Give Where You Live

This a story of a courageous man and a wonderful family that is now part of our community. Doug was living in a tough neighborhood down south. He had already raised a four kids to adulthood so his mind was more oriented to retirement than raising another family. However, one day he met a distressed neighbor carrying an infant. She was complaining about how her life was in shambles and how difficult things were. Sensing there was a deeper problem, Doug asked a simple question: “Why don’t you give me that baby?”

ROAD TO THE MISSION

As a child my grandmother would ensure we would go to church as often as she was able to take us, which was pretty often. However, there was no questions or anything on what we had learned that day in Sunday school. Needless to say I really hadn’t learned anything about God or his unconditional love for me.

This Too Will Pass

“Firefighters don’t just run into a fire. They assess the scene, gather their equipment and conserve their oxygen until they are inside. Approach the COVID-19 virus as if it were a fire.”

Where are you CHRISTmas?

I remember my days as a kid in the humid Indiana heat of July playing Christmas music and singing along. I definitely got more than a few weird looks, but there was just something about the joy and love surrounding the season that I wished it could be every day. Truthfully, I never really grew out of that phase — you can still find me playing Christmas music in July — but it means something different now.

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