Mar 31, 2018 | Success Stories
Our journey towards becoming a host family started as many of our God journey’s begin – ignoring the call. Thinking of every excuse: “There isn’t that big of a need”, “Someone else will step up”, “We are far too busy to add this to our plate”, “Maybe when...
Mar 19, 2018 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
Although some of our friends supported us, others told us we were crazy to voluntarily open our home to children we’d never met. Doubts swirled around us. What were we thinking? Could we afford it? We have three daughters. Would they be OK? Were we putting them at...
Mar 12, 2018 | Success Stories
We had been serving with Safe Families for a couple of years but were on a short respite as I had just found out my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. We took a call anyway…Mom had just given birth and we were the perfect match for her little one. I said...
Feb 23, 2018 | Success Stories
We’re not perfect. We are not rich. We’re not remarkable. We don’t have a giant home. We don’t even have a guest room. We don’t have a van. But we do know that when there is a need, God will provide. We might just have a couple of loaves...
Jan 25, 2018 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
I want to introduce myself by providing a little bit of background on me: I grew up in a supportive, middle class, nuclear family in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. We were close to our extended family, and had neighbors who were as close as family as well. I was...
Jan 4, 2018 | Success Stories
When The Phone Rang On November 1st, I got a call from Safe Families for our first hosting. It was in that moment that it became real to me. Prior to that moment it was nothing more than a “someday soon” in my mind. Now it was real. He had a name and a story –...
