Embracing a new season

Embracing a new season

On some Sundays, we give space for families to share what God is doing in their lives and encourage our church family. Last Sunday, one of these families shared about embracing a new season and experiencing God’s love in the midst of change. Read their testimony below:

“For the first 10 years of our marriage, we watched God work in seemingly big, mountain-moving ways that were such obvious miracles- surviving a long-distance marriage because of military deployment, getting to move closer to family, welcoming career changes, and much prayed for jobs, longed for pregnancies and a first home purchase and a fought for adoption brought to fruition. In these past two years, God has been calling us to Him a lot more quietly. Growing us into a deeper intentionality with the mundane day-in and day-out of parenting and marriage. No less important than the first big ten years of our family, this is a season of honing in on raising little disciples. It’s a nitty-gritty, not glamorous or “big,” but this is such a sweet season of opportunity to slow down and pay attention to God’s hand on us and our kids as He lovingly shepherds us all to Him through the tantrums, endless dirty dishes, and laundry, diapers, and sleeplessness.”


Fostering Hope

Fostering Hope

On some Sundays, we give space for families to share what God is doing in their lives and encourage our church family. Last Sunday, one of these families shared about their rewarding journey of being called into foster care, despite many sacrifices and the difficulty of having to say goodbye to children they get attached to. Read their testimony below:

“At the beginning of 2021, we got news that we would probably not be able to start a family by traditional means. It was overwhelming, as we were so ready to become parents and didn’t really know what our options were at the time. We took to the internet and came across several adoption and foster agencies in the area. We wanted to find out all we could and attended several different information sessions before choosing an agency that we felt we really connected with. At this point, we were only considering adoption, thinking that we were not the kind of people who would be able to be foster parents. We thought we would get too attached and it would hurt too much when kids left. After getting further into training and hearing about other’s experience, it became evident that there is no kind of person who is able to foster without pain or grief or becoming too attached to their kids. We felt a shift in our hearts and knew we were being led down this path. 

We have felt that God has been working in our lives by just being with us in all of these highs and lows. He has blessed us so much as we get to experience the joy of loving these kids, and He has been with us in the deep sadness of saying goodbye. He has allowed us to feel compassion for families and truly root for reunification when possible. He has made us feel grateful for our infertility.