A Running Leap of Faith: Trusting God Completely
The Perfect Parent provided so much more and in a tiny fraction of the time to those who live their lives by trusting God completely. God did not Leave Them as Orphans…
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Faith Boost: Everything is not Incomprehensible
I didn’t really want a faith boost. I’m greedy when it comes to information. I wanted a reason for what had happened. I wanted to know the purpose. I Don’t Want…
Faith Obstacles: Curiosities in Faith
Because I am a person who struggles with faith obstacles, but who also writes about things that I can’t deny are miracles, I worry about those who might be injured by what…
Dear God Please Forgive my Daughters First Mother
Dear God, please forgive my daughters’ first mother. I know that isn’t what I used to ask from you. I know I said I wanted her to burn in hell. I know…
Together for Adoption 2014: Urgency and Complexity
Last year I attended an incredible adoption conference called Together for Adoption. There, for the first time, I saw the author of my favorite adoption book: Until We All Come Home. I…
Losing Faith: When Miracles don't Seem to Come and Families Falter
Recently I was talking with one of the thought leaders in adoption and orphan advocacy. She is currently putting together a keynote presentation for hopeful parents who have waited through extraordinary delays…
How I Learned to Cope with Death. It's Easier than you Think.
I first learned to cope with death as I walked away from a Russian orphanage with my new daughter, shrieking in my arms. Of all the places I could have been when the door…
Finding Faith: Why Does God Care?
Finding Faith Finding faith, for me, never comes easy. Maybe it's true… things are always in the last place you look. While I was raised in an active Christian home and…
Childlike Faith: Believing Enough to get What HE Wants
Childlike faith is what I should have been able to teach my children. I came from a Christian home and family. My daughters came from an abusive and neglectful home. Then they were put…
Mercy or Justice? A Story of Orphans: You be the Judge
To me, it wasn't initially a question of mercy or justice. It was just what should have been done. I was shocked when the judge said that our adopted children had done…
A Mother's Message From Heaven
If your mother is already in heaven; If she has already earned her wings; This is her message for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMGqTi_aTRM mp3 copies of The Marvelous Journey Home can be purchased…
How to Soothe our Pain When we Can’t Help who we Want to Help
Some of my little friends from Far East, Russia Marina was seven and Jula was five, like my daughter-to-be. I don’t know how old Jenya, Maksím, André, Dasha, Ksenya and Natasha were,…