We recently received notice that there are roughly 90 boys in the two orphanages we visit. That’s roughly 25-30 more than we expected, which is okay with us. We usually plan on getting extra stuff and writing extra letters, but this time we had a wonderful surprise. One of our high school Spanish teachers was […]
Category: Bible
The Power of Stories–Guatemala Day 1 (Rachael)
In my opinion, there really is no better way to start a trip like this than with a visit to the babies’ home. At the home, we got to see precious Mili (she is a beautiful 3-yr-old who was found in a dumpster when she was just a baby), and Celeste (Celeste is blind in […]
Leverage (by Nate)
Most people have a seat-of-the-pants understanding about leverage from playground equipment. Some people understand the physics behind the lever and have put it to great use. In the financial world, leverage has more of a theoretical application than a physical one. Someone who might only have enough cash to buy enough bread for a week’s […]
Abundance (Nate)
A while back, our friend Emily Wiggins recommended a podcast about adoption and orphans (check it out here: Crown on Orphans). A couple of things stuck out to me that I’d like to reproduce here, and then I’d like to share some of my thoughts and reactions. In the podcast, Crown Ministries mention that “It […]
Staying engaged (Nate)
1 Kings 8 from the Bible. (check it out at www.biblegateway.com) 10 Elisha answered, “Go and say to him, ‘You will certainly recover’; but the LORD has revealed to me that he will in fact die.” 11 He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael felt ashamed. Then the man of God began […]