the matts:

Tomorrow night- January 28th- we will be hosting a Meet & Greet at our home for state senatorial candidate Lee Domingue. Here’s some info about Lee:

Baton Rouge business and community leader Lee Domingue is running to serve as Louisiana State Senator for District 16 in East Baton Rouge. Recently named 2008 “Businessperson of the Year” by Junior Achievement and the Baton Rouge Business Report, Lee is the CEO of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services / AppOne, a national financial technology services firm that is a division of Wolters Kluwer, the second largest global information and compliance company in the world with annual revenues of $5 Billion.

Lee has a passion to be involved with community service and to seek for ways by which to help people who are poor and hurting. Led by his vision to meet the needs of hurting people around the world, Lee serves as Founder and Chairman of Cyrus International, a global non-profit organization aimed not only at fighting human trafficking but also providing support for AIDS orphans.

This man has a huge heart for service and for helping others. He is a smart, proactive, righteous businessman with a heart to see the world changed, and a history of making that happen- one act of service at a time. Please join us tomorrow night anytime between 6-8pm to meet him, hear his heart for the community and find out what he can do for us. Email me at meghanmatt@gmail.com for directions.

Click here to read more about Lee and his stance on the issues.

I went to the Family Dollar and Wal-mart today to gather almost 40 baby bottles. Why would one person with one 10 month old child need 40 baby bottles you ask? Simple… we are asking our friends and family to each take a bottle (or 2, or 5) and fill them with spare change to benefit African orphans. Each bottle is supposed to average about $20 when filled. My goal is to get 50 filled, so we need your help! Will you put one your desk and ask co-workers to put their change from lunch or the coke machine in it? Or maybe you can leave a couple on your kitchen counter and get your kids to see who can fill theirs first as a fun little competition. Or you could even keep one in your glove box to put your change in from Starbucks, the gas station, or McDonald’s.

Willing to help? Please let me know and I will bring you however many of the bottles that you want. Anything you give will go towards our efforts to help these sweet African babies. We pray you will help us, and we thank you SO much!!!!!

At Presley’s 9 month well visit on Wednesday (the same day she got really sick), we finally got an update on her height and weight. Mommy was WAY off!!

She had to be measured twice for height, so we aren’t totally certain which was right, but she’s between 31-32″ long, putting her in close to the 100% percentile. She only weighed 20 lbs. 6oz., which has her in the 75th percentile as always. The chick got some chunk on her legs, but she’s SO active that I guess she’s burning a lot off everywhere else (many of you have witnessed that recetly).

The doc also said her belly button hernia is getting smaller and will probably disappear in the next year or so. Presley’s new tricks are to clap when you say “clap” and give “high five”. She also dances anytime fun music is on, which is AWESOME! I will post pictures soon… It’s been crazy around here.

Chris and I have big dreams. HUGE dreams. God-sized dreams. We have lots of them- child dreams, Africa dreams, financial dreams, accomplishment dreams, career dreams. You name it and and we got it. But I was thinking today about what my #1 dream is… That if nothing else in my life happens but this, I will still be ok. Here it is:

I know that I can’t change the world, but I will change the world for at least one child.

I dream that I change the world for millions of children- first the ones in my own home that God has trusted me with. But also for millions of orphans and unloved children worldwide. I truly believe that I was born to be a mom to lots of kids- black, white, Asian, biological, adopted, whatever. That purpose has given me such a feeling of unexplainable joy. And I pray that same joy and purpose spills out to every part of my life.

What’s your #1 dream? What are you believing God for? Are your dreams big enough? Are they ONLY possible if God’s involved?

This is our quote to live by this year.

“When you fear God and nothing else, you discover the freedom to pursue great adventure.”
Erwin McManus

This year is going to be a wild ride, so hold on tight! We will be closer to God than ever, and ain’t nobody gonna hold us down