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About three weeks ago, serving with
<a href="http://www.back2back.org/">Back2Back</a>, we stepped off the plane in Haiti to connect, share and train adults
who work with orphaned and vulnerable children in a very devastated place. The amazing people there are no longer just
names on a training list, but friends and colleagues.. We have talked with them, heard their stories prayed with them and saw their daily sacrifice. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<i>Our training which focuses on trauma and loss began the day of the 5th anniversary of the devastating earthquake - January 12th. Amidst such memories of devastation, we talked, we prayed, and we laughed with dedicated people who work with children in one of the most difficult places in the world. We experienced such a connection with these folks.</i><br />
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Yesterday, we finished three days
of training with those in Romania who do the exact same work. These incredible, sacrificial people are also
now our friends and co-laborers. We know their names and many of their stories.<br />
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What we found in Haiti, in Romania and
everywhere we have had the privilege to go is this:
There are amazing people who are stepping up to answer a call and a vision – a world
without orphans. A phrase coined a number
of years ago in Ukraine, has become a movement across the globe. Many who have answered the call are now moving
to the most critical piece - to be equipped to do the
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<i>These new friends we know them by name. We have heard their passion and their determination to be equipped to carry out the vision of a Romania without Orphans - a national movement spreading across the country within churches. </i><br />
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It is our heart’s desire as we walk
with the ministry of <a href="http://www.back2back.org/">Back2Back</a> and alongside the ministries of <a href="http://www.oprhanspromise.org/">Orphan’sPromise</a>, <a href="http://www.lambinternational.com/">Lamb International</a> and <a href="http://livada.org/">Livada Orphan Care</a> in training that God will do
a transformative work in all of us. We
hope that it is a work of God that enables all of us who touch the heart of a
wounded child (or adult/caregiver) to truly be able to see life from the lenses
of that wounded child and to know how to compassionately connect to that broken
hearted child in order to walk him through the pain to a life of wholeness.<br />
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T<i>hese organizations have partnered together in the creation, presentation and distribution of the three day Becoming a Trauma Competent Caregiver training series, which is now in 14 languages.</i><br />
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<b>Scenes from Haiti - January 12-16</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>These young ladies work as psychologists with Livida Orphan Care in Romania.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Luminita shares with the group. She is the director of Kiwi Foundation.</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Corina is an adoptive mom and has touched the lives of hundreds of children since her teenage years. Very amazing story. </span></i></td></tr>
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We return on Sunday to continue our new work with Back2Back. We are very excited as we look to the creation of follow-up strategies to the training, the further development of their 5 Point Child Development Plan and working with implementation at each of their six sites.<br />
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Just a couple of days ago, Lynn and Ruby Johnston sent us an incredible video from Kyrgyzstan. It is is posted below, but I wanted to comment on the power of what this video shows.<br />
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Children touched by the ministry of Lamb International are children who have experienced abuse, neglect, trauma and loss at a level perhaps we can never completely comprehend. What the words did from those staggering events and the life experiences children endured created a belief system that is fueled by damaging thoughts. "I am unloved." "I don't even exist."<br />
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How does one change a belief system? A belief system is changed by new words and new experiences overtime. That is exactly what the Lamb team on the ground in Kyrgyzstan is doing with Dayspring (home for girls) and Jeremiah House (home to teens who have aged out of the orphanages.) The power of this video speaks for its self.<br />
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Click on the link just below the picture to see this heartwarming video.<br />
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<b>Keynoter: Beth Guckenberger, co-executive director of Back2Back ministries sharing with just moms</b><br />
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<b>Just for Dads - David Little, adoptive father from Minnesota and missionary with The Navigators</b><br />
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<b>Paula Gates from Pathway Caring for Children in Canton, Ohio</b><br />
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"Thank you for coming. You have changed our belief system through new experiences and new words." A young man in our training session slipped up to David as the session ended last week and quietly said these words to him. It is always good to get feedback indicating what has been shared has been helpful. </div>
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Meeting many new people from different cultures is one of the greatest joys we experience in working overseas. The last ten days have been filled with new faces and new experiences. We finished our 2nd three day training series today, which was the pre-conference focus for the Romania without Orphans national event. </div>
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With Josh Wientge with us, we have the opportunity to get some awesome pictures and videos. Josh captured some thoughts from some of our participants from Building Trauma Competent Healing Caregivers. All of the participants, either foster or adoptive parents or workers, carry heavy loads as they live with or with work children from very difficult early beginnings.</div>
