tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post3500277560140603019..comments2023-08-28T07:50:19.853-07:00Comments on Ordinary Hero Blog: Today, 20 Years From Tragedy...Why I have a heart for peopleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14338356511622073158noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-78157043293628485942010-01-19T20:42:39.260-08:002010-01-19T20:42:39.260-08:00I love your testimony Kelly. I know a woman who w...I love your testimony Kelly. I know a woman who was abducted at 4 years old and started an orphanage/children's home for formerly abducted child soldiers of the LRA in Gulu. This is where her passion stems from. She wants to give them a safe home and help with their healing. Thank you for doing what you do and working so tirelessly to find these children homes!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799698677074756334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-72620300705511467542010-01-14T20:21:34.225-08:002010-01-14T20:21:34.225-08:00What an amazing story and testimony! Thank you for...What an amazing story and testimony! Thank you for sharing it!Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12309129490643517941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-35404859598844174292009-12-29T18:42:09.180-08:002009-12-29T18:42:09.180-08:00Just watched the video. Wow thank you for sharing...Just watched the video. Wow thank you for sharing how God can take the bad and terrible and bring healing. This would help some of the girls at youth group and the pain some of the girls I'm sure have gone through. My cousins good friend had gotten raped a few years ago. I am going to email this to her as well. So thankful to God that He saved you and brought Shane into your life. What a neat story of forgivness too. You are such a beautiful women of God!Miracles from God to us!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18267516399429148384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-48306613075036087522009-12-29T15:09:44.945-08:002009-12-29T15:09:44.945-08:00wow I am so sorry for all that you went through bu...wow I am so sorry for all that you went through but praise God that He saved you and now God is using your life in amazing ways! You inspire me so much and you are truly a hero! Thank you so much for sharing. I know your story will help and encourage so many others. Thank you so much for your dedication to the orphans and helping people in so many ways! <br /><br />Love, HeidiMiracles from God to us!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18267516399429148384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-14460307999783955172009-12-28T19:33:00.742-08:002009-12-28T19:33:00.742-08:00Wow- what an amazing story! Your journey has obvio...Wow- what an amazing story! Your journey has obviously been a very painful one...but you have triumphed and allowed God to work through you and your experiences. <br />I wish you continued happiness and health as we enter the new year :-)<br />God Bless You,<br />KristenKristen Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593032226862288551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-78328072099239559862009-12-28T16:06:22.110-08:002009-12-28T16:06:22.110-08:00Thank you for sharing your story. God does use our...Thank you for sharing your story. God does use our life events to help us help others. We are adopting a 3 year old little girl with a complex heart problem from China. In one year we pray to begin our adoption journey again. I feel so drawn to Ethiopia. We are in TN. When I saw that you are too, I just had to leave you a note. Our blog is at www.bringinghomelei.blogspot.com<br />SylviaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-67572553060592939802009-12-28T13:38:22.222-08:002009-12-28T13:38:22.222-08:00This is an amazing story! Thank you for sharing. ...This is an amazing story! Thank you for sharing. I am so glad through it all you became who you are now. You have some really good points there, and your story is truly inspiring!Jenny Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14805338914279020464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-26304880653237576282009-12-28T11:29:44.747-08:002009-12-28T11:29:44.747-08:00Kelly, I had no idea. Would have never known this ...Kelly, I had no idea. Would have never known this part of your story except for reading your sisters blog. <br />I love your healthy, spirit influenced outlook on God's plan for your life. You have a tremendous testimony that is touching so many. I would love to help in any way even if prayer is the only way. God's greatest for the year ahead! It is going to be a great one. They just keep getting better and better.<br /><br />lots of love, AmberAmberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18348008983791793837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-79712331435429177682009-12-28T10:41:09.436-08:002009-12-28T10:41:09.436-08:00After reading your story, who could think they cou...After reading your story, who could think they couldn't overcome their circumstances and be a light for others. So powerful, I don't know what to say. Amazing!Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244221202675419513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-56352049174257750952009-12-28T07:59:49.858-08:002009-12-28T07:59:49.858-08:00Now I am crying....Thank you for sharing your stor...Now I am crying....Thank you for sharing your story. And the glory be to God....Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11580849302049323984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-78009656255405637352009-12-28T07:56:01.033-08:002009-12-28T07:56:01.033-08:00WOW! Thanks for your response to my comment...beau...WOW! Thanks for your response to my comment...beautifully said! Never looked at it that way! Thanks for being a shining light! ~DIANAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-30028801965019049892009-12-28T06:57:36.789-08:002009-12-28T06:57:36.789-08:00Thank you all for sweet words and encouragement. ...Thank you all for sweet words and encouragement. In response to a couple of comments.....Kristi and Dale, I LOVE the lines you posted from Gordon T Smith. I could not have said it better. That was just great. Thanks for sharing that. <br /><br />Diana, In response to your questions about teenage pregnancy, You have to go listen to the Faith Hill song, A Baby Changes Everything. It really puts it into perspective. We have to look at Mary, who did everything right, and still got pregnant. It makes us realize that no matter the circumstances, right or wrong, God has planned this child's life from the beginning of time. God knew the circumstances around it as well. My daughter knows that she was the best thing that ever happened to me. Life is a blessing. She was a gift to me that just spoke God's mercy. In spite of my mistakes God still works all things together for good. By the time she was born God's forgiveness for any mistake had already covered the whole thing and made it new. Therefore she was born as a blessing and not a mistake. God has great plans for her life. Having her also forced me to grow up which was a part of God's plan for me, considering the things I had been through and the way I needed to heal. I don't have all the answers but I do know above all else that God works all things together for good, without a doubt. <br /><br />Thank you all for your comments. <br /><br />Blessings.<br />KellyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14338356511622073158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-38500191338689616122009-12-28T02:48:36.818-08:002009-12-28T02:48:36.818-08:00Thank you for sharing your testimony.
