The Journey

Preservation 29 Aug 2010, 2:30 pm

This morning the text of the message came from Psalm 121.  I take a Romanian/English parallel Bible to church with me and after reading the Romanian with the congregation, I read the Scripture in English.I read words so very familiar, "I will lift up my eyes to the hills..." Beautiful words.  On I read to verse seven. I paused. I stopped. I read again. I thought. The message from the front

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Broken Hearts 19 Aug 2010, 5:19 pm

I have three daughters biologically.  I have several more by virtue of Freedom Home. Ali* began first to call me mama.  The other girls at the home joined her.  Most have not had a mama in a long time.  Most haven't known a good mama.  Ali's mama died when she was around ten years old.Ali has had a very hard journey.   We see times of great victory and times of such defeat.   The past few

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Sweet Dreams 16 Aug 2010, 7:14 pm

Today I had the privilege of sitting with a newer resident in the home, Mary, and hearing her story.   Her story came out in the midst of her pain.  Last Thursday she surrendered her life to Christ and then the nightmares began each night.She shared how these nightmares are really not new, but have come each time she's wanted to change her life for the better. When I talked to her about the

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Neighbors 13 Aug 2010, 10:57 am

This week the neighbors on both sides of the home have begun complaining about one thing after another. They both have always made complaints and usually they have some validity. We have tried to comply. The neighbor to the right didn't like our dog, Jack. So we built the fence higher to give him the extra protection from the dog jumping into his yard.But this week he called the police saying

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Rescue Arts 28 Jul 2010, 4:42 am

It is so important for the women who come into our home to find a place of healing in their lives. There are many avenues to have that happen. It doesn't just happen automatically because they come into the home, but happens because they are led there. We are in the process of helping the staff understand how to lead the women to healing.Often that healing has to start in the lives of the

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