Johanna Bonner *Welcome back for part 2 of Johanna’s story! These are some of the snapshots of her life that she has felt compelled to share with others through her own social media outlet. We are so encouraged by her bravery and vulnerability to share hard parts of her life with others and hope that …
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SNAPSHOTS, part 1
Johanna Bonner*We are excited to share from Johanna! This week and next week, we will share some of the snapshots of her life that she has felt compelled to share with others through her own social media outlet. We are so encouraged by her bravery and vulnerability to share hard parts of her life with …
FINDING FAITH IN OUR FUTURE HOPE
Kelli Turner I’ve always considered myself to be a faithful person. I believe in God and I have always tried to live a godly life. And then my daughter died unexpectedly. Her name was Emma, and she was a beautiful, independent, sometimes stubborn 16 month old blonde haired, blue-eyed girl. She was mine and my husband’s …
CAPTURING JOY THROUGH THE EYES OF AUTISM
Megan Nunley Let me start off first by introducing myself. My name is Megan. I have been married to a wonderful man, Aaron, for 11 years now and we have two beautiful boys, Parker and Fisher. The story you are about to read starts about two years ago. My husband and I knew very …
WAITING FOR TWO (Part 2)
Leah Combs Last week you read about how the Lord altered Leah’s adoption dreams into an opportunity to love locally. Find out how God continued to weave together the lives of broken people into a beautiful masterpiece! Baby Caleb After adopting Judah in November of 2015 and knowing his brother would not be joining us, …
WAITING FOR TWO (Part 1)
Leah Combs Part 1 My husband Rusty and I only dated and were engaged for 8 months, but in that time we both had in our hearts that adoption was something the Lord had called us to do. Initially, we had thought that Africa would be the place that would provide the pitter-patter of little …
LOVE CAME DOWN AND SET ME FREE
Abbie Kampman Hi friends. Many of you may have already tuned in to my interview with Jamie Ivey (episode #168 on The Happy Hour podcast). If you haven’t listened, feel free to do so for further background on my story and the transformational journey God has taken me on. This summer, I set out on …
THAT I MAY DECLARE HIS WORKS
Abigail Brown I would not be the person I am today without the Lord, but I also would not be the young woman I am without the training, loving discipline, countless prayers, and much encouragement from my parents. I was born in 1993. Family photos show me as a cute, chubby little toddler while my …
THE POWER OF PRAYER
Sarah Slanzi Your hand is on the door, you’re ready to call to it quits. The tear stains on your pillow are the unspoken evidence of sleepless nights as your heart stung with the loss of what you had hoped your marriage would be. You were sad, then angry, then sad again, and now you …
LITTLE SIN GROWS IN THE DARK
Shera O’Neal I met my husband, Trey, at church. Ironically, it was the same church that we would be married in about a year later. I was a freshman attending the Christian college where Trey had just transferred to in the small Wisconsin town where I grew up. I knew pretty much everyone – whether …
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