This Picnic Quilt is still for sale....

Here is a photo of one of the finished products from "Handmade by Nadine" :

Black with small Red/Pink roses and Red/White polka-dots

* (For Sale at $30 + shipping.  10% of all sales goes directly to the help of orphans and poor and needy families here in Romania!)

Quilt Making!

I'll update soon with more pictures...but I just wanted to say that we have been busy around here with life and such, and Quilt making has been one of them!  I do love crafts making my own things and I  learned to sew from my mother... who also loves to sew and craft!  I haven't done much of it in a long time since life seems to get busy... but now I'm doing more of it and the thoughts and dreams of hand making something unique and of my own has finally come about.  We now have..."HANDMADE BY NADINE"!
(My Mama's Mama was called Nadine and my middle name is the same, named after my Grandma.  I've thought for a while that if I ever sold my own crafts, I'd use my middle name.  So there you have it... the reason for the name title.)
 'Handmade by Nadine" - My own marketing and creating of hand made Picnic Quilts made from Bright Floral Gypsy Romanian scarves sold at the local market.  I do love the market and I love flowers and I love these bright colors...so it's been fun to put them together with other fabric prints and make them into a fun and sunny Quilt for those lovely picnics outside...weather in the mountains, the meadow, by a stream or on a beach, or even indoors on a living room floor! The will brighten up any picnic!  It's true, they are crazy prints with lots of color and pattern...but I sure do love that!  
If you are interested in purchasing one then drop me an email, or post a comment here or on my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151271264981997&set=pcb.10151271280331997&type=1&theater
 
or:  http://www.facebook.com/courtney.bjork

The 4 of the 5 quilts that I have already shipped to Colorado have sold!  I hope to have another set sent by the end of Feb and ready to be shipped the beginning of March.  I will also ship from Romania the shipping cost will go up though.  You can order too...just give me some colors you like and I can see what kind of loveliness I can come up with!

*10% of your purchase goes directly towards helping orphans and needy families around the area that I serve and work with here in Romania.  For more information about the Quilts or the work I am apart of here in Romania, then let me know via email, facebook or my blog.
More to come soon!

Here are a few of the scarves I use...colors and patterns... just so you have an idea of what I'm sewing with!

It's been a long time in coming...

The wait has now ended for my request to receive my Romanian Residency.   With much discussion they have granted it and for that I am grateful!  The Lord has granted favor and we are happy to soon put in our request for adoption!  We have the list of all the papers needed so we are working on a few from out of state and the rest we will get in country.  I just want to say, that the day I walked out of child protection after receiving that list, was a wonderful day since it's been many days that I've come there with other children from our foundation and for other people, but this time I came for OUR Family request to adopt!  I am so excited to have this process started!  It's been about 6 years waiting!  
So that is our latest update... We have a lot to finish and a lot of papers signed before this will be finalized, but we know our God is with us and not against us and we are confident that his favor will continue!  
So Thank you for your prayers and support... we would love to continue to walk this journey together.  We will continue to keep you updated in the coming weeks and months!  

Besides paper work, I am staying busy with the children at the school I volunteer at... lots of kids with many special needs.  So if any of you that have experience in this area...feel free to comment   I would love help or suggestions and ideas for kids who don't learn quite like the rest.  Some don't speak, some don't hear, some don't ever sit for more then 5 minutes.  Or if you have some free time and you have taught at a special needs school before, We Could Use YOUR Help!!!  Come!  Visit us here in Romania!  We would love that (me, my friend, the teacher and our kids!!!)
Happy Autumn!

WILL YOU HELP?

Usually I don't post on here about our need for financial support, but it is needed!!!  We need about 31 more supporters at just $15 a month in order for us to cover all cost for our continued work in Romania and in order for us to show that we indeed do have the support to adopt and care for our son.  So, Please help us! We are very low in monthly support right now.  In July we only made $180 through our missions non-profit organization CTEN.  Or we would take 18 new supporters at $25 a month!  If God lays us on your heart, we would love you to join our work in Romania with our son Laszlo and other broken and abandoned children.  Please don't hesitate to contact us!  www.cten.org/courtneybjork  
We appriciate you all!
/ The Bjorks!

travel

this is how I get from here to there...

and the months pass...

It's been some months again...I know...but life gets busy and blogging isn't always on the agenda.  But here I am with a bit of time and some pictures that should give a bit of a glance at life with the Bjork family this spring.  We have stayed busy with constructions teams, watering our garden, bunnies, school, team cooking and worship, family time with grandparents and many birthday parties...it's been lovely this spring but hard work too. 

bunny love time

Look!  My new bunnies Selgros and Lotus :)

afternoon in the forest

birthday date night...just me and the husband!

self portrait

look at how are garden grows...

it's calming & peaceful back here in the garden...

i love being able to eat from what we have planted ourselves... our salads sure are tasty!

cowboy dinner....baked beans & roasted hotdogs

cowboy picnic center piece

sunset

brighter...

The Last time I posted was a few months back and was a post full of emotion.  Today things look a bit brighter but they can still be discouraging with all the waiting and new laws that pass here... sometime making this adoption seem impossible.  But, I know that nothing is or was a surprise to God when he allowed me to be a mama to my freckled face boy.  He knew the time I'd live here and all the time it would take, he knew I'd have to stay longer then 5 years (8 this summer) and all the new laws that would come into effect making things a bit more complicated at times ( I think) and that I would have a few hard days full of tears from all of this;  but, he also knew he'd give me a husband at that time to walk through it with me and a close network of friends and family.  He is good! Plus I've put in my papers for permanent residency and if I get a 'yes' then we can start this adoption process!!!!! 

So, today is a better a day and one that looks brighter; and I don't think that is just because of the lovely spring sunshine we've been having either!  

Here are a some photos of the past few weeks of the Bjork family!  Enjoy and Love to you all!

We have finished learning the Alphabet!

big grin!

work'n with Pappa

Don't forget to Recycle

Tractor tires anyone?  Free wagon delivery! 

Springtime weather means painting outside

and preparing out seeds for planting.

Pappa and his seed planter assistant!

Ah Spring time, how I love you and all the windows I can open and the warm air that come through!