Caring for Caregivers
If you’re a parent or work regularly with children, you may have learned how important it is to take time for yourself to refresh and regroup.
If you’re a parent or work regularly with children, you may have learned how important it is to take time for yourself to refresh and regroup.
Each child learns differently, laughs differently and has a different life story. Our desire is not simply to provide shelter and food, but to know and help and love each one of them as individuals.
Four years ago, the state government of Nuevo Leon launched legislation requiring children’s homes and any institution offering care for minors to complete a licensing and certification process.
I love how children tend to see the world with purity, simplicity and wonder. And I love that my job gives me the opportunity to see the world through their eyes so much of the time.
A few months ago, God put a project in my heart for the children I serve in Mexico and now it has finally begun. It started with a dream and culminated into a massive purchase of blank page sketchbooks from Amazon.
Dr. David and Jayne Schooler began their journey into the world of foster care and adoption in 1978, with a simple question presented by a student in their church.
A few weeks ago, Back2Back Ministries hosted an unprecedented training for local children’s home caregivers and directors at the Back2Back Haiti ministry site.
Nehemiah tells the story of how the wall around the city of Jerusalem was re-built after a period of destruction and exile. It is a story of a bold plan, of divine provision, of hard work by people with different skill sets, of opposition, of perseverance and ultimately – of hope realized.
It was a Tuesday morning, like most Tuesday mornings, with breakfast to prepare, uniforms to find, backpacks to organize, buses to board. Tracy, my husband, and I woke up early, so we could meet the children we serve at school.