tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.comments2013-10-15T14:42:55.045-04:00The Cartwright HouseThe Cartwright Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03326488927299136317noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-76317168953223913152013-10-15T14:42:55.045-04:002013-10-15T14:42:55.045-04:00For those of you who know my wife she is an incred...For those of you who know my wife she is an incredible woman who does not give herself enough credit. But you should know that I am incredibly proud of her and how she has been extraordinary at being a normal mother in very difficult circumstances. Love you babe. -DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-44082767602755858382012-09-19T00:11:50.481-04:002012-09-19T00:11:50.481-04:00Glad you are there, sweet friend...pray all is goi...Glad you are there, sweet friend...pray all is going well. Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-66551125743767597762012-09-17T08:58:44.541-04:002012-09-17T08:58:44.541-04:00Hi Amy, I'm so glad you guys made it to Costa ...Hi Amy, I'm so glad you guys made it to Costa Rica! I was at the conference for the SC Hispanic District, and I just knew God had a plan for your family. I will keep your family in my prayers.<br /><br />Best regards.<br />Johanna GutierrezAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-68479893022945907232012-09-05T10:01:39.798-04:002012-09-05T10:01:39.798-04:00Praise the Lord, I am reading this on September 5,...Praise the Lord, I am reading this on September 5, so you should be traveling today. I will pray for safe travels. Again Amy I always seem to find your blogs on days I need to see God's love for us. You will never know how much of a blessing God has used you and your family to me during some difficult years for me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17247762431878346226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-2878385590502833492012-07-26T23:38:36.096-04:002012-07-26T23:38:36.096-04:00Hallelujah! So blessed to read this@ you are so...Hallelujah! So blessed to read this@ you are so blessed!!!!Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-46917201101620788412012-07-25T08:22:15.914-04:002012-07-25T08:22:15.914-04:00All I can say is wow!!!!! God is good! Excited f...All I can say is wow!!!!! God is good! Excited for you guys and will be praying for you over the next few weeks.Pruitt's Pageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17219686806719751763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-23700287214965124092012-06-25T13:12:05.800-04:002012-06-25T13:12:05.800-04:00This is soooo true! We've been there & we ...This is soooo true! We've been there & we will be there again I'm sure! Love you & standing in the gap WITH you! (hugs) -joyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-25703500099143557712012-05-03T15:10:08.613-04:002012-05-03T15:10:08.613-04:00Love your post, dear Amy...God is so wonderful to ...Love your post, dear Amy...God is so wonderful to tuck all those blessings into your day.Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-22239748734601176722012-04-05T18:07:16.358-04:002012-04-05T18:07:16.358-04:00What a lovely legacy your mom has left you! And h...What a lovely legacy your mom has left you! And how blessed were you to help her 'refresh'and restore that legacy in her last months. Enjoyed reading your blog very much! I never realized that there were so many life lessons in sewing...but there are. How very neat! Be blessed today....your mom may be physically gone, but her memories will live on forever in your heart and mind.And, one day, you will see her again. What do you bet, she is probably helping make angel wings and robes right now?! :) Emily Johns (Missionary to South Africa)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-3463805046849364722011-09-21T00:07:21.077-04:002011-09-21T00:07:21.077-04:00Hi Dave (& Amy), I met you at oak park christi...Hi Dave (& Amy), I met you at oak park christian center Sunday night; i'm the one who told you my plan to be a nurse and i gave my testimony! let me just say, we are SO GLAD we stayed to hear your heart and vision (we usually aren't at the evening service in the main sanctuary; we are at the young adults group)! i had chills hearing the phrases "community development" (my degree at ORU), "water quality" (my husband charles' specific desire to "do missions" is as a water quality engineer; he is a civil engineer doing water resources work right now!), and that Amy is an L&D nurse (i ultimately want to be a midwife someday!!!!). And now this blog, this post....there is no doubt women & their plight around the world in human trafficking, in obstetrical trauma, in being "the least of these" is certainly the BIGGEST HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE of this day and age. I have a very keen interest/devotion/knowledge on those topics...1 book i HIGHLY RECOMMEND is a secular one called "Half the Sky" which I can't tell you brought tears to my eyes again and again on issues you just wrote about in your blog. Anyway, I will certainly have to read the one you commented/shared an excerpt from as well! <br />GOD BLESS YOU ALL and i hope to be in touch...I am, like i said, helping Pastor Sean with logistics for next summer's mission trip to India...maybe someday the church can send a team to you all?! Would a team with no medical experience be able to help????Ayumi (i-YOU-me) Hardynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-72862827474550255182011-05-16T20:00:41.391-04:002011-05-16T20:00:41.391-04:00Thank you for this post... Sometimes I think I am ...Thank you for this post... Sometimes I think I am too strong & I don't take time to really feel how all this change has really affected me. I feel like I know you, because I am walking the same path right now. My family is heading to Hong Kong, hopefully this summer... Our yard sales were not very profitable however, so we have saved some time in taking things to Goodwill, I find that the swift departure of my belongings has been easier for me! - Hope you will stop by our blog too, maybe we can encourage each other as we prepare for the biggest move of our lives. :) <br /><br />PS- your daughters' blog was adorable! :) I will be praying for your travels while we are on the road this week... I'm sure our friends in Costa Rica will be so blessed to have you there on the team! <br />~JoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-3324814597592508062011-04-20T21:42:32.550-04:002011-04-20T21:42:32.550-04:00hugs...glad you are safe back "home"...f...hugs...glad you are safe back "home"...for now. :)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-45724944847720539002011-02-15T18:32:59.228-05:002011-02-15T18:32:59.228-05:00His Valentines ARE all around, aren't they??? ...His Valentines ARE all around, aren't they??? How sweet is that?