Have you ever felt like someone licked the red off of your candy? Like someone took the sugar out of your kool-aid? Like someone used fat-free peanut butter in your no-bake cookies? For the past few weeks, that’s exactly how I’ve felt. The devil just keeps messin’ with […]
Beth wrote this on her blog about the kid’s first week of school….. Posted on September 10, 2011 by coachin4christ After a weekend of cleaning, sorting, debugging and organizing the classroom and my own room…the Castillo children began classes bright and early Monday morning. In fact so early I had […]
We are SO happy to be home! No matter where we travel – where we lay our head – there is simply no place like home! Even the girls said on Thursday – they were so excited to sleep in their own bed! Me too! It was one […]
Last week our family went horseback riding for the first time ever! Our thanks goes to Nancy Shirey for opening up her home and horses to our family! The kids were SO excited! We brought along Momma Gigi and our good friend Diane (The Wedding Lady). Gabriel, Mikela, […]
Over the past few weeks I’ve had numerous people ask me how my time out (in the states) has been. If I’ve been able to renew my spirit – get rested up – spend quality time with God ? My leading response is a smile and a nod! […]
The thing I pray the most fervently about is for God to give me wisdom. Wisdom to see the things that are hidden. Wisdom to act on the things He exposes. Wisdom to know which decisions are mine and which are His. Wisdom to make those difficult decisions […]
Over the past week I’ve shared the stories of Rosie and Mikela and how they came into our lives. I have had several ask me to share Gigi’s story as well. Of course I’m always happy to talk about any of my beautiful kids! Here’s Gigi’s story: When […]
Yesterday we officially got Rosie’s results. We were hoping for a miracle but the preliminary results stayed true. Some of the basics we learned: 1) Rosie rates in the 1st percentile on the learning curve. Normal would be the 50th percentile. 2) Rosie will probably never get past […]
Today we got to celebrate Mikela! It was her first real birthday party in the states! She just turned 8 years old! I can hardly believe she’s that old now! I couldn’t help but shed a few small tears today. To think of where she came from – […]
Rosie was just a tiny baby when she came into our lives. Her mom was on her way to the mission to deliver her. She made it as far as the gate and gave birth on the dusty road. Rosie’s umbilical cord became infected with the dirt and she […]
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