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Children Are Not Hyphenated Humans

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This is an excerpt from a rough draft of our monthly newsletter. If you'd like to receive our monthly newsletter or join our support team, click here ! This month I'm reflecting on a meeting we had with a foster family where we reflected on the stigma that our culture applies to children in foster care. Especially in the ‘foster care world’ of mentoring relationships and foster care support networks, there are a lot of diagnoses - legitimate concerns about children that have been neglected or abused or have been at risk at any point - and it often is the topic of conversation when foster care comes up.  Sarah and my approach has always been that the children in foster care are children first.  During our meeting with this foster family, they let us know that it was a great comfort to them to remember our perspective as a family. It's easy to get worked up emotionally about the injustices in foster care and how they affect real people. There are so many, and t...
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New Ministry Video Online

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Check out a new ministry video about our family and our work here: https://www.modernday.org/field-workers/david-sarah-chapdelaine/ I hope you have a great 2017! David
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Adoption Sermon, Join Our Team

I was invited to share our heart of adoption at our home church, Missio Dei. Despite sounding like a chipmunk on the recording, I think the point comes accords. Listen here: http://subspla.sh/aa8c5f7 Also, if you'd like to join our support team, check out our profile here, and follow the links to continue to help us make our mission possible! http://www.modernday.org/field-workers/david-sarah-chapdelaine/
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Highly Exalted : Throughout The Endless Ages Chorus

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The Desire of God's Will and Nothing Else in Our Occupation

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*I jotted this post down last week as I ate breakfast.  If you've found this, may it encourage you in your journey. Let me know your thoughts about occupation and calling in the comments...what's your journey and understanding been as you journey in this life? "Every child of God is not called by the Lord to establish schools and orphan houses and to trust in the Lord for means for them. Yet, there is no reason why you may not experience, far more abundantly than we do now, His willingness to answer the prayers of His children." - George Müller I'm Serving God, Right? Some years ago, before we had any children - a friend of mine invited me (David) to a recording studio in town, he'd told me to bring a song that I'd written. I only had a couple days to prepare, and the pressure of having a song - of which if only written one or two at the time - pressed me into a pretty reflective place. The chorus' lyrics: "It's the way yo...
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Creative Partnerships - Make Adoption (continue to) Happen

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So, our family has taken a pretty big step out in faith and ministry work, turning our home into a family that brings in orphans and (sometimes, eventually) adopts them for good when we're given the chance.  We've been supported in faith, by faithful supporters like you who give to our ministry.  We're looking like we're going to expand here in the next couple months. I've been thinking about specific needs we have each month, and came up with a little list of creative partnerships.   You can help us make permanent homes for children by joining our team. Creative partnerships: How can you partner with our family ministry of adoption? Chap-de-training Partnership   Diapers :  $45/mo. Keeper of the Flame Partnership Date night:   (including sitter for 5-6 kids):   $75 Protien Partnership Milk & eggs :  $92/mo Fill Our Tank Partnership   Fuel :   $175/mo. Feeding The Masses   ...
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You Can Help Us Provide Permanent Homes For Children...

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Thanks for your interest in Chapdelaine Family Ministries! For more information, head on over to our main profile page at Modern Day Missions:  http://www.modernday.org/field-workers/david-sarah-chapdelaine/ Click the link at the bottom of the page to join our support team, or email me davidRChapdelaine{at}gmail.com to get regular updates about our work and family. DC
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