Our Family Story
Adios a los Estados Unidos
It is here… the week we’ve been dreaming of for 18 months. There are so many people to thank for their help in bringing God’s work to reality. You know who you are… your time, talents and treasure has been shared so freely. Your prayers have kept our feet moving on, sometimes from second-to-second. A highlight of our last days was a potluck/prayer time at our own church. What a sweet time of prayer from the mouths of those we love… those who know us like few others and those who pray us to our destination and back. Peace. On another note, Reach Out Honduras officially has a Board of Directors – 14 people with a...
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“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them.” Henry David Thoreau “My work will be here tomorrow but my friends may not” – A common Miskito phrase As long as I can remember, I have been touched by the stories in books and on TV about the plight of orphans and starving, vulnerable children. I recall when I was young telling God and myself, “When I get older, I’m going to help those children!” My childhood was happy, filled with sports and friends in Plano, Texas, a wealthy suburb of Dallas. I’m not sure where the time has gone… and as for...
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It was a balmy, bright day in Maui, Hawaii when our two separate lives came together to become one life. We said our vows on a breathtaking beach and enjoyed a private dinner by candlelight with the waves crashing in the background. It was a night to remember for both of us. Never, in our wildest visions of the future, did we imagine ourselves as parents to 4 children; 2 biological and 2 adopted out of the Texas Foster Care System! Never, in our wildest predictions of our lives, would we have guessed we would sell our worldly goods and move to a remote jungle region of Honduras! Never. But, that is exactly what we are called to do. And with...
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