"True Christian Motherhood"-- Soon to be Released!

Hey everyone! My mom, June Fuentes, wrote an ebook entitled "True Christian Motherhood" and it's going to be released real soon! Keep an eye out for it in the next couple weeks...

This ebook on Christian Motherhood will give you life-changing vision that will change the way you view motherhood, your life, and the way you engage with children forever.

Women everywhere are looking for guidance, encouragement, and vision. This book will help provide it for grandmothers, moms, and girls not yet married. I encourage you to buy it when it comes out, read it, and then apply it! :)

Make sure to "like" the FB page- True Christian Motherhood- and join the discussion page-  True Christian Motherhood Discussion Group!

Guard It....

Valentines Day....There's alot to think about on this day. But I just want to remind you of a verse that I think is especially made for people that aren't married yet. :)

I thought seeing this one verse in so many translations was pretty interesting. It's almost like a new message with every way that it's said- Check it out...

Proverbs 4:23-

NIV- Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.


NLT- Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.


ESV- Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.


NAS- Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.


GWT- Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life flows from it.

Just a thought (or rather- a verse) that I wanted to throw out to everyone today...

Have a Happy Valentines Day, Everyone! 

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2011!!!

Wow...where has the time gone? I think the year went by way too fast!

My dad said- 

"2010 is in the books, and you can do nothing to change what occurred this past year except learn from it. Resolve to be a better person, remember those you lost, cherish those you've gained, love those entrusted to your care, and take nothing for granted. Your life is on loan from God- invest it in that which will bring eternal rewards. Follow King Jesus, and make 2011 the best year of your life~!"

There was so many awesome times during 2010- and then there were the really hard and trying times in the year as well. But you know- hard as it is sometimes- if I could see the future and what the Lord has planned for me, I wouldn't change any one of those things. God is so faithful and has a wonderful future planned for every single one of my friends and family. I hope you all know that! And I also hope that everyone has an Amazing New Year!!

~Janai

Btw, Check out this list of things we did during 2010 that my dad wrote out on his blog--  

The Male Domain: 2010 Year End Review

"Raising Homemakers" Website

Raising Homemakers

Today the website "Raising Homemakers" launched and we're really excited about it! This website is to help girls become what they were made to do, which is being a helper for their husband and building up their homes and children. It's also to encourage mom's in teaching these life skills to their daughters. There's alot of women (married or not) who don't know many practical skills that would help them tremendously through life and so this website's for them, as well.

To get a better grasp of what this website's about, read this article by Breezy Brookshire-
"The Invisible Hope Chest".

Four of the ten contributing authors are:
June Fuentes (my mom, woo hoo! =) at A Wise Woman Builds Her Home
Breezy Brookshire at A Bowl of Moss and Pebbles
Emily Rose Brookshire at Simply Vintage Girl
and Sarah Mae (the woman behind this website) at Like A Warm Cup of Coffee

"Raising Homemakers" is having some giveaways which you can enter to win. Two of the prizes are the books Beautiful Girlhood and Polished Cornerstones.

To enter the giveaway (do one or all, just make sure you leave separate comments for each thing you do!)…

* Tweet or Facebook this: RaisingHomemakers.com has launched! Be taught, blessed, & inspired in the homemaking arts for the glory of God! http://bit.ly/9tUDsS

* Write a post about the launch of RaisingHomemakers.com

* Put their button on your blog (no code yet, so just ’save image as’ and link to the RH homepage)

* Subscribe to RaisingHomemakers.com (When you subscribe via RSS or email, you will never miss an article!)

* “Like” RaisingHomemakers.com on Facebook

This giveaway will end on Friday, June 4th at 8pm EST.

Go ahead and enter (even if you have some of these prizes already, you can give them as gifts to relatives and/or friends or keep them for your home and children!) and see if you'll be one of the winners!

The Doll

I received this story in an email and was really touched by it. . .So I thought you would enjoy reading it, too--

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I was walking around in a Wal Mart store, when I saw a cashier

hand this little boy some money back.

The boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old..

The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have

enough money to buy this doll..'



Then the little boy turned to the

old woman next to him: ''Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?''

The old lady replied:'You know that you don't have enough money to

buy this doll, my dear.''

Then she asked him to stay there

for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly..


The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand..


Finally, I walked toward him and

I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.


It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.

She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her.'


I replied to him that maybe Santa

Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.

But he replied to me sadly.


'No, Santa Claus can't bring it to her where she is

now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can

give it to my sister when she goes there.'


His eyes were so sad while saying

this.. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says

that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought

that she could take the doll with her to give it to my

sister.''


My heart nearly stopped..


The little boy looked up at me

and said: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I

need her to wait until I come back

from the mall.'


