My heart bleeds tonight for a 12-year old and 9-year old boy, who are being removed once again from the birth parent’s home. This will be the FOURTH time in their lives that they have been taken from violence and destruction and given to strangers.
As the brothers of the girls in our care, we had [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘LIFE AT THE RIVER’
October 8, 2009
ARE THEY JUST A NUMBER?
September 9, 2009
THE FIRST (of many) WEDDINGS @ The River
My eldest daughter is engaged to the most wonderful, gorgeous, man…and next April, we get to transform our backyard into a wedding wonderland!! The challenge is to do it all on a tight budget, and make the day breathtakingly beautiful for our princess bride. I have been collecting great pictures of wedding ideas for ages, [...]
September 4, 2009
CELEBRATING OUR FOSTER DAUGHTER’S 6TH BIRTHDAY
My daughters were so helpful in arranging a beautiful fairy party for our foster-daughter’s 6th birthday. It was the first party we had for her as she had only just arrived at our home when she turned five. She had such a wonderful day with her new school friends. The case is going through the [...]
July 7, 2009
BUILDING HOSPITAL, BUILDING LIVES
We are excited to be planning a missions trip to Uganda in early 2010, to build the first stages of a hospital that will help acid burn victims, HIV positive people, and the thousands of poor who cannot access medical help in this country.
Frank and Michele Heyward www.comeuganda.org have been based in Uganda for 10 [...]
May 7, 2009
SEASONS
Even through some of the worst days of our lives, God showed up in a big way. It wasn’t that He rescued us from the fiery trials that we were battling, but we knew He was with us in them. He never left us…and many times showed up in amazing ways to remind us of [...]
April 3, 2009
WHAT A DAY!
Our day began very early….we left our country home for the big smoke while the fog was still covering the ground and the stillness and quiet bade a welcome morning to what would come before us.
By 9am we were seated in the Supreme Court of NSW, pleading on a court case for a workcover incident [...]
March 25, 2009
FIRST DAY IN COURT
Tomorrow is the first day of hearings for permanent custody of our two little girls.
If you are a praying man or woman, and have a minute to spare, we would appreciate your prayers. We know these girls are in the palm of Jesus hand and He will not let them go.
We have been told the [...]
March 19, 2009
101 reasons to foster!
Just look at this picture 101 times! She is soooo beautiful, cute, adorable, funny, cheeky, did I mention adorable? Doesn’t matter if they came from my womb, I love ‘em just as much!
March 16, 2009
STEALER OF HEARTS
People always say to me, “I could never foster, because what if I have to give the child up? I could never let them go.” After 2 and a half years with us, the prospect of this beautiful baby going back to her birth parents is beyond comprehension. She knows no other home but ours. But [...]
March 14, 2009
WE ARE SO BLESSED
We live in a beautiful part of the world…this photo is of a local surf spot called ‘the farm’. Beginners and experienced boardriders call this spot home, and in a few weeks, it will be the site of a wedding between a young couple from our church.
My daughter and her friends go snorkelling here, and [...]
