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{t:"n A Day in the Country ",p:1,x:324,y:1514,w:351,h:41},
{t:"n Mentors: The Best Medicine ",p:1,x:774,y:1514,w:456,h:41},
{t:"n 2009 Golf Marathon ",p:1,x:324,y:1543,w:340,h:41},
{t:"n Bequests and God’s Timing",p:1,x:774,y:1543,w:436,h:41},
{t:"INSIDE:",p:1,x:23,y:1519,w:154,h:59},
{t:"The Garza Family",p:1,x:750,y:1387,w:445,h:69},
{t:"Children At Heart Ministries Newsletter",p:1,x:827,y:242,w:410,h:28},
{t:"Vol. 3, No. 2 – Summer 2009",p:1,x:922,y:273,w:314,h:33},
{t:"Family Care Turns 30",p:1,x:807,y:640,w:343,h:54},
{t:"PAGE 4 ",p:1,x:807,y:691,w:92,h:33},
{t:"A Home for Seven Sisters",p:1,x:807,y:744,w:420,h:54},
{t:"TBCH - PAGE 6",p:1,x:807,y:795,w:179,h:33},
{t:"Family in Focus",p:1,x:807,y:848,w:258,h:54},
{t:"Miracle Farm - PAGE 7",p:1,x:807,y:900,w:259,h:33},
{t:"A Mother ’s Dream",p:1,x:807,y:952,w:304,h:54},
{t:"STARRY - PAGE 8",p:1,x:807,y:1004,w:207,h:33},
{t:"Profile in Courage",p:1,x:807,y:1056,w:324,h:54},
{t:"Gracewood - PAGE 9",p:1,x:807,y:1108,w:237,h:33},
{t:"Mothers  Sisters",p:1,x:693,y:350,w:545,h:106},
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{t:"2 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:2,x:35,y:1573,w:381,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:2,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"I n the early days of my ministry ",p:2,x:289,y:71,w:343,h:134},
{t:"it was common to hear ",p:2,x:330,y:132,w:227,h:28},
{t:"negative feelings expressed ",p:2,x:330,y:157,w:273,h:28},
{t:"about the family of a child. Often ",p:2,x:262,y:182,w:325,h:28},
{t:"the thought was that the child ",p:2,x:268,y:207,w:296,h:28},
{t:"would be better off if the family ",p:2,x:270,y:232,w:313,h:28},
{t:"was not around. Through the years ",p:2,x:270,y:257,w:343,h:28},
{t:"we have accepted the truth that ",p:2,x:295,y:282,w:313,h:28},
{t:"every child deserves a family. ",p:2,x:297,y:307,w:286,h:28},
{t:"We moved from child centered ",p:2,x:297,y:332,w:298,h:28},
{t:"to family focused. That did not ",p:2,x:297,y:357,w:295,h:28},
{t:"move attention away from the ",p:2,x:297,y:382,w:298,h:28},
{t:"child, but simply recognized that ",p:2,x:297,y:407,w:321,h:28},
{t:"the future for a child was much ",p:2,x:297,y:432,w:306,h:28},
{t:"better if we could help the family. ",p:2,x:297,y:457,w:329,h:28},
{t:"If there was not a family, then one could be found through ",p:2,x:56,y:482,w:571,h:28},
{t:"our residential care, relative placements, foster care and ",p:2,x:56,y:507,w:545,h:28},
{t:"adoption.",p:2,x:56,y:532,w:92,h:28},
{t:"An exceptional program started at TBCH in the late ",p:2,x:93,y:557,w:498,h:28},
{t:"1970’s and expanded in the 1990’s became known as ",p:2,x:56,y:582,w:517,h:28},
{t:"Family Care. While family reunifcation was the rage in ",p:2,x:56,y:607,w:524,h:28},
{t:"social services, our ministry was on the cutting edge ",p:2,x:56,y:632,w:510,h:28},
{t:"in developing this service. It began small to meet an ",p:2,x:56,y:657,w:508,h:28},
{t:"immediate need and grew as the need became greater. ",p:2,x:56,y:682,w:540,h:28},
{t:"Social data began to show that single mothers raising ",p:2,x:56,y:707,w:523,h:28},
{t:"children was the fastest-growing family type in Texas. ",p:2,x:56,y:732,w:520,h:28},
{t:"Most were living in poverty and in desperate need. Many ",p:2,x:56,y:757,w:557,h:28},
{t:"wanted the opportunity to live independently and provide ",p:2,x:664,y:107,w:569,h:28},
{t:"loving care for their children.",p:2,x:664,y:132,w:278,h:28},
{t:"In this issue you will see an emphasis on families and ",p:2,x:702,y:157,w:515,h:28},
{t:"those being served in the Family Care Program. More ",p:2,x:664,y:182,w:521,h:28},
{t:"children are cared for today through this ministry than in ",p:2,x:664,y:207,w:554,h:28},
{t:"our original residential care program. I have been asked ",p:2,x:664,y:232,w:544,h:28},
{t:"why we provide this care. My response is always that we ",p:2,x:664,y:257,w:546,h:28},
{t:"do it for the children. If we help the parents, then we help ",p:2,x:664,y:282,w:561,h:28},
{t:"the children. That is true of any of our family counseling ",p:2,x:664,y:307,w:544,h:28},
{t:"programs and other services aimed at restoring the family. ",p:2,x:664,y:332,w:571,h:28},
{t:"You can see it at Miracle Farm, STARRY, Gracewood and ",p:2,x:664,y:357,w:540,h:28},
{t:"Texas Baptist Children’s Home. ",p:2,x:664,y:382,w:299,h:28},
{t:"God placed children in families. The Psalmist (Psalms ",p:2,x:702,y:407,w:513,h:28},
{t:"128) likens them to olive plants around the table and a ",p:2,x:664,y:432,w:533,h:28},
{t:"gift from the Lord (Psalm 127). To keep them healthy and ",p:2,x:664,y:457,w:558,h:28},
{t:"strong we must encourage parents so they can care for ",p:2,x:664,y:482,w:539,h:28},
{t:"the children. In these diffcult economic times the need for ",p:2,x:664,y:507,w:571,h:28},
{t:"help is growing as stress takes a toll on family well-being. ",p:2,x:664,y:532,w:559,h:28},
{t:"The economy affects us as well so your support helps ",p:2,x:664,y:557,w:522,h:28},
{t:"these families. Thank you for coming alongside as we serve ",p:2,x:664,y:582,w:576,h:28},
{t:"children and strengthen families. ",p:2,x:664,y:607,w:321,h:28},
{t:"  ",p:2,x:702,y:632,w:11,h:28},
{t:"Jerry T. Bradley",p:2,x:702,y:707,w:145,h:28},
{t:"President/CEO",p:2,x:702,y:732,w:139,h:28},
{t:"Children At Heart Ministries",p:2,x:702,y:757,w:267,h:28},
{t:"Leaping To Success ",p:2,x:36,y:18,w:507,h:78},
{t:"A Letter From Our President",p:2,x:824,y:44,w:411,h:43},
{t:"To RSVP, please call (512) 255-3682 or send an email ",p:2,x:303,y:1452,w:701,h:36},
{t:"to jeanette.eck@tbch.org.",p:2,x:476,y:1491,w:347,h:36},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 3     ",p:3,x:855,y:1572,w:386,h:32},
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{t:"Gracewood",p:3,x:76,y:871,w:97,h:25},
{t:"Debbie Rippstein, Executive Director",p:3,x:76,y:892,w:306,h:25},
{t:"7511 Wanda Lane",p:3,x:76,y:913,w:146,h:25},
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{t:"Miracle Farm",p:3,x:76,y:1017,w:114,h:25},
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{t:"STARRY",p:3,x:76,y:1163,w:75,h:25},
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{t:"Texas Baptist Children’s Home",p:3,x:76,y:1309,w:263,h:25},
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{t:"©2009 Layout/Design by Danna Reeves",p:3,x:76,y:1453,w:254,h:19},
{t:"Printing by Sunset Press, Inc.",p:3,x:76,y:1490,w:187,h:19},
{t:"Children At Heart Ministries is an agency ",p:3,x:76,y:1528,w:272,h:19},
{t:"of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.",p:3,x:76,y:1542,w:278,h:19},
{t:"TurningPoints",p:3,x:76,y:16,w:329,h:82},
{t:"Vol. 3, No. 1 – Spring 2009",p:3,x:76,y:92,w:295,h:33},
{t:"Published for friends of",p:3,x:76,y:191,w:196,h:25},
{t:"Children At Heart Ministries",p:3,x:76,y:228,w:331,h:33},
{t:"1301 N. Mays",p:3,x:76,y:261,w:112,h:25},
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{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org",p:3,x:76,y:327,w:292,h:25},
{t:"Jerry T. Bradley, President/CEO",p:3,x:76,y:349,w:259,h:25},
{t:"“ ",p:3,x:76,y:392,w:14,h:25},
