by Amy Felix | Sep 30, 2020 | Encouragement
Your Mission Field Is Right Where You Are Your mission field is right where you are. Guest blogger Amy Felix firmly believes that statement. She’s here with the story of how she discovered her mission field while raising kids with special needs and with ideas about...
by Jolene | Sep 28, 2020 | Grief
You Rest While We Pray You rest while we pray. This text was the first in a long thread to lighten my spirit. The thread began the day before when a couple in our church small group sent devastating news about the death of their grandbaby. Our small groups members...
by Jolene | Sep 16, 2020 | Special Needs Ministry
We’ve Decided to Stop Dialysis We’ve decided to stop dialysis. Cathy delivered the news about her husband Brian with same steadiness she always displays We met Brian and Cathy we visited their church after we moved from South Dakota to Iowa. A few days later...
by Jolene | Aug 24, 2020 | Spiritual Support
When Life Is Not as It Should Be When life is not as it should be, whether the cause is a global pandemic or a child’s diagnosis, we have a choice to make. As our hearts break and our faith is tested, we have to decide to respond from either a short term or long...
by Jolene | Aug 19, 2020 | Encouragement
We’ll Get Through This We’ll get through this. Those are the words I was about to type for the beginning of this post when the tornado siren blew. I grabbed my computer and phone and ran through the kitchen toward the basement apartment where our daughter and...
by Mark Arnold | Aug 18, 2020 | Encouragement
Jesus, Kids with Special Needs and Their Families, Part 5 Jesus, kids with special needs, and their parents were acknowledged and valued by Jesus. He showed compassion to parents who brought their children into his presence. In the final installment of this series...