Mar 2, 2020 | Success Stories
When my wife and I moved to Hillsboro, Oregon to plant a church five years ago, we knew we were taking a certain amount of risk. Church planting is difficult. Burnout among church planters is a common occurrence. The survivability rate of new churches is gloomy at...
Jul 15, 2019 | Success Stories
We had been foster parents for 30 years and gave up our license only because the agencies were still asking us to adopt when we knew our adopting days were past. By this time, we had already adopted 7! It was just so hard to say “no” when a social worker...
Jul 1, 2019 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
We started safe families last February and since then we have hosted five kids. Having kids of our own we weren’t exactly sure how this would all go but now that it’s been a year we can’t believe how many blessings we have been able to experience as a family. God not...
May 15, 2019 | Success Stories
Hello! My name is Jacqueline. My journey with Safe Families started nearly six years ago alone and afraid with five children and one on the way in a maternity home in St. Charles. I couldn’t believe that my life has gotten to this point, I couldn’t...
Apr 27, 2019 | Noteworthy Thoughts, Success Stories
“I like it when we meet they become part of our family, mama.” Our oldest child told me this in sincerity as we discussed our family becoming a Host Family. You can see in her smile that she means it. Our family has had the privilege of regularly hosting since moving...
Apr 1, 2019 | Success Stories
The Bruce’s Story Ty and Rona Bruce first learned about Safe Families through their local church. Together they shared about why this ministry is so important to their family. Ty – It was an opportunity to have our family serve together. Many times, it feels...
