I Understand Completely….

Having stared into their beautiful faces, Having held their broken bodies in my arms, completely captivated by their God-given beauty…. Having prayed over their broken bodies… Having whispered gentle words into their sweet ears…. Having heard their squeals of joy over the ordinary…. and having a little one of my own whose fragile body struggles…

Our New Years Gift….

One New Years day, nine years ago,   an African princess was born. And from the beginning of time, Almighty God deemed her to be our daughter… and we would have the privilege of taking a ho-hum day like New Years and turning it into a heartfelt and joyous celebration of  Elizabeth Mercy because she is…

We Believe

I mentioned the other day how we enjoy spending a lot of time focusing on worship and praise in our home…. and especially after times like this past week-end. One of the ways we focus on praise is to  play what we call “The Thankful Game”. It’s the game we invented almost 30 years ago …

Nehemiah’s Miracle

Sometimes there are things that I just can’t share for one reason or another. So was the case over the last few months of a situation with our Nehemiah. It was kept just among siblings {who rallied around this precious brother}, my mom  and a few prayer warriors because of the uncertainty of it all. …

Nehemiah

We were just finishing up Bible and prayer time today when I might have overheard one of my guys kind of whisper to one brother, “I shave my hair.” Wide-eyed I glanced up, “You what?” A bit embarrassed he glanced down, “I shave my hair.” “What hair?” “This hair.  I only cut myself here,” pointing…