Then he showed me a very nice

photo of himself. He was laughing.. He then told me 'I

want mommy to take my picture with her so she won't

forget me.'


'I love my mommy and I wish

she didn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has

to go to be with my little sister.'


Then he looked again at the

doll with sad eyes, very quietly.


I quickly reached for my wallet

and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again, just in

Case you do have enough money for the doll!''



OK' he said, 'I hope I do

have enough.' I added some of my money to his without

him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for

the doll and even some spare money..


The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!'



Then he looked at me and added,

'I asked last night

before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough

money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my

sister. He heard me!''



'I also wanted to have enough

money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't

dare to ask God for too much.. But He gave me enough to buy

the doll and a white rose.''



'My mommy loves white roses.'



A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.



I finished my shopping in a

totally different state of mind from when I started.




I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.



Then I remembered a local news

paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a

truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl.



The little girl died right away,


and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had

to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining

machine, because the young woman would not be able to

recover from the coma.




Was this the family of the little boy?





Two days after this encounter


with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young

woman had passed away.



I couldn't stop myself as I


bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home

where the body of the young woman was for people to see and

make last wishes before her burial.


She was there, in her coffin,


holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of

the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.


I left the place, teary-eyed,

feeling that my life had been changed for ever... The love


that the little boy had for his

mother and his sister is

still, to this day, hard to imagine.


And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.







Now you have 2 choices:

1) Send this message to others,

or

2) Ignore it as if it never

touched your heart.



The quote of the month is by Jay

Leno: "With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control,

mud slides, flooding, severe

thunderstorms tearing up the

country from one end to the other, and with the threat of

swine flu and terrorist attacks, 'Are we sure this is a

good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'"


For those who prefer to think

that God is not

Watching over us delete this, for the others ...


Pass it on!



God Bless!!!




Dear God:


The person reading this is beautiful and strong.

Help them live their life to the fullest.

Please promote them and cause

them to excel above their expectations.

Help them shine in the darkest

places where it is impossible to love.

Protect them at all times, lift

them up when they need you the most, and let them know

when they walk with you, they will always be safe.

Just For A Hat. . .

There's this story of a man in Alabama who was walking down the street on a gusty day. He was in the middle of crossing the street when his "favorite" hat blew off him and he ran to get it. He didn't look where he was going and a big truck hit him and he died.

Instantly.

For what? A hat. He lost his entire life for a piece of material he could've easily replaced. Isn't that sad?

But how many times do we, for something small, lose something a whole lot bigger and more precious that we can't replace?

Here's one big example, someone tries to win an argument. Then they lose a friendship.

Or some sibling is too prideful. They lose the relationship with another sibling(s).

Some adult wants their way. Then there's divorce.

Remember, don't do it just for a hat. . .

it's definitely not worth it in the end!

Where are Your Values?

Where are your values? Your very own personal values? Are they in friends? Music? Material things? Classes? Your iPod? Your favorite show? The internet?

According to the dictionary, a value is something of relative worth, merit, or importance. What your value is also what your treasure is. Luke 12: 34 says " Where your treasure is there your heart will be also." So I'll ask you the question again in two different ways;

What is your treasure and where is your heart?

There's a girl (a Christian) that tells her friend her life was literally saved from a worldly music group that sings about love and things similar to that(nothing about God), then on top of that her mom (also a Christian) is very proud and glad for it!*It's one thing to be glad that your daughter's still alive but shouldn't the mother also be watching what the daughters listening to?* Now the girl loves this group and is very obsessed with them and owns just about everything you can imagine from them---all their CD's, pictures, posters, etc.(you know what I mean!)!

This 'group' is her treasure and that's where her heart is (you can tell!). She is caught into a trap thinking she's safe. And realistically, how many of us fall into that same 'trap' thinking we're safe? That trap is going to eventually lead her down the road in the wrong direction, she can't see it now but, she's slowly going down that way. We need to help her get back on to the right track. Do you know how we do that? By setting before her a good example of a teen that isn't caught into that trap. Which means we have to watch and catch ourselves when we're doing, watching, or listening to something that isn't God honoring.

Here's a small assignment for everybody. Picture your favorite music group (or singer) and show. Okay now ask yourself these questions. . .

1. What do they talk or sing about?
2. What does it make you think about? Okay now, honestly?
3. Is it positive things?
4. Or negative things?
   
5. Is it going to benefit you (and others who hear it) in the future?
6. What do your parents think about it?
   

I know iTunes is a big thing right now, so ask yourself these questions before you buy things from there! And remember, everyone's watching you!! (No pressure!) ;)

Here's a verse to help on this topic.

"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, . . ."
Hebrew 12:1