Joni says: I’ve been thinking that I really, really want to learn to play guitar better. I’d like to learn picking, scales, be able to play leads. I absolutely love playing guitar but I’m sometimes frustrated that I don’t know more… I feel like I can hear it all in my head but I can’t [...]
Last week, my family hit a terrible financial crisis. I was away from home at the time—not too far, just in the city at a business meeting. But I got a call from mom that went something like this: “Hi Nyx, I can’t access our new bank account yet because we didn’t reactivate the PIN [...]
Joni writes: Vas and I are on vacation! YES! Our home worked it out that the adults with children could have five days without their children and then five days with their children to have some kid specialized fun! It’s really nice that our kids love everyone in the home and so don’t have a [...]
Vas writes: Well it’s the end of a holiday season and while I do enjoy the good food, special drinks and festivities, after indulging for a while the realization sets in that I need to start “getting healthier”. Also I can’t keep telling myself “it’s just a once-a-year thing” because I find myself having a [...]
I just have to say something about the faithfulness of God. Since being back home and having to provide for my family while also thinking about work and other commitments, plus volunteer missionary work, every single day has been a walk of faith. What is faith? My mom used to say it was standing on [...]
Vas writes: Here’s a before and after shot of an area in Chiapas (a state in Mexico) where the floods hit recently after the hurricane activity. Our Family International mission base here in Cuernavaca took a trip down there to distribute supplies and bring some comfort to those suffering because of this disaster.
Hi Everyone! I’m taking off early in the morning to a far off city called Kolkata! Thats where my mom lives, so I’m finally going to visit her with Kaila for the first time since she was born. Mom is already ever so excited! One of the projects that The Family International has there in [...]
Life as I know it has been just like a boda-boda ride down the pot-holed roads of Kampala. Boda-bodas are the closest thing to Heaven—or Hell—depending on which one you believe in. The quickest, most efficient, yet scariest way to get around that city, they are death-wish motorbikes driven by crazed teenaged drivers. Anyone who [...]
Vas writes: This afternoon we had a great time with all the kids in our home during PE. We started with the kids playing tug-o-war and eventually Joni and Grace got in too. it was fun seeing the kids and Joni and Grace play. Then I jumped in, and all the kids along with Joni [...]
The interview with the TV network went well, thank God. A friend was kind enough to lend me the use of his condo for the shoot since I don’t have furniture yet at my new place It aired twice yesterday as a news feature, and I was able to share how the Lord has given [...]