Your an insp...Thank you for sharing your testimony.<br />Your an inspiration!<br />God has blessed you so generously:)Tracy https://www.blogger.com/profile/01490276843572474647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-14908971655710742072009-12-27T21:51:28.452-08:002009-12-27T21:51:28.452-08:00Thank you Kelly for your honesty and for being tra...Thank you Kelly for your honesty and for being transparent for the glory of God!!!!!!! How beautifully the Lord has woven your story for His cause! I am praising the Lord for His protection over your life and for your testimony of deliverance and resurrection of new life!Andrea Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13046230301366777760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-88138985909985154422009-12-27T21:34:19.320-08:002009-12-27T21:34:19.320-08:00I, too, became pregnant at the age of 18 and kept ...I, too, became pregnant at the age of 18 and kept the child...while I am still not with the father of that child, I now have 4 children and am happily married...I hope and pray to one day adopt from Africa (or anywhere)...I was adopted when I was a newborn as well!! I have a question for you...how do you explain to your child that this teenage pregnancy was God's plan? That he/she is not a mistake? What are the scriptures and how do I explain that she was a part of God's awesome plan for my life and that she has purpose as well? ~DIANA in TNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-23717789865789005892009-12-27T21:20:58.658-08:002009-12-27T21:20:58.658-08:00Kelly, ashes to beauty is a wonderful thing! Prai...Kelly, ashes to beauty is a wonderful thing! Praise God for your triumph over evil!! I'd like to share a few lines in Courage and Calling by Gordon T. Smith. "Each of us has something that we feel is the very reason for which we have been designed, created, and redeemed. In the end we embrace this call, this purpose, because this, so help us God, is who we are. In the end there is something about which we say THIS I MUST DO. And we will do it, regardless of whether we have parental approval, regardless of whether we get praise or financial return. It is at this point that we understand we must give up our lives for the sake of others, for only then will we find our lives (Mt 16:25). We live out our calling because we must. And we accept this calling as from God- as that which God has placed in our heart. What drives us is our conviction that God has placed it there. This is vocational integrity and personal congruence."Kristi and Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355829433415878353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-8449785043116585682009-12-27T19:50:26.024-08:002009-12-27T19:50:26.024-08:00wow, can't believe it's been twenty years!...wow, can't believe it's been twenty years!! Crazy!! You are all of our HERO!! kjKristi Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14639293095200720758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-49565727926297747882009-12-27T19:28:21.798-08:002009-12-27T19:28:21.798-08:00So sorry for the tragedy. Even though God has brou...So sorry for the tragedy. Even though God has brought amazing things about because of this, I'm so sorry that you had to endure it, as well as always having the memories associated with that night. <br /><br />I think I will squeeze my daughter a little longer tonight and thank the Lord for his purpose in all of our lives, whether we recognize it or not.alainaw30https://www.blogger.com/profile/10046663768968659328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-55936463124270708972009-12-27T18:33:53.114-08:002009-12-27T18:33:53.114-08:00What an extraordinary story! I cannot imagine the ...What an extraordinary story! I cannot imagine the fear you experienced. I hope that you do write a book about it.<br /><br />Merry Christmas!Elizabeth Mahlouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00334700057953625321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315877999657104373.post-32698699651367796242009-12-27T18:17:32.658-08:002009-12-27T18:17:32.658-08:00Thank you for sharing the beauty that God brought ...Thank you for sharing the beauty that God brought to your life through such tragedy. I feel so blessed by your story. <br />Blessings,<br />AmyAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792912615995204430noreply@blogger.com