{t:"We are a family of Christian ministries that exists ",p:3,x:86,y:392,w:411,h:25},
{t:"to honor God and build a beter world by serving ",p:3,x:86,y:414,w:413,h:25},
{t:"children and strengthening families.”",p:3,x:86,y:436,w:309,h:25},
{t:"Bill Martin",p:3,x:76,y:480,w:95,h:25},
{t:"Director of Communications",p:3,x:76,y:502,w:236,h:25},
{t:"bill.martin@cahgif.org",p:3,x:76,y:524,w:189,h:25},
{t:"Danna Reeves",p:3,x:76,y:567,w:122,h:25},
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{t:"danna.reeves@cahgif.org",p:3,x:76,y:611,w:211,h:25},
{t:"Jessica Schmale",p:3,x:76,y:655,w:134,h:25},
{t:"Communications Coordinator",p:3,x:76,y:677,w:249,h:25},
{t:"jessica.schmale@cahgif.org",p:3,x:76,y:699,w:226,h:25},
{t:"Courtney Cole",p:3,x:76,y:742,w:124,h:25},
{t:"PR Coordinator, Miracle Farm",p:3,x:76,y:764,w:250,h:25},
{t:"courtney.cole@miraclefarm.org",p:3,x:76,y:786,w:256,h:25},
{t:"Miranda Bradley, Contributing Writer",p:3,x:76,y:830,w:320,h:25},
{t:"    ",p:3,x:76,y:851,w:20,h:24},
{t:"Miracle Farm - Brenham",p:3,x:1031,y:149,w:188,h:21},
{t:"Family Care Turns 30",p:3,x:564,y:201,w:242,h:32},
{t:"For three decades, the Family Care ministry at Texas Baptist ",p:3,x:564,y:232,w:603,h:29},
{t:"Children’s Home has made an immeasurable difference in the ",p:3,x:564,y:262,w:626,h:29},
{t:"lives of single mothers and their children. ",p:3,x:564,y:288,w:421,h:32},
{t:"Page 4",p:3,x:1139,y:288,w:78,h:32},
{t:"A Home for Seven Sisters",p:3,x:564,y:347,w:296,h:32},
{t:"Seven little girls from the Campus Life program at TBCH and the ",p:3,x:564,y:379,w:653,h:29},
{t:"Foster Care program at STARRY are being adopted by a couple ",p:3,x:564,y:408,w:639,h:29},
{t:"who says the hand of God brought them all together.   ",p:3,x:564,y:435,w:556,h:32},
{t:"Page 6",p:3,x:1139,y:435,w:78,h:32},
{t:"Family in Focus",p:3,x:564,y:493,w:178,h:32},
{t:"It wasn’t that long ago that Xavier’s friendly smile and big heart ",p:3,x:564,y:525,w:645,h:29},
{t:"were overshadowed by anger, frustration and a lack of direction. ",p:3,x:564,y:554,w:655,h:29},
{t:"Thanks to a willing mother, that has changed.     ",p:3,x:564,y:581,w:489,h:32},
{t:"Page 7",p:3,x:1139,y:581,w:78,h:32},
{t:"A Mother ’s Dream",p:3,x:564,y:639,w:214,h:32},
{t:"All Mila has to do is look into her little daughter’s smiling face to ",p:3,x:564,y:671,w:656,h:29},
{t:"remember why she is working so hard to succeed in the face of ",p:3,x:564,y:700,w:643,h:29},
{t:"enormous obstacles.  ",p:3,x:564,y:726,w:221,h:32},
{t:"Page 8",p:3,x:1139,y:726,w:78,h:32},
{t:"Profle in Courage",p:3,x:564,y:785,w:211,h:32},
{t:"A young college student tutoring mothers at Gracewood sees ",p:3,x:564,y:817,w:628,h:29},
{t:"the same courage and determination in their lives that he saw in ",p:3,x:564,y:846,w:653,h:29},
{t:"his own single mother. ",p:3,x:564,y:875,w:232,h:29},
{t:"Page 9",p:3,x:1139,y:872,w:79,h:32},
{t:"Angela Weber: Against All Odds ",p:3,x:564,y:931,w:387,h:34},
{t:"Page 10",p:3,x:1125,y:931,w:92,h:32},
{t:"Andrea Garza: I Was Drowning ",p:3,x:564,y:989,w:366,h:34},
{t:"Page 11",p:3,x:1125,y:989,w:92,h:32},
{t:"Bruce Cray: A Faithful Homecoming ",p:3,x:564,y:1047,w:424,h:34},
{t:"Page 15",p:3,x:1125,y:1047,w:92,h:32},
{t:"Chris Sawey: No Laughing Mater ",p:3,x:564,y:1106,w:392,h:34},
{t:"Page 18",p:3,x:1125,y:1106,w:92,h:32},
{t:"Valerie Hill: God Doesn’t Let Go ",p:3,x:564,y:1164,w:375,h:34},
{t:"Page 20",p:3,x:1125,y:1164,w:92,h:32},
{t:"Nedra Maddox: An Unforgetable Impression ",p:3,x:564,y:1222,w:531,h:34},
{t:"Page 22",p:3,x:1125,y:1222,w:92,h:32},
{t:"And much more . . . ",p:3,x:564,y:1281,w:236,h:32},
{t:"On the cover: Andrea Garza with her children, ",p:3,x:703,y:1403,w:413,h:27},
{t:"clockwise, Kelis, Adrian and Jade. ",p:3,x:703,y:1427,w:286,h:25},
{t:"Photo by Jessica Schmale.",p:3,x:703,y:1448,w:212,h:25},
{t:"Table of Contents",p:3,x:562,y:133,w:266,h:43},
{t:"4 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:4,x:35,y:1573,w:381,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:4,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"Family Care Turns 30",p:4,x:72,y:88,w:547,h:78},
{t:"My grace is suffcient for you, for my power is ",p:4,x:69,y:142,w:502,h:123},
{t:"made perfect in weakness.  2 Corinthians 12:9  ",p:4,x:158,y:193,w:444,h:28},
{t:"It seems barely adequate to say that the ",p:4,x:196,y:218,w:390,h:28},
{t:"God-empowered Family Care ministry at Texas Baptist ",p:4,x:69,y:243,w:523,h:28},
{t:"Children’s Home has helped rescue hundreds of lives ",p:4,x:69,y:268,w:513,h:28},
{t:"from weakness during the past three decades. Surely ",p:4,x:69,y:293,w:512,h:28},
{t:"there’s a bigger, better way to say it. ",p:4,x:69,y:318,w:352,h:28},
{t:"But how do you measure the changed lives of single ",p:4,x:107,y:343,w:508,h:28},
{t:"mothers who come to Family Care with young children, ",p:4,x:69,y:368,w:536,h:28},
{t:"many carrying the scars of childhood abuse and the ",p:4,x:69,y:393,w:504,h:28},
{t:"burdens of mistakes made in adulthood, who years later ",p:4,x:69,y:418,w:545,h:28},
{t:"are successful professionals and proud mothers?",p:4,x:69,y:443,w:466,h:28},
{t:"How do you quantify the grace and determination ",p:4,x:107,y:468,w:489,h:28},
{t:"of young wives deserted by their husbands, left nearly ",p:4,x:69,y:493,w:525,h:28},
{t:"homeless and destitute, often with babes in arms, who ",p:4,x:69,y:518,w:529,h:28},
{t:"found through Family Care that they have strength they ",p:4,x:69,y:543,w:541,h:28},
{t:"didn’t know existed?",p:4,x:69,y:568,w:197,h:28},
{t:"Is there any way to count the gratitude of ",p:4,x:107,y:593,w:404,h:28},
{t:"downtrodden mothers worried about their children and ",p:4,x:69,y:618,w:540,h:28},
{t:"fearful of the future, who fnd in a quiet moment in a ",p:4,x:69,y:643,w:514,h:28},
{t:"cottage someone to pour out the love of Christ on them, ",p:4,x:69,y:668,w:552,h:28},
{t:"to hold their hands, to listen and to understand, because ",p:4,x:69,y:693,w:551,h:28},
{t:"they know – really know – what they are going through?  ",p:4,x:69,y:718,w:549,h:28},
{t:"Family Care marks its 30th anniversary this summer. ",p:4,x:107,y:743,w:501,h:28},
{t:"But that’s just a number. It doesn’t tell the story. No one ",p:4,x:69,y:768,w:542,h:28},
{t:"story can.",p:4,x:69,y:794,w:92,h:28},
{t:"Buddy West, now Executive Vice President of ",p:4,x:107,y:819,w:435,h:28},
{t:"Children At Heart Ministries, came straight from ",p:4,x:69,y:844,w:465,h:28},
{t:"seminary to TBCH in April 1979 to help start the Family ",p:4,x:69,y:869,w:534,h:28},
{t:"Care ministry. He watched it grow from the seed of a ",p:4,x:69,y:894,w:512,h:28},
{t:"vision by then-TBCH Administrator Charles Wright. ",p:4,x:69,y:919,w:493,h:28},
{t:"“Charles Wright saw Family Care as an alternative to ",p:4,x:107,y:944,w:504,h:28},
{t:"separating children from their mothers, ” he recalls. “It has ",p:4,x:69,y:969,w:554,h:28},
{t:"always believed in keeping the most important person ",p:4,x:69,y:994,w:529,h:28},
{t:"to a child – the parent – in the child’s life. The alternative ",p:4,x:69,y:1019,w:547,h:28},
{t:"was out-of-home placement. With the mother, the child ",p:4,x:69,y:1044,w:539,h:28},
{t:"is never alone. “",p:4,x:69,y:1069,w:151,h:28},
