much! Yes, isn’t it just so happy and amazing that people care about these children and want to help? Love it and God is very, very good.
Erin February 21, 2012 at 2:22 pm #

That story remind of the song This is the Stuff by Francesca Battistelli! 🙂 You had lost your keys in the great unknown (the trash).
- misselaini March 5, 2012 at 11:22 pm #
  
  Haha yes! 🙂
M.J.A. February 21, 2012 at 3:41 pm #

Good story! Of course, it wouldn’t have been good if you hadn’t found them…. 🙂
I was wondering, how many children got put into each orphange? And how much does each mattress cost? Also, I’ve been wondering about this for awhile: Will the black dress you wore be available for purchase? What a gorgeous outfit! I love the hat!!!!
~M.J.A.
- misselaini March 5, 2012 at 11:24 pm #
  
  Well it would have been a different ending that’s for sure. 🙂 Thankful I found them!
  Only 10 children are allowed per home. This makes for a true loving home environment where they are well taken care of. Each mattress is $50.
  Mmm as of right now I don’t know about the dress….
  Dorene’s hats are incredible! 🙂
  - M.J.A. March 7, 2012 at 1:48 pm #
    
    Thanks for responding! I love it when people answer my questions! 😀
    How does Dorene make the hats? Does she sew them?
    Praying more people would donate! I would donate some more, but I don’t have very much money at the moment. 🙁
    ~M.J.A.
    - misselaini March 18, 2012 at 10:43 pm #
      
      I try….
      I’m not totally sure. She has her own system down. 🙂
      Thank you for your prayers!
Rachel Hooper February 21, 2012 at 5:17 pm #

Loved the story Elaini. By the way, the photos were awesome! If I have not told you before, you are absolutely beautiful.

As I have been thinking about your project, God brought this verse to my mind: 1 Corinthians 15:58~Therefore my dear brothers, stand firm. Always give yourself fully to the work of the Lord because you know your labor in the Lord is NOT IN VAIN.

Thank you for being faithful to what he has called you to do.
I love you,
Rachel
- misselaini March 5, 2012 at 11:26 pm #
  
  You are SO sweet! Thank you Rachel. 🙂
  Such an encouraging verse. Thank you for sharing. I was just rereading today the one you gave me before I started the project. It still blesses me. YOU bless me! You are such a gift. 🙂
  I love you.
Sarah February 22, 2012 at 7:55 pm #

Elaine;)

Just want to say, I really appreciate how you continue to update ! So Good For You!
Ahhh…. Keys. Keys. keys… Impossible to keep track of! My dad just lost his office keys. We still haven’t found them.. :p And I’ve gotta say, we too have looked in all our trash cans. Ugh.. I’m continuing to pray they’ll show up. 🙂
- Sarah February 28, 2012 at 7:41 am #
  
  We found the keys!:D Praise to God!(:
  - misselaini March 5, 2012 at 11:31 pm #
    
    !!!!! I’m so happy you found them! Where were they??
- misselaini March 5, 2012 at 11:27 pm #
  
  As long as people donate I will update! 🙂
  I hope you find those keys…I know how that is…
Becky February 22, 2012 at 8:49 pm #

Elaini,
Yes, I too have misplaced my keys on several occasions. I think there was a lesson for all of us with your story. In America, we have plenty. I am blessed that I don’t have to go through my garbage in search of food, clothes, etc. I am trying to be a better “stewart” with my money. If I have something left over at the end of the month, I am going to use it to better someone else, not me. I have followed you from the beginning and brag about you and your work all the time. You are worrying about all the (important) big things, orphans; don’t sweat the small stuff (keys, etc.).

~Becky in CA
- misselaini March 5, 2012 at 11:28 pm #
  
  Becky you are so encouraging! Thank you. I love your generous heart for others. Never loose that! 🙂 You are making a difference.
Kyle Permann February 24, 2012 at 8:10 am #

I love your dress Elaini! You are so pretty and I love what you are doing for God!
- misselaini March 5, 2012 at 11:28 pm #
  
  Thank you. 🙂
STARZ March 3, 2012 at 8:19 am #

Cool story:) Love the dress!
- misselaini March 5, 2012 at 11:32 pm #
  
  Thanks! Borrowed dress for the shoot. 🙂

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