While Ben, Julie, and the girls are state side, Austin and Taylor are enjoying the peace and quite. Even though half the family is gone we still have been busy… God has been blessing us with many little things, and we are so very thankful. On Monday Austin took Ben, Julie, and the girls to… Read More
We are excited to announce that we have begun our “Bright Beginnings Club”. We are about to embark on our 3 week journey back to the USA soon. We have already been approved to receive children into our home when we return to Honduras. While we do not yet know the exact age, gender, or… Read More
“Meaning and purpose come not from accomplishing great things in the world, but simply from loving those who are right in front of you, doing all you can with what you have, in the place you are. It’s not doing that makes it special, it’s the loving.” –Katrina Kenison On Wednesday morning, we were praying… Read More
This week was another busy week. As we get down to the last 2 weeks (for Ben, Julie, Leighanne, and Hannah) and 3 weeks (for Austin, Taylor, and Emma), we continue to get things in order. We are still working on getting the last few details ready for taking in kids. This past… Read More
Welcome to Graciasville! We racked our brains trying to think of a theme for the nursery. Well we stumbled across the best one…Dr. Seuss!! We had the best time decorating this room and it has now become our favorite room in the house. We based the nursery on the book Oh The Places You’ll Go.… Read More
Studying with Pastors in San Pedrito Studying with Pastors in San Pedrito On Tuesday, Ben, Julie, and Austin had the awesome opportunity to go with Frank Wardlow and Melyssa Cardenas (61 Isaiah Ministries) into the mountain village of San Pedrito to study with some of the pastors that are part of the 2nd year of… Read More
Building … Preparing … Getting Ready… Making our House a Home That is what we have been up to this past week. Since we began the process to become a transition home for babies to 2 year olds we quickly realized we were not a “baby proof’” household. We made lists, bought supplies, and have… Read More
This is not going to be a usual blog, but oh such an important one. One evening I was going through different movie titles trying to decide what I wanted to watch. And I came across “The Passion of The Christ.” When I came across this movie I reminded myself that I had not seen… Read More
We have booked our tickets to come to the states in May!! Notice I didn’t say “coming home”. Where is our home? What do we call home? People say that home is where the heart is. Well my heart is in 3 different places… 1. Honduras 2. The States 3. Heaven As a christian our… Read More
New Beginnings can lead to … curiosity … excitement … awe … happiness … confusion … fear … anger … sadness … denial … gratitude … heightened awareness … acceptance … and many other emotions because along with a New Beginning is change and change effects us in ways that we cannot predict and we… Read More