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Thank you for sharing this journey with us.....we are so grateful that God has opened these doors for us for this time.</div>
David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-21740105466193869462014-10-22T22:07:00.000-07:002014-10-22T22:09:40.331-07:00HIghlights of First Day in RomaniaMany sights, sounds and feelings greeted our first day in Romania. We are learning so much about Livada Orphan Care - an organization that has been a pioneer in caring for orphan and high risk children for over ten years. The breadth of their work here is amazing.<br />
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Before the training day began, we visited emergency home - Big Blue orphanage, where children are taken who are in need of emergency protective care. It was a good reminder for us why we are here as begin our time with social workers, foster and adoptive parents, therapists, and volunteers. We are privileged to be sharing with over 100 folks from Mures County in Romania.<br />
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A big highlight for us this trip is having Josh Wientge with us. We are so enjoying our conversations with him. He is here to create videos and photo memories of what we are doing in this capacity building initiative. <br />
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Here is a highlight of our first day from Josh's perspective.<br />
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<br />David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-84925775994584370252014-10-19T17:40:00.001-07:002014-10-19T18:33:40.798-07:00Would You Consider Coming? What Happened When We Said YesSeventeen months ago, during a pause in our presentation at CAFO conference in Nashville, (Christian Alliance for Orphans), a gentleman slipped to the front of the room, handed David his card and said quietly, "would you consider coming to Romania?" That was Livada director, Bruce Thomas. Now all these many months later, David and I, along with Josh Wientge from Lebanon, will be heading tomorrow to Romania for 12 days of training. We will be meeting many new people who share our vision for hope and healing for children devastated by trauma and loss. This is another awesome partnership as our connections continue to grow. <a href="http://www.orphanspromise.org/">Orphans Promise</a> is providing the funding for our travel there and two of their OP staff will be joining us as well. It takes the efforts of many to continue the work to which God is calling so many.<br />
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One of the many highlights of the trip will be participating in the first ROMANIA WITHOUT ORPHANS conference at the end of October.We see this as an incredible privilege and take our time there very seriously.<br />
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While we are in Romania, other <a href="http://www.lambinternational.blogspot.com/">LAMb</a> team members, Lynn and Ruby are in Botswana, after finishing a week in South Africa. Our dear friends,<a href="http://www.actofkindness.blogspot.com/"> John and Julie Wright </a>and their daughters continue their hard work in Kyrgyzstan.<br />
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We do appreciate your prayers as we go....our journey continuesDavid and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-7167255961935681282014-09-23T18:14:00.000-07:002014-09-25T02:59:39.199-07:00Days In Poland: A Time of ReconnectingOne of the joys of continuing our work in countries where we have been before is reconnecting with friends we have made. Our fourth trip to Poland enabled us to do just that. We had the privilege of once again staying in the foster family home of the Wojtasinska family. They have been foster parents for 19 years to over 30 children. Many of those children (now young adults) remain in contact with the family.<br />
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After spending time in this foster home, David and I traveled to Warsaw for 4 days of training. The group that assembled are key trainers that we have worked with before. The trainers that are a part of the Polish foster parent coalition are currently training the 3 day trauma series that we shared with them last year all over Poland. We were so excited to hear that. This trip, we followed up on what we did before and added training on teens and trauma and how to conduct TBRI Nurture groups. One of our commitments is to follow through with how the training is going and implementation of the principles we shared.<br />
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Here is a short video of our time with our friends and colleagues - all who share the vision of helping wounded children heal. Like so many of us, they also dream of their country to become a Poland without Orphans.<br />
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<br />David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-58387741908841584902014-09-11T13:07:00.001-07:002014-09-11T13:07:55.790-07:00New Friends in ArmeniaBefore we landed in Armenia to join <a href="http://www.orphanspromise.org/">Orphan's Promise</a> Centers staffs, we sensed it was going to be a very special and unique time. It didn't take long to realize why. We were so humbled and challenged by the stories of the men and women who work for Orphan's Promise. From severe life circumstances in soviet times through the devastating earthquake in the late 1980's to now, the older folks demonstrate the power of the gospel of Christ. The younger ones, children of the previous generation are following their parents's example in serving the children and families of Armenia. They are bringing the light of the Gospel to dark and devastated places and people.<br />
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We spent three days with them on how to minister most effectively to children who come from difficult home situations. It is the trauma series that we have had the privilege of sharing in a number of countries. There was a lot of hard work, but a lot of laughing, too.<br />
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Here are some the picture highlights of a people we will remember and hope to see again. <br />
