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How Going to the “Wrong” Conference Was the Right Thing
On April 10th, 2015 I walked, unintentionally, into a new view of my entire life and the lives of others.The Empowered To Connect Simulcast target audience was to people who take care of adopted or foster children coming from hard places - abuse, neglect or troubled...
Throw Those Balls
On Saturday, March 28th, we had 60 people come out to play dodgeball. Not only did we have 60 players, but we had another 20-30 people who came out to watch. The result; over $2,600 was raised for Oasis. What is Oasis? You can read about it here.Special ThanksWe would...
Spring Is Here!
One of my favorite (if not, my favorite) times of year is here; Spring. I love the feeling of the hot sun on a cool day, the feeling of wanting to wear shorts because it is 50 degrees outside, seeing people outside, the longer daylight hours and so much more.Every...
Empowered to Connect Live Simulcast
We are so excited to be hosting the live simulcast of this year's Empowered to Connect Conference on April 10-11. The Empowered to Connect Conference is a two-day conference for adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders, and professionals designed to help...
2015 Dodgeball Tournament
This year our dodgeball tournament will be on March 28th. It will be held at the Elkhart Youth and Community Center, which is located at 200 E Jackson Blvd. in Elkhart, IN. Click here to view the flyer.If you are interested in playing, putting your own...
Why Do We Underestimate Children?
Being a father of five, you would think I would get used to kids amazing me by their thoughts and actions. But this week I was amazed at the generosity of 2 young people.First, by a nine-year-old girl named Paisley. Paisley celebrated her birthday on December...
The Anonymous Donor
In the words of Jesus..."When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘play-actors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is...
From Indiana to Thailand
The Waggoner family recently finalized the adoption of their little boy, Ty. They did a great job documenting their journey and we would love to share it with you all. I have a story... from Lifetime Photography on Vimeo.This second video is a great video that...
Birthday With A Purpose
Corinne, the birthday girl, is a Village to Village board memberNearly 26 years old and eager to find creative ways to help support Village to Village Intl. and its many critical causes, I thought why not use my birthday as a way to bring people together in support of...
Did You Know?
Sometimes numbers can be overwhelming, and sometimes they can be motivating. I am sharing these numbers with the hopes of these numbers becoming faces, the faces becoming names, and the names becoming the children we are loving.The following is taken from a...