<br /><br />Potatoes, huh? Heart shaped?Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-36553123655815120932011-01-11T16:43:57.226-05:002011-01-11T16:43:57.226-05:00hugs...and what an exciting year 2011 will be. Lo...hugs...and what an exciting year 2011 will be. Love the snow at your house...the smailing lovely young ladies!Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-2092162452204794992010-11-18T19:10:47.327-05:002010-11-18T19:10:47.327-05:00ooh ooh, Congrats! So excited. What a b-day gi...ooh ooh, Congrats! So excited. What a b-day gift! I want to see the girls blog too. Let me know what it is:)<br /><br />Exciting God aventures friend!Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-57755612736285644582010-11-03T10:41:52.475-04:002010-11-03T10:41:52.475-04:00Love it, Amy. Very proud of you and your family. ...Love it, Amy. Very proud of you and your family. You can do this and you will. Please remember I'm here if you need to talk through your feelings and emotions. Sometimes it's overwhelming but God put all those friends (from Springfield and CR) in your life for a reason. Love you and your family. You are in for an adventure of a lifetime.Pruitt's Pageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17219686806719751763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-47422747418838957702010-10-19T13:49:48.065-04:002010-10-19T13:49:48.065-04:00Psalm 119:11. This is awesome. Your girls are so i...Psalm 119:11. This is awesome. Your girls are so incredible. It's a great thing to do devotionals together!Lorin and Rebecca Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681095187272876383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-83492219769932575292010-10-05T16:15:19.894-04:002010-10-05T16:15:19.894-04:00for some reason I saw this:
http://allthingshendri...for some reason I saw this:<br />http://allthingshendrick.blogspot.com/2010/10/reality-is-weighty-thing.html<br /><br />and saw you guys. NOt that this is where God is leading you, but a picture of their family and their heart and their answer to God's pulling made me think of you.<br /><br />(Have you read Radical, by David Platt? I am in the middle of it.)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-54220915643916340412010-10-04T12:00:30.093-04:002010-10-04T12:00:30.093-04:00That is AWESOME!! Both of your girls are amazing!...That is AWESOME!! Both of your girls are amazing! You are very blessed!Donna Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534245279056267136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-75569766922555343052010-10-01T00:34:32.804-04:002010-10-01T00:34:32.804-04:00Congratulations on moving to the next phase.....Congratulations on moving to the next phase.....Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-67552262423745261032010-09-15T09:21:47.308-04:002010-09-15T09:21:47.308-04:00Beautiful, Amy! Really, really beautiful! I need...Beautiful, Amy! Really, really beautiful! I needed to hear that today. Thanks!Donna Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534245279056267136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-4113590453212670212010-08-16T02:25:30.014-04:002010-08-16T02:25:30.014-04:00Amy, dear Amy,
I so connect with your transparenc...Amy, dear Amy,<br /><br />I so connect with your transparency and honesty. Its the hard stuff, the really really hard stuff...like this, that is the real stuff.<br /><br />Just today, I summed up what my right now is like, by quoting "It is the best of times, it is the worst of times." and that is stretching it on the good side. I go in my bathroom lock the door and cry. I drive in the car and cry. The enemy put poison whisper-drops in my ear that I am the worse momma in the world...and I cry.<br /><br />I can so relate...<br /><br />yet, I also so know..for me...and for you. This is the journey. This freeze, this system error...is not the end. It is not where we are going to stay. It is big, and huge, and hard and personal and sad, and questions the very foundation of who we are and why we are here.... but it is not our stopping place. Like Jacob-to-be-Israel at the dawn, we are struggling with all our might...but the dawn will come, I bet on it, (it has to) and we will have a new name...and our struggle will leave us with a limp that shows we have been touched by God in a very hard place.<br /><br />My calling is different than yours....but I know it is a calling. And it does not play out the way I would have imagined (I chuckle in a sad way sometimes at that verse that says, Eye has not seen and hear has not heard, heart has not imagined (I know I am botching up the quoting of it) the things God has prepared for those who love Him. and think you bet I haven't this is not what I foresaw :) )....<br /><br />But this is it. This is our one life on planet earth. Our one legacy in the dirt of life...our one chance that He knows the poison-whispers want to keep us from...and He knows what He will do inside us.. so we cry on, wrestle on, knowing there will be a dawn. I think often of the words to the Chris Rice song that says: "Sometimes love has to drive a nail through its own hands."<br /><br />And I feel, the sacrifice does feel like that some times...often.<br /><br />hugs hugs hugs. prayers, and then more hugs.Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-19371066217910341752010-07-15T12:58:45.688-04:002010-07-15T12:58:45.688-04:00how awesome.....God worked a major milestone..didn...how awesome.....God worked a major milestone..didn't He? In all four of your hearts..... <br /><br />What a blessing to read. I am continuing to pray for you and your family, Amy. Thank you for having your blog and sharing this experience.Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-82557093165683850202010-07-08T17:58:11.997-04:002010-07-08T17:58:11.997-04:00Wow! Just...WOW! :-)Wow! Just...WOW! :-)Donna Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534245279056267136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806299422597989753.post-731223516300075442010-07-07T01:00:10.633-04:002010-07-07T01:00:10.633-04:00Praying for sweet Maggi.Praying for sweet Maggi.Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234324593027826036noreply@blogger.com