Thankful

As we are coming into the Christmas season, most of us get to reflect on all that Jesus has done for us. There is the personal aspect of it and then the huge reality that He saved the whole world, and that all who would like to be a part of his eternal love, can be.

This last year has been so hard for all of us, with the unknowing, the tension and the unrest. There has also been so much to praise God for! So many miracles.

If you haven’t heard, I got my R1 visa accepted this last month! Accepted during wildfires in California (Where the USCIS office is), an election and a pandemic. I had so much around me to be a good reason why I wouldn’t get it, yet God’s word stood.

I want to share with you a testimony of what God did this summer in our kids. The summer seems so long ago, but this is a testimony of something that is continuing daily here. We just have physical proof of it. On week one of our summer camp, Camp Hope, we got every one of our kids to draw their self-portrait. Except to explain what that really was, we didn’t give them much direction, so it was purely them. 7 weeks later at the end of the camp, we asked them to do the same thing, again, without interfering.

The differences are huge! When I saw this, I cried as I got to see what God had done in some of our new kids in just 7 weeks. You see that they know who they are way more, their emotions are healthier, and their self-esteem grew! Then I got to thinking about our kids that we have had come to us for years, and the differences I see in them! Kids who used to throw chairs at you and get so angry very quickly, now walk in peace. Peace from an all-knowing heavenly father that is teaching them who they are. Peace that means that they now lack nothing, as when you have His peace you have everything.

When you live in this peace you live in a place of being content and your sustained. Our kids know it.

Please continue to pray for them, their families and our adult friends that come and play in our basketball gym, get food monthly and work and learn in our woodshop. Plus our team of missionaries.

I would like to send out my thanks for you. I need family around me to pray for me and support me. We all do! Know that I am here for you also. If you ever feel alone, do reach out to me as I would love to pray with you!

2020 can’t steal from us, but God’s mercy, miracles and beauty gets to reign! Jesus came, Jesus won!

Merry Christmas!