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the task at hand

It has been most recently that I have been able to define and pen what seems to be the task at hand for Michael and I right now in Arkansas.  In other words, here are the reasons we are here.  Here is what keeps us motivated and moving day to day and in the end, provides the pathway to fulfillment in this work:

  • It is my most important task right now to help girls who do not even believe in the existence of love to see and experience love so that they can begin to fathom the heart of God.
  • It is also a vital task to allow those who have had no time to be a child to experience childhood anew...to provide the freedom, space, and inspiration to embrace the innocence of play, glee, and simplicity.
  • They are daily tasks to provide a sense family or belonging, to process life, to encourage hearts, to listen to stories, to teach new skills, and to be careful to live in all ways to the glory of God.
Pray for us in these tasks...that God will continue to sharpen our hearts and minds to His desires, that hearts will be open and freed, and that God will reign in this home.

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