“Together in Hope”- No Parent Should Be Alone

Loneliness in our estimation, is one of the primary emotions that a parent with a special-needs child faces.  The isolation that a parent can feel is on multiple levels: Other friends not understanding their situation, being the primary care taker for a child with special needs all day, not having many people to talk to…

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Trading our Sorrow

February 28th- Malachi’s Diagnosis Day, which has made the whole month of February for the last three years a very pensive and sad month for me. In one thought I can be transported to the day of Malachi’s diagnosis and feel all the emotions of that day rush over me. The fluorescent lights in the…

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Why It’s Okay To Be Weak, And Tell Others You Are

STRENGTH. Probably one of the most desired quality of the human Race and especially Americans. In the United States we celebrate strength, and wear it as a badge of honor. When going through seemingly insurmountable problems, people tell them, “You are so strong I know you will make it through.” What pressure this puts on…

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In With The New- Newsletter

Our first year in Mexico is coming to a close; it is the end of some things and the beginning of others. Our first Christmas in our new home has come and gone and it was just lovely.  Having no idea what to expect we were timid to begin the season without family in a…

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Why Holidays Abroad Are Difficult For Missionaries

It’s exciting to learn a country’s different cultures and customs during holidays. John and I are eagerly anticipating the Christmas season to take part in these customs. We are thankful that our kids can be a part of something different. Even so, in all the excitement and learning is a yearning for holiday traditions of…

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Six months of Survival! A Newsletter

6 Months.  It’s been six months since we arrived. In that time we have put our kids in school, Set our house up, gotten our residency visas, enrolled Malachi in a school for people with cerebral palsy, Malachi got accepted into CRIT, 1 church plant information dinner, 2 church plant launch team meetings, and have…

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We Can’t Go Back

Think back to that moment when your eyes were opened and you saw an aspect of life that would forever change you. In that moment, you could never go back because you had been affected so much that something new was imprinted on your heart. I’ve heard stories from some of you that have been…

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100 Women

There are 3,000 kids that go to CRIT (treatment facility for special needs kids). 3,000! That means that there are about 5,000 caretakers coming to CRIT with the kids and most of them are moms. I do see mother/father, but the main caretakers are moms. As I am with Malachi; I am primarily in charge…

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Missionary care opportunity

We are quickly approaching the time of our annual field council. This is the time that all of the missionaries from our region gather for meetings. Some things that we accomplish during this time are: each family unit reports on their work for the prior year and their plans for the upcoming year. The other…

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