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<br />David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-23166982717364182092014-09-10T02:52:00.000-07:002014-09-10T02:55:39.653-07:00Orphan's Promise in KievOrphan's Promise, a ministry of Christian Broadcasting Network, is now ministering in different ways in over 60 countries around the world. We have been totally taken aback by the breadth and the depth of the ministry. We have had the privilege of just a glimpse of the tremendous work that is going on.<br />
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Last week , we spent three days with the Ukraine Orphan's Promise staff. We followed up our trauma work from last year, focusing on teens and trauma and also training the group how to conduct Nurture groups, a focus of the work of Dr. Karyn Purvis. So much learning amidst so much fun!<br />
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Here are a few shorts videos of our time there.<br />
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An amazing group of young men serving the gypsy villages in western Ukraine really embraced the nurture groups. It was so much fun to see them use their creativity to teach new skills. These men work in very difficult situations, extreme, extreme poverty and deprivation. We saw pictures of their work - before and after. When the light of Christ comes in, dark places become places of Light. </div>
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Here is a short video of them teaching the nurture group rules: stick together, no hurts, have fun!</div>
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<b><u>The Power of Yes and Connections Enhance Relationships</u></b></div>
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Trust based relationship principles, the power of saying yes and simply making connections are two powerful principles. Two young people shared their stories on the third day of training after they learned these concepts.</div>
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"Every night when I get home from work, my younger brother, who is 13, always asks me to use the computer. always say no, because I don't want to get up and put in the password or even give him the password. Tonight, after the training, he asked me the same question again when I got home. Tonight I said yes, got up and put in the password. He spent about 30 minutes on it and then turned to talk to me. This was the first time in a very long time we had a meaningful conversation. It all happened because of the power of yes!"<br />
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<b>"</b>I have a 14 year old brother who has pretty much shut me out. Won't talk to me, just kind of mumbles. I always thought it was his responsibility to initiate the conversation. After the training the day, I realized it was mine to connect. So last night, when I got home, I had making a connection with my brother as a priority. I sat down, started asking him about his day, his friends, school, etc....He opened up to me and we talked for over an hour. " </div>
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<br />David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-52934409471039294632014-09-03T12:51:00.000-07:002014-09-03T22:37:12.043-07:00Learning about Nurture GroupsTraining is meant to be fun! It is also meant to be practical and something that can be used in the transformation of another. Last Friday, in a training sponsored by the International Leadership and Development Center of Ukraine, we had the fun opportunity to work with over 40 professionals on learning about nurture groups. This is a concept taught by Dr. Karyn Purvis ( Trust Based Relational Intervention). I attended the "how-to" training last January in Texas. I thought we would just be using in the US, but with permission from TBRI, we are sharing this in Ukraine and Poland this trip and beyond. <br />
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Here is a very short clip of what the training day looked like. I don't think we heard so much laughter in the midst of so much learning. <br />
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We have four more days in Ukraine. This week we are sharing with over 65 folks representing Orphan Promise training centers all over Ukraine. More about these wonderful folks tomorrow. </div>
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<br />David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-53433178894619057342014-08-28T12:30:00.001-07:002014-08-28T22:20:35.419-07:00Finished First Day in Ukraine"Children are healed in the context of relationships." That focus is the purpose of our training trip to Ukraine this trip. Helping those who work with children who have come from difficult places to heal. We had the privilege of meeting with and working with 42 folks from all around the very huge city of Kiev. They are trainers, social workers, therapist, foster and adoptive parents and they came today and will be back tomorrow for the same purpose - to continue to learn how to help wounded children heal.<br />
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Raya, a young woman who attended the Trust Based Relational Invention training two years ago with Dr. Karyn Purvis began the day introducing the TBRI principles of empowerment, connecting and correcting. Her desire and passion to help parents and others learn how to better connect and correct children is so evident. You can tell by listening to her and talking with her, she has spent many, many hours of study. so proud of her work.<br />
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After Raya completed her presentation, we began the journey of understanding Nurture Groups for children. (Pictures will come tomorrow). What I can say is that the group had a great deal of fun this afternoon while learning and we will continue it on Friday. </div>
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As all of you know, Ukraine is in the midst of frightening conflict with Russian. Just today, we learned that Russian has indeed invaded eastern Ukraine - far from us. However, although the conflict is far from us, people experience it here in different forms. Just today, while walking back from our training, we watched, stunned, as a large group of men in hooded masts began smashing and looting a small store and gas station. It happened right across the street from our apartment. After that settled down, we walked over to the large shopping mall here. It is brand new. When we walked up the steps from the underground walkway, we saw the entire entrance to the mall roped off. It was impossible to get in. It had been evacuated due to a bomb threat, which we understand is quite frequent here in large shopping areas. </div>