{t:"In its frst days, Family Care did little more than ",p:4,x:107,y:1094,w:456,h:28},
{t:"provide single mothers and their children with a place ",p:4,x:69,y:1119,w:524,h:28},
{t:"to live. Housed in two existing cottages at the edge of ",p:4,x:69,y:1144,w:525,h:28},
{t:"the TBCH campus, the need to minister to the complete ",p:4,x:69,y:1169,w:541,h:28},
{t:"needs of the mothers quickly became clear. ",p:4,x:69,y:1194,w:421,h:28},
{t:"Today there are seven cottages and four smaller ",p:4,x:693,y:169,w:466,h:28},
{t:"apartments, each cottage with a Resident Case Manager, ",p:4,x:655,y:194,w:550,h:28},
{t:"serving up to 37 single mothers and their children at ",p:4,x:655,y:219,w:511,h:28},
{t:"one time. Mothers get counseling and personalized case ",p:4,x:655,y:244,w:549,h:28},
{t:"management, access to employment resources, money ",p:4,x:655,y:269,w:534,h:28},
{t:"management assistance and more, all in a home-like ",p:4,x:655,y:294,w:511,h:28},
{t:"environment. ",p:4,x:655,y:319,w:132,h:28},
{t:"It was perhaps the frst program of its kind in the ",p:4,x:693,y:344,w:475,h:28},
{t:"country, but its legacy is found in more than many ",p:4,x:655,y:369,w:490,h:28},
{t:"programs that patterned themselves after Family Care. ",p:4,x:655,y:394,w:528,h:28},
{t:"Its legacy is the mothers and children who have lived ",p:4,x:655,y:419,w:514,h:28},
{t:"there.",p:4,x:655,y:444,w:54,h:28},
{t:"Ask just about anyone and they will tell you that the ",p:4,x:693,y:469,w:506,h:28},
{t:"keys to the success of the ministry are the Resident Case ",p:4,x:655,y:494,w:548,h:28},
{t:"Managers, the caring and compassionate women on the ",p:4,x:655,y:519,w:547,h:28},
{t:"frontlines and in the front rooms who listen, love, help, ",p:4,x:655,y:544,w:531,h:28},
{t:"hold, hug, and model Christian lifestyles.",p:4,x:655,y:569,w:389,h:28},
{t:"Carol Bateman, now a teacher in Round Rock and the ",p:4,x:693,y:594,w:517,h:28},
{t:"proud mother of two daughters, one at Baylor and one ",p:4,x:655,y:619,w:534,h:28},
{t:"about to enter Texas A&M, remembers the frst day she ",p:4,x:655,y:644,w:538,h:28},
{t:"arrived at Family Care in April 2003, nervous, scared and ",p:4,x:655,y:669,w:544,h:28},
{t:"a little intimidated.",p:4,x:655,y:694,w:180,h:28},
{t:"“Susan Kinney was the Resident Case Manager,” she ",p:4,x:693,y:719,w:501,h:28},
{t:"recalls. “Susan sat me down and held my hand and never ",p:4,x:655,y:744,w:553,h:28},
{t:"let go of it while she walked me through everything. As ",p:4,x:655,y:769,w:536,h:28},
{t:"stressful as the situation was, it helped make it a lot less ",p:4,x:655,y:794,w:541,h:28},
{t:"stressful. ”",p:4,x:655,y:819,w:89,h:28},
{t:"Melanie Martinez, now the Family Care Program ",p:4,x:693,y:844,w:468,h:28},
{t:"Supervisor, tells of another new arrival.",p:4,x:655,y:869,w:370,h:28},
{t:"“She said when she came in, the frst thing Lori ",p:4,x:693,y:894,w:455,h:28},
{t:"[Wiste, her Resident Case Manager] said to her was ",p:4,x:655,y:919,w:497,h:28},
{t:"‘Welcome home.’ She said, ‘You can’t imagine the relief ",p:4,x:655,y:944,w:533,h:28},
{t:"I felt.’ She was safe, loved and it was her home,” Melanie ",p:4,x:655,y:969,w:543,h:28},
{t:"says.",p:4,x:655,y:994,w:45,h:28},
{t:"“God wants us to have a relationship with these ",p:4,x:693,y:1019,w:462,h:28},
{t:"women,” she adds. “Every member of the staff feels she ",p:4,x:655,y:1044,w:536,h:28},
{t:"is called to a place of service and they can’t serve sitting ",p:4,x:655,y:1069,w:545,h:28},
{t:"behind a desk. You have to get up and walk across the ",p:4,x:655,y:1094,w:528,h:28},
{t:"room and hug the moms and hold hands with them and ",p:4,x:655,y:1119,w:547,h:28},
{t:"love on them. ",p:4,x:655,y:1144,w:137,h:28},
{t:"“When Christ’s love pours out from the staff in ",p:4,x:693,y:1169,w:451,h:28},
{t:"moments like that, it is genuine and sincere and it ",p:4,x:655,y:1194,w:484,h:28},
{t:"Texas Baptist Children’s Home",p:4,x:72,y:29,w:353,h:32},
{t:"Join Us For A Family Care Reunion! ",p:4,x:271,y:1246,w:747,h:63},
{t:"The biennial reunion of Family Care alumni will be held on Saturday, July 25, on the TBCH campus. It’s an ",p:4,x:77,y:1317,w:1051,h:30},
{t:"opportunity for anyone who has been part of the program during the past 30 years to get re-acquainted with other ",p:4,x:77,y:1344,w:1127,h:30},
{t:"moms and staf.",p:4,x:77,y:1371,w:156,h:30},
{t:"Festivities begin at 10 a.m. with cotage tours. Registration and photo opportunities begin at 11 a.m., followed by ",p:4,x:77,y:1419,w:1102,h:30},
{t:"lunch at 11:30 a.m. The program afer lunch will include door prizes, presentation of special awards and a guest ",p:4,x:77,y:1446,w:1097,h:30},
{t:"speaker, recent Family Care alum Brandi Harrison.",p:4,x:77,y:1473,w:499,h:30},
{t:"To RSVP for the reunion, please call (512) 255-3682 or by email to jeanete.eck@tbch.org.",p:4,x:77,y:1521,w:851,h:30},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 5     ",p:5,x:855,y:1572,w:386,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org",p:5,x:57,y:1584,w:282,h:22},
{t:"is about serving people in need. The moms are smart ",p:5,x:70,y:167,w:518,h:28},
{t:"enough to know if it isn’t sincere. ",p:5,x:70,y:192,w:324,h:28},
{t:"“The frst thing you hear from the moms is the sense ",p:5,x:107,y:217,w:511,h:28},
{t:"of safety,” says Betty Lou Mitchell, who was hired at Family ",p:5,x:70,y:242,w:564,h:28},
{t:"Care in 1981 to run the day care program and is now a ",p:5,x:70,y:267,w:530,h:28},
{t:"staff therapist. “They feel safe here and when they begin ",p:5,x:70,y:292,w:547,h:28},
{t:"to feel safe they can work on other things. They don’t have ",p:5,x:70,y:317,w:571,h:28},
{t:"to worry about anything else. Family Care takes the worry ",p:5,x:71,y:342,w:559,h:28},
{t:"away. ”",p:5,x:71,y:368,w:58,h:28},
{t:"“It’s like an awakening,” Melanie adds. “They are in a ",p:5,x:108,y:393,w:505,h:28},
{t:"place where they don’t have to worry about having a place ",p:5,x:71,y:418,w:571,h:28},
{t:"to sleep or getting food or having money to live on. They ",p:5,x:71,y:443,w:557,h:28},
{t:"can focus on themselves and their children. ”",p:5,x:71,y:468,w:421,h:28},
{t:"Debbie Nagle Rippstein, now Executive Director of ",p:5,x:108,y:493,w:489,h:28},
{t:"Children At Heart’s Gracewood ministry to single mothers ",p:5,x:71,y:518,w:560,h:28},
{t:"and children in Houston, came to Family Care in 1985 as ",p:5,x:71,y:543,w:545,h:28},
{t:"resident staff with a sense of calling that this would be a ",p:5,x:71,y:568,w:545,h:28},
{t:"unique ‘’home’’ mission experience for their family, ",p:5,x:71,y:593,w:492,h:28},
{t:"but temporary.  She stayed six years, going back ",p:5,x:71,y:618,w:469,h:28},
{t:"to school part-time, to get her counseling degree. ",p:5,x:71,y:643,w:484,h:28},
{t:"Eventually she became head of the program and later ",p:5,x:71,y:668,w:521,h:28},
{t:"TBCH Executive Director.",p:5,x:71,y:693,w:234,h:28},
{t:"“It has been such a beacon of hope,” she says. ",p:5,x:703,y:168,w:445,h:28},
{t:"“Women come in so beaten down and they get ",p:5,x:666,y:193,w:460,h:28},
{t:"encouragement from staff and from the other moms. ",p:5,x:666,y:218,w:517,h:28},
