On July 13th we welcomed our second
grandchild, Thoryn Marie, into this world!
Twenty-seven years ago that very day, her mommy, Christa, had entered
our lives.
Justin and Christa are facing all the new parent
struggles of feeding schedules, lack of sleep, dirty diapers, lifestyle
changes…anyone who has ever had a child knows what I mean! The list could go on and on. Your life is no longer your own. There is a little person now who depends on
you for everything. Big
responsibility!
We’re so thankful for the loving home Thoryn
has! She has been prayed for long before
she was ever conceived. But not all
children have it so good.
Dave, a young man who is meeting with us along with
his fiancé for premarital instruction, did not have it so good. After his parents divorced when he was four,
he was part of the battle between his parents, shuffled back and forth, abused
mentally, physically, emotionally, and sexually. He finally ended up in foster
homes until he was old enough to decide to be on his own. Dave then entered the army, married a girl for
the sole purpose of receiving more benefits (his own explanation), and soon
divorced.
This young couple hasn’t had much of an example set
before them about what a marriage is or how to love someone till “death do you
part.”
When they met with a couple in their church about
getting married, they (a couple we had coached through some difficult times) immediately
referred them to us. And that’s where we
enter the journey…a journey of a man and woman who will effect generations to
come by the way they live their lives as a couple, how they raise their
children, and how they serve the Lord.
And you are a part of that as you pray for and give to this ministry!
Enjoying being grandparents...as well as guides to couples who need help preparing for and living "happily ever after"!
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