We’ve been talking about the need for some sort of adoption care ministry here in Nicaragua. I asked our friend, Laura, to write about her family’s experience adopting a child from Nicaragua last year. The rest of this post is from Laura: Our family recently finalized the adoption of our now 10 month old son. […]
Why Adoption Care?
My last post described our interest in working with adoption care here in Nicaragua. Let me take some time to explain why this issue is so important, to answer the question of “Why adoption care?” Most of you know we were foster parents in Maryland before moving here. But did you know we looked into […]
Our Call
In my last post, I shared how we have decided to stay longer in Nicaragua. Many friends commented that the choice was inevitable, and while there was a large percentage of me that wondered from the very start, I can honestly say we wavered often, sometimes hourly. Nevertheless, we felt a very strong pull to […]
Blog Move
In February of 2014, I switched from writing on my personal site to this blog. Throughout the first part of 2014, I am moving much of my content over to this blog. But in the meantime, you may find some of the categories to be a bit lacking. Thank you for your patience! Use the […]
Protecting the Family
When we made plans to spend an extended period of time in Nicaragua, we had way more questions than answers regarding our “purpose” here. However, we’ve known for a while that “encouraging missionary families” was pretty high on our list. Shortly after we arrived, we heard some startling news: Within the past two years, at […]
Email Appointments
While we felt God telling us to spend a year in Nicaragua, we really didn’t know why. Upon arriving here, the first conversation we have with new friends goes something like this: “So, which mission group/church are you with?” Ummm… we aren’t exactly here with a particular organization. “OK, well, which sending organization is supporting […]
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