{t:"They fnd strength within themselves that many of them ",p:5,x:666,y:243,w:544,h:28},
{t:"didn’t even know was there. All they needed was a little ",p:5,x:666,y:268,w:538,h:28},
{t:"bit of an opportunity. ”",p:5,x:666,y:293,w:210,h:28},
{t:"For 30 years, Family Care has been giving mothers ",p:5,x:703,y:318,w:487,h:28},
{t:"and their children a chance – and for many that is all they ",p:5,x:666,y:343,w:558,h:28},
{t:"needed to fnd the strength that God placed inside of ",p:5,x:666,y:368,w:520,h:28},
{t:"them and use it to build a better life for themselves and ",p:5,x:666,y:393,w:541,h:28},
{t:"their children.",p:5,x:666,y:418,w:131,h:28},
{t:"—Bill Martin",p:5,x:1107,y:443,w:119,h:28},
{t:"Texas Baptist Children’s Home",p:5,x:70,y:28,w:353,h:32},
{t:"Below, photos from three decades of",p:5,x:664,y:496,w:398,h:33},
{t:"Family Care.",p:5,x:664,y:521,w:140,h:33},
{t:"6 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:6,x:35,y:1573,w:381,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:6,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"Children At Heart Ministries",p:6,x:75,y:29,w:328,h:32},
{t:"In the Hawaiian culture, the word “Ohana” means ",p:6,x:75,y:164,w:498,h:123},
{t:"family. In an extended sense, the term includes ",p:6,x:104,y:215,w:443,h:28},
{t:"blood-related, adoptive or intentional relationships. It ",p:6,x:104,y:240,w:505,h:28},
{t:"emphasizes that families are bound together forever.",p:6,x:75,y:265,w:493,h:28},
{t:"Hawaiian native Lana*, and her husband, Vince, ",p:6,x:112,y:290,w:459,h:28},
{t:"are bringing seven little girls from Children At Heart ",p:6,x:75,y:315,w:507,h:28},
{t:"Ministries into their Ohana. The little family of two is ",p:6,x:75,y:340,w:511,h:28},
{t:"overwhelmed with joy that they will become nine. But it ",p:6,x:75,y:365,w:542,h:28},
{t:"wasn’t an easy journey.",p:6,x:75,y:390,w:221,h:28},
{t:"When Vince and Lana were married they knew they ",p:6,x:112,y:415,w:502,h:28},
{t:"would eventually adopt children. Both were raised in ",p:6,x:75,y:440,w:512,h:28},
{t:"large families (Vince one of 10 children and Lana one ",p:6,x:75,y:465,w:518,h:28},
{t:"of fve), and they planned to have both biological and ",p:6,x:75,y:490,w:523,h:28},
{t:"adopted children.",p:6,x:75,y:515,w:170,h:28},
{t:"But when they discovered they could not have ",p:6,x:112,y:540,w:452,h:28},
{t:"biological children, they decided their family would be ",p:6,x:75,y:565,w:529,h:28},
{t:"complete with the children God gave them through ",p:6,x:75,y:590,w:503,h:28},
{t:"adoption.",p:6,x:75,y:615,w:92,h:28},
{t:"In January of 2008, Vince and Lana were on the ",p:6,x:112,y:640,w:462,h:28},
{t:"verge of adopting two baby boys. Although they ",p:6,x:75,y:665,w:476,h:28},
{t:"were to be born a month apart, they would be raised ",p:6,x:75,y:690,w:517,h:28},
{t:"as twins. When the adoptions fell through at the last ",p:6,x:75,y:715,w:512,h:28},
{t:"minute, Lana was devastated. ",p:6,x:75,y:740,w:289,h:28},
{t:"“I physically fell apart,” she shared. “I literally ",p:6,x:112,y:765,w:435,h:28},
{t:"thought my body would wither up and die. I didn’t ",p:6,x:75,y:790,w:493,h:28},
{t:"know if I could weather this storm.”",p:6,x:75,y:815,w:339,h:28},
{t:"It took six months before they began discussing ",p:6,x:112,y:840,w:468,h:28},
{t:"their family’s future once again. They decided to fast ",p:6,x:75,y:865,w:512,h:28},
{t:"and pray one week in August, knowing the Lord would ",p:6,x:75,y:890,w:533,h:28},
{t:"reveal the steps to take next. Toward the end of their ",p:6,x:75,y:915,w:516,h:28},
{t:"fast, the Lord laid Texas on Lana’s heart. It was odd ",p:6,x:75,y:940,w:496,h:28},
{t:"because they lived far from Texas.",p:6,x:75,y:965,w:326,h:28},
{t:"“I really didn’t think anything of it at frst,” Lana ",p:6,x:112,y:990,w:460,h:28},
{t:"explained, “I chalked it up to emotions until I literally ",p:6,x:75,y:1015,w:512,h:28},
{t:"could not shake it. Texas kept coming to mind. I knew it ",p:6,x:75,y:1040,w:541,h:28},
{t:"was the Lord.”",p:6,x:75,y:1065,w:135,h:28},
{t:"Lana was searching online for adoptions in Texas ",p:6,x:112,y:1090,w:476,h:28},
{t:"when she stumbled across the seven sisters. Five lived ",p:6,x:75,y:1115,w:526,h:28},
{t:"at Texas Baptist Children’s Home, the other two with ",p:6,x:75,y:1140,w:509,h:28},
{t:"a STARRY Foster Family. Her heart was stirred. These ",p:6,x:75,y:1165,w:509,h:28},
{t:"beautiful girls (ages 3 to 14) had been exposed to ",p:6,x:75,y:1190,w:484,h:28},
{t:"abuse and neglect and had not lived together since the ",p:6,x:75,y:1215,w:540,h:28},
{t:"youngest was born. ",p:6,x:75,y:1240,w:194,h:28},
{t:"“When I saw them I felt total peace from head to ",p:6,x:112,y:1265,w:477,h:28},
{t:"toe. The promptings I was having were valid,” Lana ",p:6,x:75,y:1290,w:494,h:28},
{t:"remembered.",p:6,x:75,y:1315,w:130,h:28},
{t:"When her husband returned home from work that ",p:6,x:112,y:1340,w:492,h:28},
{t:"day, she surprised him with the news.",p:6,x:75,y:1365,w:359,h:28},
{t:"“I told him I found our family,” she said. “He never ",p:6,x:112,y:1390,w:486,h:28},
{t:"expected me to continue with, ‘there are seven little ",p:6,x:75,y:1415,w:507,h:28},
{t:"girls.’ He actually was sold almost immediately upon ",p:6,x:75,y:1440,w:509,h:28},
{t:"seeing their photo and hearing more about them.”",p:6,x:75,y:1465,w:488,h:28},
{t:"After contacting the Texas Department of Family ",p:6,x:112,y:1490,w:474,h:28},
{t:"and Protective Services (DFPS), which was responsible ",p:6,x:75,y:1515,w:524,h:28},
{t:"for fnding the girls a permanent home, Lana discovered ",p:6,x:656,y:494,w:548,h:28},
{t:"that they were one of 50 families interested in the seven ",p:6,x:656,y:519,w:547,h:28},
{t:"Texas girls. ",p:6,x:656,y:544,w:109,h:28},
{t:"Refusing to be discouraged, Vince and Lana were ",p:6,x:693,y:569,w:481,h:28},
{t:"patient. They felt the Lord had laid it on their hearts ",p:6,x:656,y:594,w:505,h:28},
{t:"to pursue this adoption, and they were willing to do ",p:6,x:656,y:619,w:506,h:28},
{t:"whatever it took to bring the girls home. Meanwhile, ",p:6,x:656,y:644,w:512,h:28},
{t:"God’s plan continued to be evident. ",p:6,x:656,y:669,w:351,h:28},
{t:"They lived in a home too small for the girls, but ",p:6,x:693,y:694,w:461,h:28},
{t:"out of nowhere a family friend asked if they would be ",p:6,x:656,y:719,w:522,h:28},
{t:"interested in renting a very large family home with ",p:6,x:656,y:744,w:494,h:28},
{t:"several acres of land, with a monthly rent less than ",p:6,x:656,y:769,w:493,h:28},
{t:"their mortgage payments. Though the future of their ",p:6,x:656,y:794,w:516,h:28},
{t:"adoption was yet to be secured, the couple packed up ",p:6,x:656,y:819,w:529,h:28},
{t:"and moved in faith.",p:6,x:656,y:844,w:186,h:28},
{t:"“I trusted God to provide, but there were certainly ",p:6,x:693,y:869,w:489,h:28},
{t:"days that I was insecure about the outcome. It was ",p:6,x:656,y:894,w:492,h:28},
{t:"so hard to wait to know how my family would grow,” ",p:6,x:656,y:919,w:513,h:28},
{t:"confessed Lana.",p:6,x:656,y:944,w:153,h:28},
{t:"Finally, Vince and Lana learned they were among ",p:6,x:693,y:969,w:477,h:28},
