On Friday, we received news that my paternal grandfather, Charles “Curly” Turrentine, had been rushed to the hospital with complications. He is currently in the ICU at Decatur Hospital. They will meet with the doctor tomorrow to discuss the details of his current status. He is a very sick 83 years old man. Please pray … More Prayers for Papa!
During July, we spent about 50 hours interviewing every single parent with a child currently enrolled in the feeding center program. This allowed us to ask some tough questions along with knowing the story of each child at the center. One of the girls, Lucy, had both parents attend the interview. It was no … More Life Changes!
Happy Birthday to most selfless, kind-hearted, encouraging, prayer warrior! We can never discipline our girls as long as Maw-Maw is around and they know it. Lizzi often talks about how she misses Maw-Maw’s vegetable soup, biscuits, and chicken and dumplings. I miss feeding my family leftovers from her fridge! She has been faithful to … More Happy Birthday Maw-Maw!
As we said good-bye to all of our interns and summer teams, we are now checking off our to-do list for school preparation. We are trying to have as much prepared as possible before January. One way we are preparing is by making a menu for the school breakfast and lunch. Today we let … More Summer is Over!
Many of know, Rebekah Rankin has served for the past 9 weeks at the feeding center. She left this morning returning back to the states. She will be missed by all 120 children. We pray God uses the past 9 weeks to continue to mold her heart. We are grateful for her service. Blog by … More Rebekah Returns Home!
This group has been busy for the last several days. On Sunday they traveled to an area impacted by the volcano and fed 300 families. Some of the families walked for 90 minutes to receive the food. The roads to their communities are difficult to travel so by foot is their means of transportation. … More A Lot of Work!
Seeing familiar faces is always refreshing to us. This week the GRACE trip consist of people from Michigan (5), Alabama (32), and Mississippi (1). Everyone arrived by late Thursday night and they started working bright and early Friday morning. For the men, work consisted of moving tons of dirt into the school classrooms. Very … More Familiar Faces!
Yesterday, Mrs. Martha Terry took her final earthly breath and is now worshipping her Lord and Savior. We asked many of you to pray for Mr. & Mrs. Terry several weeks ago. They are constant encouragers to GRACE and SLAM. Mr. Terry has been a great caregiver for Mrs. Martha for over 20 years. … More Prayers for the Terry Family
This is the school on June 1st! One level complete. Watch the video to see the progress in only 7 weeks! And 7 Weeks Later… (Click on the Link) GRACE Construction
Here’s a link the the latest construction video. Roof video
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