March 22, 2020 Written by: Ashlin Hair I vividly remember a family vacation we took during spring break of my freshman year of high school. This had only been my family’s second vacation together, that I really remembered. Leading up to the vacation, I was filled with anticipation, looking eagerly toward everything we would “do” […]
By: Ashlin Hair If you’ve had kids, or siblings, or even babysat, you probably know the indescribable pain of stepping on a lego. Pain isn’t even an accurate word, really. Somehow the very corner of it just happened to be sticking out of the carpet waiting quietly to attack its next victim with searing nerve […]
August 5th, 2018 Well, I have one week left here on summer mission, and I’m already getting so sad. I got to go home briefly this weekend to stand by my cousin Liz on her wedding day, but now I am back in Chicago to finish out my 10 weeks here. Currently, as I […]
July 25th, 2018 Chicago Summer Mission is one of the few summer missions that students get to have a job while on mission. This means that they are free to work or have an internship wherever they would like, in the city. After months of searching for a job, I finally found one at Ghirardelli […]
Friends and Family, First of all, I would like to apologize for not keeping my word about blogging more often. I have been so busy here, and it has been hard to find time to put my thoughts out on paper. Also, some things have been going on in my heart and life […]
The call came at about on Monday at 4:17 pm. It lasted less than a minute but echoed around my suddenly empty heart the rest of the night. Her words were simple, yet for me they were life changing … “Dad, they called and they want me to come for an orientation tomorrow morning. I […]
We’re expecting…Great things! Over the past several weeks we’ve been quietly building a new thing that we have officially titled Love Ministries. This ministry is something we feel God has been laying the groundwork for nearly all our lives. We’re not being dramatic in saying it that way. We truly see this new experience in […]
What Giant are you facing today? I (Tami) realize they come in different sizes and possibly even seasons. Maybe you are facing a task related giant like potty training a toddler. You might be facing the giant of depression or anxiety. Your giant might be a lingering sickness, or an even bigger giant like cancer. They come at us often and they threaten to […]
When I wake up, Todd has usually been up for about 20 minutes already. The house is filled with the smell of coffee, the lights are dim and it is still. He is sitting at the table preparing my oldest teen girls to head out into their day with a word from God. I get […]
Todd and I found out we were pregnant and expecting our 12th child on November 16th 2015. We were excited that the Lord had blessed us once again! Sadly, the pregnancy ended in miscarriage. In total, we have now had 14 pregnancies with three ending in miscarriage. I have now experienced three different types of […]