{t:"three families being considered. Then, in March, they ",p:6,x:656,y:994,w:516,h:28},
{t:"were told that DFPS had chosen them to adopt the girls. ",p:6,x:656,y:1019,w:548,h:28},
{t:"It was in their home on the West Coast that the girls ",p:6,x:656,y:1044,w:508,h:28},
{t:"would become Ohana. ",p:6,x:656,y:1069,w:223,h:28},
{t:"“I can’t explain my excitement. I feel so confdent ",p:6,x:693,y:1094,w:478,h:28},
{t:"that this is a work of the Lord,” shared Lana.",p:6,x:656,y:1119,w:422,h:28},
{t:"Exactly nine months from the weekend Lana and ",p:6,x:693,y:1144,w:475,h:28},
{t:"Vince set aside for prayer and fasting for their family, ",p:6,x:656,y:1169,w:515,h:28},
{t:"they few to Texas and met their daughters for the frst ",p:6,x:656,y:1194,w:532,h:28},
{t:"time. The meeting went wonderfully, leaving both girls ",p:6,x:656,y:1219,w:532,h:28},
{t:"and parents ecstatic about their future together. ",p:6,x:656,y:1244,w:471,h:28},
{t:"“We’ll miss these girls desperately as they have ",p:6,x:693,y:1269,w:458,h:28},
{t:"become a special part of our ministry,” said TBCH ",p:6,x:656,y:1294,w:481,h:28},
{t:"Executive Director Keith Dyer, “but our philosophy is ",p:6,x:656,y:1319,w:509,h:28},
{t:"toward family and we’re thankful that they will have an ",p:6,x:656,y:1344,w:533,h:28},
{t:"opportunity to grow up in a forever family.”",p:6,x:656,y:1369,w:419,h:28},
{t:"Bound together by love and faith, this new family ",p:6,x:693,y:1394,w:481,h:28},
{t:"of nine will begin forming memories that will shape the ",p:6,x:656,y:1419,w:539,h:28},
{t:"lives of seven beautiful girls who have never known true ",p:6,x:656,y:1444,w:546,h:28},
{t:"family before.",p:6,x:656,y:1469,w:132,h:28},
{t:"—Jessica Schmale",p:6,x:1031,y:1494,w:168,h:28},
{t:"* Names changed to protect confdentiality.",p:6,x:693,y:1522,w:353,h:24},
{t:"A Home for Seven Sisters",p:6,x:71,y:102,w:653,h:78},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 7     ",p:7,x:855,y:1572,w:386,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org",p:7,x:57,y:1584,w:282,h:22},
{t:"Miracle Farm",p:7,x:73,y:29,w:152,h:32},
{t:"Those who know Xavier are blessed by his friendly ",p:7,x:75,y:163,w:517,h:123},
{t:"smile, keen sense of humor and big heart. It wasn’t ",p:7,x:129,y:214,w:481,h:28},
{t:"that long ago that these God-given gifts were ",p:7,x:129,y:239,w:433,h:28},
{t:"overshadowed in his young life by anger, frustration and ",p:7,x:74,y:264,w:534,h:28},
{t:"a lack of direction. ",p:7,x:74,y:289,w:179,h:28},
{t:"But from the very frst day that 13-year-old Xavier ",p:7,x:112,y:314,w:487,h:28},
{t:"and his family set foot on the Miracle Farm campus for ",p:7,x:74,y:339,w:533,h:28},
{t:"an initial interview, God opened their eyes to a new ",p:7,x:74,y:364,w:501,h:28},
{t:"way of thinking. ",p:7,x:74,y:389,w:158,h:28},
{t:"Family Services Specialist Jori Kennedy ",p:7,x:112,y:414,w:377,h:28},
{t:"remembered that the frst interview took place on ",p:7,x:74,y:439,w:488,h:28},
{t:"one of the days set aside for boys to work on projects ",p:7,x:74,y:464,w:525,h:28},
{t:"around Miracle Farm’s 325 acres. Xavier’s mom, ",p:7,x:74,y:489,w:461,h:28},
{t:"Lorraine, marveled how the boys carried out tasks ",p:7,x:74,y:514,w:488,h:28},
{t:"such as mowing and weeding, something she’d never ",p:7,x:74,y:539,w:520,h:28},
{t:"requested nor expected her son to do at home.",p:7,x:74,y:564,w:458,h:28},
{t:"At the Farm, Xavier quickly learned to embrace a ",p:7,x:112,y:589,w:473,h:28},
{t:"strong work ethic and became an extremely diligent ",p:7,x:74,y:614,w:509,h:28},
{t:"worker, often out-producing boys twice his size.",p:7,x:74,y:639,w:461,h:28},
{t:"Issac and Lorraine and their sons Xavier and “little” ",p:7,x:112,y:664,w:495,h:28},
{t:"Isaac invested nine months of their lives immersed ",p:7,x:74,y:689,w:494,h:28},
{t:"in the program at the Farm and count it as a learning ",p:7,x:74,y:714,w:517,h:28},
{t:"experience for their family. Little by little, small ",p:7,x:74,y:739,w:455,h:28},
{t:"changes were followed by big changes.",p:7,x:74,y:764,w:378,h:28},
{t:"“The program worked 100 percent for us because ",p:7,x:112,y:789,w:485,h:28},
{t:"it focuses on the family as a whole and not just one ",p:7,x:74,y:814,w:502,h:28},
{t:"individual,” Lorraine shared. “As parents, we truly ",p:7,x:74,y:839,w:476,h:28},
{t:"wanted to become positive role models for our boys ",p:7,x:74,y:864,w:512,h:28},
{t:"and strived diligently to accomplish that goal.”",p:7,x:74,y:889,w:447,h:28},
{t:"When Xavier arrived at the Farm, his relationship ",p:7,x:112,y:914,w:474,h:28},
{t:"with his mom was disconnected and strained.",p:7,x:74,y:939,w:439,h:28},
{t:"“ As we progressed through mending and re-",p:7,x:112,y:964,w:432,h:28},
{t:"establishing our relationship, Xavier realized that I ",p:7,x:74,y:989,w:487,h:28},
{t:"sincerely wanted to change and work on some traits ",p:7,x:74,y:1014,w:509,h:28},
{t:"in my own character,” refected Lorraine. “That had ",p:7,x:74,y:1039,w:493,h:28},
{t:"a huge impact on him and motivated him to make ",p:7,x:74,y:1064,w:491,h:28},
{t:"changes in his life as well.”",p:7,x:74,y:1089,w:253,h:28},
{t:"Today, they enjoy an open relationship flled with ",p:7,x:112,y:1114,w:478,h:28},
{t:"respect and honest communication, sharing thoughts ",p:7,x:74,y:1139,w:523,h:28},
{t:"and feelings, and truly listening to one another.  ",p:7,x:74,y:1164,w:468,h:28},
{t:"“Our family has a strong foundation now,” ",p:7,x:112,y:1189,w:411,h:28},
{t:"expressed Lorraine. “We talk through issues when they ",p:7,x:74,y:1214,w:533,h:28},
{t:"come up, always include the words ‘I love you,’ and ",p:7,x:74,y:1239,w:498,h:28},
{t:"come to a resolution. There’s no more getting angry ",p:7,x:74,y:1264,w:511,h:28},
{t:"and staying angry.”",p:7,x:74,y:1289,w:185,h:28},
{t:"Xavier describes his Miracle Farm experience as a ",p:7,x:112,y:1314,w:479,h:28},
{t:"once in a lifetime chance that enabled him to change ",p:7,x:74,y:1339,w:518,h:28},
{t:"his life. ",p:7,x:74,y:1364,w:72,h:28},
{t:"“Learning how to ride horses and team rope ",p:7,x:112,y:1390,w:432,h:28},
{t:"taught me discipline and helped challenge my way ",p:7,x:74,y:1415,w:494,h:28},
{t:"of thinking, requiring me to channel my focus on ",p:7,x:74,y:1440,w:477,h:28},
{t:"accomplishing something important in order to meet a ",p:7,x:74,y:1465,w:537,h:28},
{t:"goal,” he recalls. “It gave me a purpose and motivated ",p:7,x:74,y:1490,w:527,h:28},
{t:"me to want to do better.”",p:7,x:74,y:1515,w:243,h:28},
{t:"Now 16 and a dedicated student, Xavier just ",p:7,x:682,y:915,w:432,h:28},
{t:"completed his freshman year of high school, making ",p:7,x:644,y:940,w:511,h:28},
{t:"all A ’s and B’s in his classes as well as running track and ",p:7,x:644,y:965,w:537,h:28},
{t:"competing in several events. He’s enjoying a “different ",p:7,x:644,y:990,w:529,h:28},
{t:"reputation,” hangs out with “good” friends and plans ",p:7,x:644,y:1015,w:515,h:28},
{t:"to work in the family plumbing business this summer. ",p:7,x:644,y:1040,w:520,h:28},
{t:"Xavier and his family are active in their church ",p:7,x:682,y:1065,w:448,h:28},
{t:"and make a priority of regularly attending services ",p:7,x:644,y:1090,w:493,h:28},
