Joni writes: This is so good: “Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life, will enable us to do some incredible things. One of my favorite sayings is, “When you discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, the day will come when you can do [...]
I have the privilege of working with a very dedicated teenager in our nursery. Her name is Anisa, and she never ceases to amaze me with her faithfulness and dedication. Today I peeked in the nursery and she had our two rather rambunctious toddlers sitting happily having a tea party. It really dawned on me [...]
Ok, now we are finally back together our whole team. It´s a miracle that things are coming back together with the house. We´ve started up out practice for Eurock and the kids are having school. Right now we are actually crossing our fingers as a friend of ours is going to donate a living room [...]
The 12th of August is nearing and our preparations for the Independence Day Celebration are almost over. The Kids Carnival that will be held for 600 orphans is on its way and the miracles haven’t stopped happening. Two of them are that one Hotel will be catering the food for this event and the other [...]
Joni writes: Amazing! Tomorrow, we’re actually leaving for home, our new home. It started to seem that the day would never actually come. We’ve been on the road now for a few months and I want to thank all of our friends that took us into their homes and did more than just let us [...]
August is here and we are all pretty excited, because that means the Independence Day celebrations are here. For us this also means a lot of work, because we conduct an all-day event for about a thousand orphans or children from special homes. This is where everyone can explore their creative side a tad because [...]
My father in law, (also a part of The Family International) has begun a vocational training school for the teenage volunteers in The Family here in our city. We have two teenagers who will be attending this school, and they have chosen interior designing and graphic design as courses. I’m so interested, I wish I [...]
Thank you for your prayers! We got our washer and dryer, some sound equipment that was very needed and the Lord has been good to us in every way! I’ve been learning and seeing a lot of things on this trip and it’s just so cool watching the Lord work and just learning about the [...]
I’m on my way out the door for what we in The Family International call a “conference day.” Life has been hectic these days and I’m glad for this time to have extra reading, prayer, quiet time, etc. (maybe even a little sleep). Conference days are a time to have some alone time with our [...]