We started the Intro to IHOP internship in the fall of 2007. I wasn’t blogging at the time so it’s strange to think back to what it was like to land here in Kansas City.
I remember thinking occasionally, “Why did you send us here God? There are so many people here doing this, why do [...]
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Our Story: Part Five
Posted in Our Story on February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Our Story: Part Five
Posted in Our Story on January 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you’ve been following our story, you’ll know that I relayed several dreams and clear words from the Lord that eventually led us to make the decision to move to Kansas City.
Although we had made the decision, we still had 9 months before we would actually move. With a tentative move date set for “the [...]
Our Story: Part Four
Posted in Our Story on January 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s been a while but if you look at my side bar you’ll see posts labeled (Our Story). To catch up read those first!
It’s spring 2005, we have just returned from onething Harrisburg, kind of brushing off the “you’ll be moving soon” word that someone spoke to us. Two weeks later John’s brother Derek [...]
Our Story: Part Three
Posted in Our Story on November 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
So, it’s 2001 and we’ve returned to our “hometown” in Pennsylvania after a very rough year. We buy our first house, I start a job working for a dear friend who is a Physical Therapist as her secretary. The kids start school at the Christian school that I had graduated from, where my father [...]
Our Story: Part Two
Posted in Our Story on October 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The next few years were a swirl of us really learning about who God is, and finding out that there was so much more to Him than we had experienced! This was the first time that we actually became involved in Worship ministry at our church. Over the next few years John began playing [...]
Our Story: Part One (Please someone think of something clever for me to call these posts!)
Posted in Our Story on October 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Some of you have been wanting “the rest of the story”. Who are we, why are we here?So in my attempt to fill you in here it goes!
John and I met in ‘89 and married in ‘90. It was a speedy quick romance; and a “we were made for each other, let’s get married” love [...]

From Left to Right
Emma: Born July 9, 2006 in Ukraine, Born into our family March 6, 2009
Aiden: Born March 1, 2006 in Ukraine, Born into our family March 6, 2009
Elia: Born in the US March 7, 2007 (adopted into our family from birth)