{t:"and activities together. They also eat dinner together ",p:7,x:644,y:1115,w:517,h:28},
{t:"and enjoy nice casual conversation around the table, ",p:7,x:644,y:1140,w:513,h:28},
{t:"a family tradition that wasn’t practiced in their home ",p:7,x:644,y:1165,w:512,h:28},
{t:"prior to Xavier coming to the Farm. It was then ",p:7,x:644,y:1190,w:455,h:28},
{t:"that they realized the importance of sharing meals ",p:7,x:644,y:1215,w:493,h:28},
{t:"together and how that interaction leads to increased ",p:7,x:644,y:1240,w:514,h:28},
{t:"communication within the family as well as the value ",p:7,x:644,y:1265,w:513,h:28},
{t:"of that precious family time. ",p:7,x:644,y:1290,w:276,h:28},
{t:"“Through Miracle Farm, God taught us how to be ",p:7,x:682,y:1315,w:480,h:28},
{t:"a family and He has changed us,” Lorraine shared. “For ",p:7,x:644,y:1340,w:531,h:28},
{t:"that, we are truly thankful!”",p:7,x:644,y:1365,w:262,h:28},
{t:"—Courtney Cole",p:7,x:982,y:1390,w:157,h:28},
{t:"A Family in Focus",p:7,x:76,y:100,w:464,h:78},
{t:"Xavier spent a lot of time with his horse, ",p:7,x:699,y:831,w:451,h:33},
{t:"Iceman, while he was at Miracle Farm.",p:7,x:699,y:856,w:423,h:33},
{t:"8 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:8,x:35,y:1573,w:381,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:8,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"STARRY",p:8,x:76,y:33,w:92,h:32},
{t:"A Mother’s Dream",p:8,x:75,y:93,w:475,h:78},
{t:"Is it possible for a mother to love her child too much? ",p:8,x:668,y:147,w:525,h:123},
{t:"For Tonja, answering this question was one of the ",p:8,x:698,y:199,w:468,h:28},
{t:"healthiest things she ever did.",p:8,x:698,y:224,w:276,h:28},
{t:"When she arrived at STARRY a few months ago, Tonja ",p:8,x:705,y:249,w:521,h:28},
{t:"could barely squeeze an explanation about her situation ",p:8,x:668,y:274,w:548,h:28},
{t:"past the lump in her throat and the tears in her eyes. But, ",p:8,x:668,y:299,w:557,h:28},
{t:"she did. She began to tell her story — a vivid story.",p:8,x:668,y:324,w:492,h:28},
{t:"“I had a lot of pain and was not sure how to express ",p:8,x:705,y:349,w:506,h:28},
{t:"and deal with it all,” confesses Tonja.",p:8,x:668,y:374,w:351,h:28},
{t:"Raised in a dysfunctional home, Tonja rarely ",p:8,x:705,y:399,w:430,h:28},
{t:"witnessed healthy family dynamics. Her childhood was ",p:8,x:668,y:424,w:531,h:28},
{t:"riddled with harsh judgment, shame and guilt, outbursts ",p:8,x:668,y:449,w:550,h:28},
{t:"of anger, and injurious doses of ambivalence.",p:8,x:668,y:474,w:435,h:28},
{t:"Now, decades removed from childhood, Tonja was ",p:8,x:705,y:499,w:493,h:28},
{t:"raising a child of her own – 8-year-old Tiahna – in New ",p:8,x:668,y:524,w:533,h:28},
{t:"Mexico.  In a promising relationship, Tonja chose to move ",p:8,x:668,y:549,w:560,h:28},
{t:"to Texas, leaving behind the friends and family she knew.",p:8,x:668,y:574,w:548,h:28},
{t:"Four months later, her ",p:8,x:705,y:599,w:219,h:28},
{t:"boyfriend left her. On their own ",p:8,x:668,y:624,w:311,h:28},
{t:"in a new town, wounded from ",p:8,x:668,y:649,w:295,h:28},
{t:"rejection and loneliness, Tonja ",p:8,x:668,y:674,w:297,h:28},
{t:"and Tiahna only had each other. ",p:8,x:668,y:699,w:314,h:28},
{t:"Mother and daughter ",p:8,x:705,y:724,w:214,h:28},
{t:"became very close – maybe ",p:8,x:668,y:749,w:272,h:28},
{t:"too close. Tonja loves Tiahna ",p:8,x:668,y:774,w:281,h:28},
{t:"intensely and Tonja began ",p:8,x:668,y:799,w:259,h:28},
{t:"clinging to her daughter. She ",p:8,x:668,y:824,w:285,h:28},
{t:"struggled with letting go and ",p:8,x:668,y:849,w:289,h:28},
{t:"allowing her daughter the space ",p:8,x:668,y:874,w:317,h:28},
{t:"and freedom she needed to grow ",p:8,x:668,y:899,w:330,h:28},
{t:"into an independent, emotionally healthy youth.",p:8,x:668,y:924,w:464,h:28},
{t:"“I had a lot of things in my life that were going ",p:8,x:705,y:949,w:455,h:28},
{t:"wrong, but when I realized how they were affecting my ",p:8,x:668,y:974,w:537,h:28},
{t:"daughter, I knew we needed to get help,” Tonja shared.",p:8,x:668,y:999,w:530,h:28},
{t:"It was a hard step for her. Tonja was unsure about ",p:8,x:705,y:1024,w:484,h:28},
{t:"facing the things she would have to deal with in ",p:8,x:668,y:1049,w:466,h:28},
{t:"counseling. As a result, she was a reluctant participant in ",p:8,x:668,y:1074,w:551,h:28},
{t:"the frst meetings with STARRY counselors. But she soon ",p:8,x:668,y:1099,w:548,h:28},
{t:"began to see the effectiveness of loving boundaries that ",p:8,x:668,y:1124,w:550,h:28},
{t:"allowed both closeness and freedom for her and Tiahna.",p:8,x:668,y:1149,w:543,h:28},
{t:"“Going to STARRY helped because I needed an ",p:8,x:705,y:1174,w:457,h:28},
{t:"outside perspective,” Tonja now admits. “I had no other ",p:8,x:668,y:1199,w:541,h:28},
{t:"individual to talk things through with me. I hadn’t ",p:8,x:668,y:1224,w:483,h:28},
{t:"realized how badly I needed to learn to draw the line ",p:8,x:668,y:1249,w:516,h:28},
{t:"with Tiahna between mom and friend.” ",p:8,x:668,y:1274,w:381,h:28},
{t:"Through group classes and individual counseling ",p:8,x:705,y:1299,w:477,h:28},
{t:"sessions, STARRY provided Tonja with practical ways to ",p:8,x:668,y:1324,w:534,h:28},
{t:"communicate with her 8-year-old and Tiahna thrived, ",p:8,x:668,y:1349,w:520,h:28},
{t:"learning that it’s okay to be a kid.",p:8,x:668,y:1374,w:321,h:28},
{t:"Tonja is still on the journey to better emotional ",p:8,x:705,y:1399,w:459,h:28},
{t:"health, but she is miles beyond the starting line and ",p:8,x:668,y:1424,w:506,h:28},
{t:"doing a great job of actively working toward better, ",p:8,x:668,y:1449,w:504,h:28},
{t:"healthier parenting. ",p:8,x:668,y:1474,w:195,h:28},
{t:"—Jessica Schmale",p:8,x:1054,y:1499,w:168,h:28},
{t:"Loving Too Much",p:8,x:667,y:89,w:453,h:78},
{t:"At age 18, most of us felt on top of the world, tasting ",p:8,x:75,y:146,w:552,h:123},
{t:"freedom with endless possibilities. But Mila’s life at ",p:8,x:140,y:198,w:479,h:28},
{t:"18 felt bleak.",p:8,x:140,y:223,w:120,h:28},
{t:"With a year-old baby and no job, ",p:8,x:299,y:248,w:324,h:28},
{t:"housing, family, friends or other ",p:8,x:283,y:273,w:313,h:28},
{t:"support systems, Mila* turned to ",p:8,x:293,y:298,w:322,h:28},
{t:"the only constant she had known ",p:8,x:293,y:323,w:326,h:28},
{t:"in her young life — Foster Care.",p:8,x:293,y:348,w:305,h:28},
{t:"Mila frst went into Foster Care ",p:8,x:329,y:373,w:301,h:28},
{t:"when she was six or seven years ",p:8,x:304,y:398,w:314,h:28},
{t:"old. She was in a stable foster ",p:8,x:320,y:423,w:292,h:28},
{t:"home for about four years, ",p:8,x:324,y:448,w:265,h:28},
{t:"then she and her brother were ",p:8,x:324,y:473,w:300,h:28},
{t:"adopted by a different foster ",p:8,x:324,y:498,w:285,h:28},
{t:"family.",p:8,x:324,y:523,w:62,h:28},
{t:"But her brother had ",p:8,x:349,y:548,w:197,h:28},
{t:"behavioral problems and they were moved. For the ",p:8,x:74,y:573,w:499,h:28},
{t:"next few years, Mila was considered a runaway by Child ",p:8,x:74,y:598,w:540,h:28},
{t:"Protective Services. She bounced from home to home, ",p:8,x:74,y:623,w:532,h:28},
{t:"living with friends until she out-stayed her welcome.",p:8,x:74,y:648,w:503,h:28},
