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Archives for April 2013

Laura’s Story

April 5, 2013 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

We’ve been talking about the need for some sort of adoption care ministry here in Nicaragua. I asked our friend, Laura, to write about her family’s experience adopting a child from Nicaragua last year. The rest of this post is from Laura: Our family recently finalized the adoption of our now 10 month old son.  […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care · Tagged With: missions, Nicaragua, orphans

Why Adoption Care?

April 3, 2013 By Wendy Willard · 1 Comment ·

Whoever receives a child in My name, receives Me. - Jesus (Matthew 18:5) // Photo from http://www.flickr.com/photos/croma/

My last post described our interest in working with adoption care here in Nicaragua. Let me take some time to explain why this issue is so important, to answer the question of “Why adoption care?” Most of you know we were foster parents in Maryland before moving here. But did you know we looked into […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care · Tagged With: missions, Nicaragua, orphans

Our Call

April 2, 2013 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

In my last post, I shared how we have decided to stay longer in Nicaragua. Many friends commented that the choice was inevitable, and while there was a large percentage of me that wondered from the very start, I can honestly say we wavered often, sometimes hourly. Nevertheless, we felt a very strong pull to […]

Filed Under: + Adoption Care, + Why are we here? · Tagged With: missions, Nicaragua

Staying Longer

April 1, 2013 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

It’s April 1. Some call it April Fools Day, but around our house it is fast becoming the Day of Decision. Last year, we used the April 1st deadline to decide whether to spend a year in Nicaragua. This year, it was the same day, and the same question. Do we spend a(nother) year here? […]

Filed Under: + Service Opps · Tagged With: missionary, missions, Nicaragua

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