Saturday, March 8, 2014

Children's Destiny in a blended family

 The greatest joy a parent of any child can have is knowing that your child is doing something positive in life and following after what God has for their life. My children are a blessing to my heart beyond anything I could have asked or thought. Every child is born with a purpose and destiny from the Lord, however living in that destiny can be challenging, even for us as parents. When my 18 year old daughter came to us (myself and here stepdad) and told us she wanted to move to Mexico to be a missionary, I really had to go and seriously pray about that. Her biological father was not too happy about this decision (which is a understatement). My husband and I came to the decision that whatever God had for her in life was what we wanted most, so she moved to Mexico in August. She began working in a church, which lead her to other work with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Mexico City. There main focus to inform others, rescue and restore victims from sex trafficking. Her first encounter was helping in the recovery at one of their rescue homes. There she was in charge of 7 girls which were all 9 years old. Her heart was broken for these girls, knowing their past, their present and hoping to change their future. Since my daughter has been a part of this, my mission with blended families has changed a bit. Most of my work is done for these in slavery to find freedom, some of these girls that are rescued do not go back to their family, if they had one. They end up spending much time in recovery with their "new family". There they learn what true love, God's redeeming love is and have a plan and hope for their future. The opportunity to be able to give hope to these girls and to help others that are directly involved is my greatest mission. My daughter started a blog in order to raise money for this mission http://rejoicetorescue.blogspot.com
 STOP & SUPPORT!