{t:"When she found out she was pregnant, she realized ",p:8,x:112,y:673,w:505,h:28},
{t:"she couldn’t provide a stable home for her child and she ",p:8,x:74,y:698,w:550,h:28},
{t:"requested that she be put back into Foster Care. CPS ",p:8,x:74,y:723,w:514,h:28},
{t:"referred her to the STARRY Emergency Shelter.",p:8,x:74,y:748,w:449,h:28},
{t:"“Foster Care was her only avenue to provide the best ",p:8,x:112,y:773,w:516,h:28},
{t:"life for herself and her baby, Akela,” said Jillian Tappan, ",p:8,x:74,y:798,w:532,h:28},
{t:"STARRY’s Foster Care Program Supervisor. “It will help ",p:8,x:74,y:823,w:524,h:28},
{t:"her face her fears and begin the challenge of providing a ",p:8,x:74,y:848,w:554,h:28},
{t:"future for her child.”  ",p:8,x:74,y:873,w:205,h:28},
{t:"Her STARRY Foster parents are helping her to do just ",p:8,x:112,y:898,w:515,h:28},
{t:"that. For her foster mother, that means passing on things ",p:8,x:74,y:923,w:555,h:28},
{t:"she learned from her own mother.  ",p:8,x:74,y:948,w:341,h:28},
{t:"“ As a teenage mother myself, I was blessed to have ",p:8,x:112,y:973,w:498,h:28},
{t:"an awesome mother as a role model,” says Diane Kling, ",p:8,x:74,y:998,w:538,h:28},
{t:"Mila’s foster mother. “My mother helped build within me ",p:8,x:74,y:1023,w:552,h:28},
{t:"the skills that make me a good and loving mother today. ",p:8,x:74,y:1048,w:551,h:28},
{t:"It is our hope that Mila and Akela will experience family ",p:8,x:74,y:1073,w:539,h:28},
{t:"relationships that will build them up and allow them to ",p:8,x:74,y:1098,w:534,h:28},
{t:"function successfully in our world today.”",p:8,x:74,y:1123,w:394,h:28},
{t:"The foster parents are helping Mila with basics like ",p:8,x:112,y:1148,w:493,h:28},
{t:"working on her resume, opening her frst bank account, ",p:8,x:74,y:1173,w:542,h:28},
{t:"getting a driver’s license and earning her GED, as well as ",p:8,x:74,y:1198,w:548,h:28},
{t:"preparing her for raising a child on her own. ",p:8,x:74,y:1223,w:431,h:28},
{t:"Mila admits she often wonders, “How am I going ",p:8,x:112,y:1248,w:477,h:28},
{t:"to make it?” Then, she looks into her daughter’s smiling ",p:8,x:74,y:1273,w:541,h:28},
{t:"face and remembers that she is her driving force to ",p:8,x:74,y:1298,w:500,h:28},
{t:"succeed. ",p:8,x:74,y:1323,w:88,h:28},
{t:"Mila has already made the diffcult but positive ",p:8,x:112,y:1348,w:459,h:28},
{t:"decision to ask for help. Now with the support of her ",p:8,x:74,y:1373,w:515,h:28},
{t:"foster parents and her own determination to succeed, ",p:8,x:74,y:1398,w:525,h:28},
{t:"she has a clear path to being able to achieve her goals ",p:8,x:74,y:1423,w:530,h:28},
{t:"and accomplish her dreams. ",p:8,x:74,y:1448,w:276,h:28},
{t:"—Stefanie Miller",p:8,x:469,y:1473,w:155,h:28},
{t:"* Name changed for confdentiality",p:8,x:112,y:1498,w:287,h:28},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 9     ",p:9,x:855,y:1572,w:386,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org",p:9,x:57,y:1584,w:282,h:22},
{t:"Gracewood",p:9,x:78,y:31,w:132,h:32},
{t:"Profle in Courage",p:9,x:75,y:88,w:466,h:78},
{t:"Moms at Gracewood often feel like their lives are ",p:9,x:73,y:143,w:518,h:128},
{t:"on rough terrain, always posing a steady series of ",p:9,x:158,y:197,w:457,h:29},
{t:"problems to be overcome. Every accomplishment ",p:9,x:158,y:223,w:452,h:29},
{t:"can be hard-won; every new battle is hard-fought. ",p:9,x:73,y:249,w:464,h:29},
{t:"Sometimes, especially when they decide to continue ",p:9,x:110,y:275,w:495,h:29},
{t:"their education, hills can look like mountains. Many ",p:9,x:73,y:301,w:485,h:29},
{t:"haven’t had much success in school, so every textbook ",p:9,x:73,y:327,w:517,h:29},
{t:"and every test is a challenge. That’s why it’s good to have ",p:9,x:73,y:353,w:540,h:29},
{t:"a guide like Chris Miller.  ",p:9,x:73,y:379,w:233,h:29},
{t:"When Hope, a Gracewood mom, decided to attempt ",p:9,x:110,y:405,w:499,h:29},
{t:"her GED, math was the part of the exam she feared most. ",p:9,x:73,y:431,w:539,h:29},
{t:"Her confdence was shallow, which made her chances ",p:9,x:73,y:458,w:505,h:29},
{t:"of passing even more remote. Gracewood Program ",p:9,x:73,y:484,w:484,h:29},
{t:"Coordinator Kiki Carey sought out someone to help. ",p:9,x:73,y:510,w:494,h:29},
{t:"“When I met Hope her confdence was very low, ” said ",p:9,x:110,y:536,w:504,h:29},
{t:"Chris, a graduate student in applied mathematics at the ",p:9,x:73,y:562,w:526,h:29},
{t:"University of Houston. “She just didn’t believe in herself, ",p:9,x:73,y:588,w:527,h:29},
{t:"and 75 percent of the battle in math is having confdence. ”   ",p:9,x:73,y:614,w:555,h:29},
{t:"Kiki saw an ad for Miller ’s tutoring services on a Web ",p:9,x:113,y:640,w:500,h:29},
{t:"site. She called to ask what he would charge, but after ",p:9,x:73,y:666,w:509,h:29},
{t:"he heard about Gracewood he offered to volunteer his ",p:9,x:73,y:692,w:516,h:29},
{t:"services. ",p:9,x:73,y:718,w:84,h:29},
{t:"“Chris is awesome, ” Kiki said. “He is extremely ",p:9,x:110,y:744,w:429,h:29},
{t:"dedicated and is fexible with the moms’ schedules. He’s ",p:9,x:73,y:770,w:530,h:29},
{t:"patient and very encouraging. ”   ",p:9,x:73,y:796,w:304,h:29},
{t:"Most Friday nights, Miller tutored Gracewood moms ",p:9,x:110,y:822,w:496,h:29},
{t:"and even offered to extend his services to their children. ",p:9,x:73,y:848,w:530,h:29},
{t:"He admires the women in the program for their courage.",p:9,x:73,y:874,w:532,h:29},
{t:"“ Just the fact that these women work all day, take ",p:9,x:110,y:900,w:466,h:29},
{t:"care of their children and still make time to further their ",p:9,x:73,y:926,w:525,h:29},
{t:"education is impressive, ” he said. “It sends a very strong ",p:9,x:73,y:952,w:525,h:29},
{t:"message to their kids that getting a degree is important ",p:9,x:73,y:978,w:529,h:29},
{t:"and requires work. ” ",p:9,x:73,y:1004,w:185,h:29},
{t:"Chris’ own background explains his affnity for the ",p:9,x:110,y:1030,w:472,h:29},
{t:"moms at Gracewood.  ",p:9,x:73,y:1056,w:211,h:29},
{t:"“My mother had a huge impact on ",p:9,x:278,y:1056,w:329,h:29},
{t:"my life and my academic achievements, ” he said. “She ",p:9,x:73,y:1082,w:508,h:29},
{t:"immigrated to the United States in the early 70’s to be ",p:9,x:73,y:1108,w:512,h:29},
{t:"with my father, while leaving the world she knew and her ",p:9,x:73,y:1134,w:537,h:29},
{t:"family in South Korea.   ",p:9,x:73,y:1160,w:221,h:29},
{t:"“ As a teenager, my parents separated and she was ",p:9,x:110,y:1186,w:471,h:29},
{t:"left to raise me and my brother on her own – making just ",p:9,x:73,y:1212,w:541,h:29},
{t:"a little more than minimum wage. However, my mother ",p:9,x:73,y:1239,w:523,h:29},
{t:"did not let this defeat her. I see this same passion and ",p:9,x:73,y:1265,w:507,h:29},
{t:"determination in the women of Gracewood. ”",p:9,x:73,y:1291,w:415,h:29},
{t:"Residents at Gracewood have often been victims ",p:9,x:110,y:1317,w:460,h:29},
{t:"of domestic unrest and are at risk of homelessness. ",p:9,x:73,y:1343,w:483,h:29},
{t:"Gracewood staff work to help them heal from their ",p:9,x:73,y:1369,w:481,h:29},
