Giving your life for what you believe in.

At one point in time, we made a choice to give our lives for what believe in... somehow we still face that choice each and every day. Yes, we beleive and live for Jesus. But in that, our hearts were ravished and broken for what breaks His. Children who once lived a life worth living, abruptly found themselves orphaned, afraid, hungry and abused. They went from security to inconsistency and a life of suffering. Every natural human right, stripped away. At this point, you ask yourselves - who will fight for them, when they've lost the fight within?

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Being with our kids here, it never gets old - that is, the joy and appreciation of their redemption; that God so graciously gives us. There are so many more, just like them. Crying out saying "I'm suffering, I have no solution for I am but a small child, who will plead my cause"? We can only pray and believe that God will touch the hearts of many more, even so the locals to respond to the cries of a child.

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Our little boy, Malaki is 20 months today and I have the greatest joy knowing that he is experiencing this journey alongside us. The Lord has something BIG in store for him, and we are so grateful to God that he has had a healthy and strong childhood in the midst of having few possibilities for any kind of adequate healthcare. He's growing more independent and loves to say "ohhh noo"... In about 6 months we will be welcoming another little one to our family, thankfully I had made it over the hump and have been feeling great and getting alot of necessary work done. We are back into the work of things - Isai continuing with his team building the children's village and myself continuing to work side by side with our Director, Audrey with the children's homes. On weekends we try to have free time with the kids or head out to the city to catch up with friends (and try to make it to the beach... :o)!

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At the end of the day, a life worth lived is fighting and standing for what one believes in - whatever that may be and whereever that may lead. All our love...