Seminars and soaps

We attended the mandatory seminar this past weekend in Prince George, it was lead by an older women who had adopted thirty years ago...needless to say-I was totally disgusted with the whole thing. When we did our seminar in Alberta two years ago-I came away so overwhelmed with information I couldn't think straight for weeks! This seminar sadly was lacking-it was lacking honesty about how difficult and trying the adoption process can be, as well as how difficult life with an adopted child can be. It was lacking information on the countries we are interested in adopting from, it was lacking updated info on attachment and the types of orphanges children could be coming from. The videos they showed were from the eighties (seriously!)
So anyways the point of this rant is that i was so sad and disgusted about how many people were going to go away from this seminar lacking the truth and knowledge about adoption that I have definatly decided that when we move (we will only be 45 min from PG) I am going to start an adoption agency-simaliar to Antioch Adoptions in Washinton State. They are run as a church ministry-providing FREE adoptions (you have to help with the fundraising). I know this will be extremely difficult to do right now but I am going to start the process and even if it takes a couple of years-this province will have an adoption agency that is closer to the North (a couple travelled 8 hours from Prince Rupert to come to this seminar-their is no agency up here so they put on a seminar so people wouldn't have to drive 18 hours to get to their main office in Victoria)
And that is Christian based with Christian values. I would appreciate your prayers concerning this decision and that God would guide the whole process. I have been thinking about doing this for some time now and this seminar was a turning point for me.

Now on to a totally different topic-I have been struggling recently with wanting to go natural in our home and yet not having all the knowledge and time to search out info on the web. However I found an amazing website that has many of the values I hold as well as some that I would like to adopt! www.thefamilyhomestead.com it is an amazing resource for us stay at home moms who are interested in the best for our families!
I have a white ceramic top stove here and I hate it! I have to use tons of chemical cleaner to get it clean and I have to scrub till I am ready to drop and it still does't look all that great-any little drop of water on it turns black and it is just really nasty-well I found an amazing new way to clean it-I tried it last night and WOW I was absolutly amazed! Take some baking soda-it is a mild abrasive and cut the end off a lemon -sprinkle some baking soda on the stove top and use the lemon with the cut end down and scrub away-squeeze the lemon now and then to release more juice and use the outer peel of the lemon to scrub-and it comes off amazingly! With half the amount of vigoress scrubbing with the chemical cleaner! who hoo! So I am sold on the natural way to clean things-I also found this website that has a lot of really awesome info as well http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8088/clngrn.html check them out and tell me what you think and blessings as you enjoy your day!