Welcome to our blog. We are leaving for Romania in one week and are so excited about our journey. There are seven people going on this mission trip from our church.
We are the In His Image ministry at Highlands Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. We started this ministry to allow parents of children with special needs come to church as a family. Over the past 3 years we have watched the ministry grow according to God’s will and have seen tremendous impact on the families we serve. Several of our families have been told by other churches in the valley not to bring their child back. The relief we see on their faces when they realize there is a place for their child at Highlands is secondary only to the joy we see when they realize we see their child as a true gift from God. Families are being strengthened, siblings are participating in church activities, marriages are growing together instead of apart and children with disabilities are learning that God doesn’t make mistakes and He has a plan and purpose for their life. It is an amazing experience! Because of the impact we see being made, our passion for this area of ministry has grown tremendously. We have even been involved in seminars and trainings to help other valley churches start ministries similar to ours.
God continues to have big plans for our ministry. We were very excited and surprised when the church asked us to consider a mission trip to a sister church in Romania. July 17-27 we will be going to Betel Church in Timisoara, Romania. This is a large well-respected church in Romania. They have invited us to come over and remodel their bathroom so it is handicapped accessible. We will also conduct a conference on how to start a special needs ministry for the church and many surrounding churches. We will also conduct home visits. We are most excited about the home visits. We can’t wait to meet with families raising a child with special needs and tell them all about John 9. It is in this chapter that Jesus specifically says that a man was not born with a disability as a result of his or his parent’s sin; he was born blind so that “God’s glory could be revealed through him.” We hope to see the same relief and joy in the faces of the Romanian families, as we do on the faces of our own families, when they realize that God loves them and He did not make a mistake.
We hope you will join us in our mission by reading this blog and praying for us as we embark on our journey.
1 comment:
Father, be God to Missy and Doug during this trip in a new and deeper way than ever before. Draw them to you, radiate Your goodness through them, and bless each person they see and touch. Bring them safely home to our wonderful land, and protect and preserve their family and property while they away. We ask in Jesus' name,
Amen.
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