I last posted seven weeks ago. In the intervening time a lot has happened. I finished a college class while caring for my own little family and helping to care for Ivan’s dad. During those weeks, Ivan’s dad grew weaker and further away from us in mind. As my dear Native friend Charlene would have […]
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I heard a story in church recently about a teen girl who had an unplanned pregnancy and thought the baby would ruin her life. When she told her grandma, a devout Catholic woman, about the pregnancy, she thought her grandma would be upset. But her grandma just said, “Whenever God wants to change the world,
When God Wants to Change the World, He Sends a Baby Read More »
In two months, she’s gone from this: To this. From this: To this. She’s adorable when she’s sleeping, bright-eyed when she’s awake, and she has a smile that is way too precious and alive to be captured on camera. In her young life, she’s been on three overnight trips, two of which were weddings. She
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Missy Yoder was only a teenager when she knew she wanted to adopt. Her husband, Doug Yoder, says he “loved kids for a long time, ever since I don’t know when.” Doug and Missy met in Thailand while working under a mission organization called Global Tribes Outreach. During their dating years, both were
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It was nice. I will share some of my favorite pictures. I will also tell you that I intended, last week, to write a follow-up post to my questions about the doctrine of separation and instead failed to post at all. I still hope to write that post later this week. For now, the pictures.
The Loved Ones Came Read More »
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