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We continue our time with the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Leadership-and-Development-Center/170665116304816">ILDC </a>training tomorrow and begin our work with <a href="http://www.orphanspromise.org/">Orphan's Promise</a> next week. </div>
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During our time there we will be training through the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Leadership-and-Development-Center/170665116304816">International Leadership and Development Center/ </a><a href="http://www.lambinternational.blogspot.com/">LAMb International</a> for the first part of the trip. Then we join the <a href="http://www.orphanspromise.org/">Orphan's Promise</a> staff in Kiev for three days of training with their centers from all over Ukraine. They are expecting about 60 of dedicated folks who care about the welfare of vulnerable children - now more than ever in Ukraine is this needed. We met many of them last year while there. These days will be follow up to our series on trauma competent caregiving, adding teen material and learning how to conduct nurture groups. We then move on to Armenia with Orphan's Promise to train their staff on the first part of our trauma competent healing caregiving.<br />
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Following our work with Orphan's Promise in Armenia, we will be spending a week working with some very special friends in Warsaw, Poland. This is our fourth visit to this very special country and we so look forward to this continued partnership.<br />
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Now to the trainee prizes. I was inspired by two friends of mine, Mary Vacario and Carol Huggins- Mitchell during their trauma training last week. They had with them magnets with powerful statements on them as prizes for the group. I thought to myself, that would be cool to make for our trip. And the idea grew and grew. So now what you will see below are pictures of the mugs, buttons, and magnets that are going with us. The ones below are in Russian, but they are also almost ready in Armenia and Polish. The front room has been a mess- a very fun mess! Get ready <a href="http://www.back2back.org/">Back2Back</a> - Spanish and Creole are next!<br />
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<br />David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-61196083314674202912014-08-11T17:29:00.002-07:002014-08-11T17:29:31.915-07:00A Historial Place for Us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am standing in the rain at a very historic site located
deep within the Ozark Mountains just outside the village of Hilda,
Missouri.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The historic value of this
place applies to Jayne and me for a number of very special reasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It was were our journey began. We just wanted to share this with you. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the first church I had the privilege to pastor going back to 1971.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was Ozark Chapel, Church of the
Nazarene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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officiated by Rev James C. Hester, our DS at the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A number of our invited guests almost turned
back thinking that the church surely could not be this deep into the
mountains—fortunately, they kept going and all made it on time. Some of the Ozark mountain children attended our wedding barefoot, they didn't have much.</span></span></div>
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here and she was dedicated by Dr. Remiss Rehfeldt one Sunday morning at this
location with about 50 people there to bless us and our new baby girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> She spent many Sundays sleeping in the church nursery between services as it was too far to drive back to Springfield. </span></span></span></div>
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amazing mountain folks that blessed us in many ways and taught us many
things and were graceful and kind in all things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> We have memories of vacation Bible school, Sunday school classes, eating in the homes of folks from backgrounds far different from ours. </span>Most of these special people have gone on
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we go back to this site, we
visit the Brown cemetery a mile down the road where many of them are buried and
as we visit their grave site we fondly remember the over 5 years we journeyed
together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see, the Chapel is now in ruins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be assured this is not how we left it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The congregation picked up and moved into
Forsyth, Missouri, many years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
now serves that community under the name of Trinity Church of the
Nazarene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neglect and abuse have brought
it to this place of disarray but it still remains an historic place for Jayne
and me as we remember the people we loved and the amazing things God did
there.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Sometimes it is just good to stop and look back.</span> </span></span></div>
David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-75560229332964453862014-07-15T12:11:00.003-07:002014-07-15T12:27:22.489-07:00Questions, Answers and Life Changes<div class="MsoNormal">
Questions and how we answer them can alter the course of
one’s life. I googled “Jesus and
Questions” the other day and up came a list of over 100 questions that Jesus
asked. How folks answered those
questions changed the course of their lives.
