River of Thoughts

Four-thirty came very early for the Aguascalientes team, as we all met at the Fort Wayne airport! Luggage check-in went smoothly and we circled up for a prayer with the team and family members. Twenty-one of us boarded the 6:00 flight to Dallas. We transferred to another two-hour flight into Aguascalientes, where we were met by Jeremy and Duane, our hosts for the week. We are all thankful that out travels were smooth and our flights were on time!!! Upon our arrival at Dulce Refugio, we received the Grand Tour…the facilities here are amazing and very unique, and we are […]

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Two teams are going, one team is coming back—oh, wait, that’s the movie version (d’oh!). Seriously, we have two great teams traveling together to Aguascalientes, Mexico tomorrow, and we couldn’t be more excited! GenONE, the High School ministry at Pathway, is fielding a team of ten teens and two adults. GenONE is prepared to reach the children of Dulce Refugio through games, crafts, VBS, and acts of service that may or may not include pouring concrete and laying pavers, but which are guaranteed to get them very, very dirty! The family missions team, checking in with two more teens and […]

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With two weeks remaining until we depart for Aguascalientes, the days are starting to seem a little overwhelming.The girls are counting the days until the end of school and studying hard for finals; the parents are scrambling to get landscaping and gardening projects wrapped up, trying to get work under control, and generally preparing to be gone for nine days.We haven’t even looked at the packing list yet! The priority over the past few weeks, though, has been preparing to serve in Aguascalientes.Two teams are actually travelling together…a team of about twelve teens from our high school youth group, GenOne, […]

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In my last post, I shared our plans to serve the forgotten children of Aguascalientes, Mexico. As we move toward this opportunity, we need your help in two areas that are essential to every mission: 1. We need your thoughts and prayers. With an opportunity to serve in this way, we expect our lives to be changed. We need partners to encourage and pray for us, to strengthen us and our team as well as the orphanage staff and, of course, the children. 2. We need financial partners to support our service to Dolce Refugio. In addition to the price […]

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Many of you have followed our family’s journey as we’ve gone first from a family of two to three, and then from three to four. Over these years, one of the most important things we’ve learned is that this world is about more than just us. We are blessed beyond our wildest imagination, and we want to spread these blessings to others. This June, the four of us will be joining a team from to Pathway Community Church to do just that. The Dolce Refugio (Sweet Refuge) orphanage in Aguascalientes, Mexico provides abandoned and at-risk children an opportunity to get […]

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