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Christians and Adoption

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Have you noticed how common adoption is among Christians? While meeting our first case worker, this topic came up and got me thinking about why Christians might feel so drawn to this path to parenthood. Initially I thought Christian families might have a heart to adopt mainly so they could be a light to children who’ve been wounded in the past, using adoption as sort of a ministry opportunity. I think there is more to it than that though. While it’s true many Christians do have quite a heart to help others, I believe the Spirit of the Lord is … Continue reading →

A Week at Royal Family Kids’ Camp Part 2

You can read the first part of this blog here. *All children’s names have been changed. Kevin, who is referred to often, is my husband who also served with me at Royal Family Kids’ Camps. Wednesday Night We had some visitors while we slept last night. I woke up to go to the bathroom with one of the girls and staring at me was a big fat raccoon! I screamed which in turn caused my camper to scream and become hysterical. Before I could count to three to get my bearings about me, the whole cabin was awake and screaming. … Continue reading →

A Week at Royal Family Kids’ Camps

These are some excerpts and prayers from my journal during my first week ever at Royal Family Kids’ Camps. Royal Family Kids’ Camp is a one week camp for abused and neglected children. The experience is intense and incomparable to anything I’ve done. . .including the last 10 years in the inner city. During this week, my job was to be a ‘roving counselor’. Roving counselors pick up the slack when there are things that need to be done, and they also help if two kids are too much for one counselor. *All kids’ names have been changed. Kevin, who … Continue reading →