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Empowered to Connect Simulcast
We are excited to be hosting the Empowered to Connect Simulcast on April 13th and 14th. The Empowered to Connect Conference is a two-day conference (April 13-14) for adoptive and foster parents, ministry leaders, and professionals designed to help them connect...
25
What comes to your mind when you see the number 25?The album by Adele, Bary Bonds, Christmas, a quarter, the atomic number of manganese, how old you are, how many years you have been married, etc.We would like you to think of something else. OUR GOAL.Our December...
Someone Else’s Shoes
A lot of times as parents we say to our kids; "Put yourself in their shoes." What we are wanting our kids to do is to think about a situation from someone else's perspective. This is a skill that I want all of my kids to be able to do. If we can truly think about...
Adoption Tax Credit
Some of you may know that I (Matt) am a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). As a CASA, part of my job is to speak on behalf of the kids in court. I take in all of the information that I can assess the situation and make recommendations to the court on what I...
New Pics
We just received some new pictures from Heart for Korah. These are the two grandmas that we are supporting as they take care of their grand kids. If you would like to help us support these two ladies you can do so here.
Finally!
Many of you know and have read about the Empowered to Connect parent trainings that Stacey and I, and Anthony and Lauren Troyer teach in our area. These trainings are 9 week trainings that meet every week for 2 hours every time.I have been working at trying to get our...
Don’t Reinvent The Wheel
It is an expression we all know and use quite often, and we are going to take this expression to heart. Don't reinvent the wheel.You may have read our recent post entitled Foster Hope, where we laid out our vision to help support foster families in our county. We have...
Oasis – The Concept
Oasis is our vision to help support youth aging out of foster care. We are planning on doing this by creating an Intentional Neighboring Community (INC). You can read more about it on our website here.The WhyThe simple answer to the question, "Why would you want to do...
Foster Hope
A new initiative to bring hope and healing to the children of Elkhart County. Maybe you can do something like this in your area. Here are the details.The NeedFoster KidsElkhart County has 250+ kids in "out of home" foster care1 out of every 5 of those kids are placed...
June 18, 2017
June 18th came and went. For me, it was a special day. My kids and wife took me out for breakfast and I gorged myself on pancakes. I received notes and letters from my kids that were filled with kind words and gratitude. I called my dad to tell him thank you, wish him...