"Restoring Hope"

Summer is Coming!

Summer is Coming!

In the summer of 2009, just behind the barn, you could find 3 things: a hut made out of grass clippings...

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Denver & Dad

Denver & Dad

Three months later, in celebration of 90 days of sobriety, both he and Denver were baptized together.

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Planting Seeds

Planting Seeds

A seed that was planted while at Gateway Woods, however small, was still there.

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Heaven Awaits

Heaven Awaits

I’ve been an aunt since I was 12, so I love having houseparent kids stop in my office.

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Story Time with Kristi

Story Time with Kristi

For the third night in a row, Kristi found herself sitting in the hallway of the boys’ wing at Cypress House, reading a children’s book...

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For Unto Us...

For Unto Us...

Advent (noun): the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.

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Gift from God

Gift from God

​My husband and I felt called to adoption after no longer being able to have children of our own.

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Another Dropout

Another Dropout

I caught the eye of a former resident that I knew when I was an after-school tutor in the Residential houses.

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