That is true for all of us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Questions for us started over 35 years ago. “Would you become my foster parents?” Would
you consider a pastorate in Lebanon, Ohio?” “Would you consider a pastorate in
West Carrollton, Ohio?” ‘Would you consider going to Kyrgyzstan for six months
and just showing up?” We said yes to all these questions. I first thought of
them as changing the direction of our lives.
I think a better way to put it is that as we said “yes” to each of
these, we were directed to stay on the path God intends for us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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About seven years ago our journey into the international
world of hurting, wounded and suffering children and adults began. It was a
world we had never seen, but from our first steps into Kyrgyzstan ruined us. As Kay Warren says, we have been divinely ruined.
Being divinely ruined means that we no longer see life as we had before.
The things that were important, no longer are.
The thing that truly matters is the God directed privilege we have
speaking into the lives of people and see them heal and grow. Being divinely
ruined is a permanent condition David told me a while back. Once one is ruined,
he is ruined!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have been involved in both US and international work in child welfare for a while now. We see so much need and so little time to get it all done. AND, we
know we cannot do it ourselves. In
spring, I wrote a prayer in my journal that had been on my heart. It had three parts: Lord, simplify our focus, expand the message
you have given us by allowing us to train others and finally, provide resources
to meet the needs to do the work..<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shortly after that prayer, we were asked another
question. “Would you consider coming on
full-time with Back2Back. (<a href="http://www.back2back.org/">www.back2back.org</a> is an incredible ministry group
working in Mexico, Haiti, India and Nigeria.) We said an enthusiastic "YES!" This isn’t a change of direction. We believe God continues to direct
us on the life path He intended for us. Our partnership with <a href="http://www.lambinternational.blogspot.com/">LAMb International</a> will continue and
hopefully be enriching for all of us. <br />
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Many things will change. We will be stepping away from training work
in Ohio that I have been a part of for over 20 years. We will be gone much more than before. We will be challenged to grow in ways we
don’t even know about. The journey
continues and we are so excited to begin our work in January with these
incredible men and women of Back2Back walking on the path God intends for them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>David is sharing during our first trip with Back2Back in January. We are looking forward to working more closely with Gabriel and his staff in Matzatlan.</i><br />
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<i>Johanna (Lamb co-founder) and I share with the young people preparing to become trainers in Mexico.</i><br />
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<b>Questions are powerful.
They potentially open doors to new things God has for us. It all depends
on how we answer them.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-48983957385126825822014-04-18T19:43:00.000-07:002014-04-18T19:43:07.084-07:00Help Desperately NeededDear friends of ours were devastated by a fire in their home last night. It destroyed everything. Dabu and Tanya are ministry partners with us and we have known them from our first days in KG in 2008. They have been saving for many, many months to have enough funds to attend their daughter's wedding in America next month. Their entire household, clothing, furniture, wedding gifts, etc are gone. They have no place to go. Please visit the LAMb blog to see all the details. If you can help us restore hope to this family, it would be greatly appreciated.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.lambinternational.blogspot.com/">www.lambinternational.blogspot.com </a></span>David and Jayne Schoolerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592941322672403605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6334994410118675508.post-62117353778905955172014-04-09T02:53:00.003-07:002014-04-11T12:42:31.867-07:00LIFE SKILLS TRAINING REGISTRATION NOW OPEN - Help Pass the WordChildren graduating from orphanages around the world, leave with no life skills, no understanding of how to manage the basics of life. As a result, LAMb in partnership with CBN Ukraine has written a nine module program for orphanage caregivers or anyone working with teens aging out of care. <br />
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We are excited to announce that registration for the June session training of Life Skills is now open. Please help us pass the word. Here is the link for registration:<br />
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