{t:"wounds and make a new start, encouraging education  ",p:9,x:73,y:1395,w:520,h:29},
{t:"as part of their path to a new life.   ",p:9,x:73,y:1421,w:327,h:29},
{t:"Kiki said many residents struggle with trust issues, ",p:9,x:110,y:1447,w:472,h:29},
{t:"especially with male fgures. Miller ’s involvement with ",p:9,x:73,y:1473,w:506,h:29},
{t:"Gracewood moms is more far-reaching than even  ",p:9,x:73,y:1499,w:474,h:29},
{t:"he realizes.  ",p:9,x:73,y:1525,w:114,h:29},
{t:"“The fact that Chris is doing this out of the goodness ",p:9,x:697,y:767,w:500,h:29},
{t:"of his heart without expecting anything in return is a ",p:9,x:659,y:793,w:496,h:29},
{t:"strong message to send, ” Kiki said. “So many times these ",p:9,x:659,y:819,w:535,h:29},
{t:"women come from a place where their frst question when ",p:9,x:659,y:845,w:552,h:29},
{t:"you try to help them is, ‘What’s in it for you?’ But week ",p:9,x:659,y:871,w:516,h:29},
{t:"after week Chris is here because he wants to be, not for ",p:9,x:659,y:897,w:524,h:29},
{t:"any other reason. He just wants to see them succeed. ”   ",p:9,x:659,y:923,w:520,h:29},
{t:"Hope overcame her fear of math to pass her GED and ",p:9,x:697,y:949,w:507,h:29},
{t:"is now tackling her frst college courses. This spring she ",p:9,x:659,y:975,w:523,h:29},
{t:"was carrying a 90 average in math, an 83 in English and ",p:9,x:659,y:1001,w:524,h:29},
{t:"perfect 100 in sociology. That, said Miller, is something ",p:9,x:659,y:1027,w:516,h:29},
{t:"they can all smile about.  ",p:9,x:659,y:1054,w:237,h:29},
{t:"“It’s not even just the fact that they do well that really ",p:9,x:697,y:1080,w:503,h:29},
{t:"counts, ” he said. “It’s the feeling of success they get from ",p:9,x:659,y:1106,w:534,h:29},
{t:"achieving something they once thought was impossible ",p:9,x:659,y:1132,w:528,h:29},
{t:"that gets me excited. That’s even better than an A. ”   ",p:9,x:659,y:1158,w:491,h:29},
{t:"Although Miller will be graduating soon, he said he ",p:9,x:697,y:1184,w:485,h:29},
{t:"plans to work with Gracewood as long as he remains in ",p:9,x:659,y:1210,w:521,h:29},
{t:"the Houston area. He has already informed Kiki that he is ",p:9,x:659,y:1236,w:539,h:29},
{t:"open to taking on new students.  ",p:9,x:659,y:1262,w:315,h:29},
{t:"Until then, he is going to help his Gracewood pupils ",p:9,x:697,y:1288,w:491,h:29},
{t:"climb their mountains one rock at a time. ",p:9,x:659,y:1314,w:390,h:29},
{t:"“ A tutor isn’t just there for when you are failing, ” Miller ",p:9,x:697,y:1340,w:511,h:29},
{t:"said. “They are there to give you the tools to succeed, ",p:9,x:659,y:1366,w:506,h:29},
{t:"prop you up when you need a boost and cheer you on ",p:9,x:659,y:1392,w:517,h:29},
{t:"when you accomplish your goals. ”  ",p:9,x:659,y:1418,w:328,h:29},
{t:"In a way, it’s a lot like what Gracewood and God do in ",p:9,x:697,y:1444,w:506,h:29},
{t:"the lives of the moms at Gracewood. And Miller, for one, is ",p:9,x:659,y:1470,w:552,h:29},
{t:"very proud to be part of the journey. ",p:9,x:659,y:1496,w:347,h:29},
{t:"—Miranda Bradley",p:9,x:1031,y:1523,w:177,h:28},
{t:"Chris Miller at Gracewood.",p:9,x:787,y:719,w:278,h:30},
{t:"10 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:10,x:35,y:1573,w:395,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:10,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"Against All Odds",p:10,x:69,y:86,w:450,h:78},
{t:"Texas Baptist Children’s Home",p:10,x:76,y:30,w:354,h:32},
{t:"Angela Weber wasn’t born with the deck just ",p:10,x:76,y:157,w:475,h:123},
{t:"stacked against her. It was stacked on top of her, ",p:10,x:142,y:208,w:457,h:28},
{t:"burying her in an avalanche of hopelessness  ",p:10,x:142,y:233,w:427,h:28},
{t:"and despair. ",p:10,x:76,y:258,w:119,h:28},
{t:"Born in Russia, she never knew her father. She lived ",p:10,x:114,y:283,w:499,h:28},
{t:"with her mother and grandfather until her mother died. ",p:10,x:76,y:308,w:540,h:28},
{t:"At the tender age of 6, she was sent to an orphanage.",p:10,x:76,y:333,w:517,h:28},
{t:"The orphanage had few furnishings, bare walls and ",p:10,x:114,y:358,w:497,h:28},
{t:"foors that were like ice when the bitter winters set in. ",p:10,x:76,y:383,w:522,h:28},
{t:"For a girl with no shoes, a cold foor chills to the bone. ",p:10,x:76,y:408,w:529,h:28},
{t:"At age 11, Angela was adopted by an American ",p:10,x:114,y:433,w:463,h:28},
{t:"family, a dream come true for a poverty-stricken child ",p:10,x:76,y:458,w:523,h:28},
{t:"with no hope for the future. She was thrilled.",p:10,x:76,y:483,w:430,h:28},
{t:"But even her enthusiasm couldn’t bridge the barrier ",p:10,x:114,y:508,w:504,h:28},
{t:"between her and her new parents. At one point, they ",p:10,x:76,y:533,w:517,h:28},
{t:"took away all references to Russia, including Russian ",p:10,x:76,y:558,w:509,h:28},
{t:"books and music, as a way of forcing Angela to become ",p:10,x:76,y:583,w:545,h:28},
{t:"Americanized. Angela tried her best to win her new ",p:10,x:76,y:608,w:501,h:28},
{t:"parents’ affections, but nothing she did seemed to ",p:10,x:76,y:633,w:494,h:28},
{t:"please them. ",p:10,x:76,y:658,w:129,h:28},
{t:"“My mom read all these negative stories about ",p:10,x:114,y:683,w:457,h:28},
{t:"children adopted from other countries and they ",p:10,x:76,y:708,w:466,h:28},
{t:"thought I was going to turn out like that,” she said. ",p:10,x:76,y:733,w:495,h:28},
{t:"“They thought I was going to be a bad child.” ",p:10,x:76,y:758,w:441,h:28},
{t:"Her adoptive parents sent Angela to live at Texas ",p:10,x:114,y:783,w:477,h:28},
{t:"Baptist Children’s Home, where she became a Christian. ",p:10,x:76,y:808,w:541,h:28},
{t:"It’s also where she was introduced to her sponsor ",p:10,x:76,y:833,w:483,h:28},
{t:"family, Ryan and Abbie Owens. ",p:10,x:76,y:858,w:303,h:28},
{t:"“The difference in her before and after she became ",p:10,x:114,y:883,w:499,h:28},
{t:"a Christian is like night and day,” said Ryan. “It was like ",p:10,x:76,y:908,w:528,h:28},
{t:"a light came on inside her and she was fnally full of ",p:10,x:76,y:933,w:503,h:28},
{t:"hope.” ",p:10,x:76,y:958,w:67,h:28},
{t:"Even though TBCH staff found Angela to be a ",p:10,x:114,y:983,w:445,h:28},
{t:"compliant, kind girl, her parents felt the environment ",p:10,x:76,y:1008,w:516,h:28},
{t:"was too soft on their daughter. They moved her to a ",p:10,x:76,y:1033,w:509,h:28},
{t:"ranch in Montana for troubled children, where Angela ",p:10,x:76,y:1058,w:526,h:28},
{t:"eventually joined the Job Corps and received her GED. ",p:10,x:76,y:1083,w:528,h:28},
{t:"“When I was at the ranch, I couldn’t call anyone, and ",p:10,x:114,y:1109,w:509,h:28},
{t:"no one could come see me except my parents,” Angela ",p:10,x:76,y:1134,w:536,h:28},
{t:"said. “But they never came, so I was all alone. When I ",p:10,x:76,y:1159,w:515,h:28},
{t:"got out, I called Ryan and Abbie.”",p:10,x:76,y:1184,w:321,h:28},
{t:"The Owens immediately ",p:10,x:370,y:1209,w:238,h:28},
{t:"offered her a place to live ",p:10,x:337,y:1234,w:253,h:28},
{t:"while she fgured out her ",p:10,x:337,y:1259,w:247,h:28},
{t:"future. Now 18, ",p:10,x:433,y:1284,w:154,h:28},
{t:"Angela was free ",p:10,x:447,y:1309,w:159,h:28},
{t:"to make her own ",p:10,x:456,y:1334,w:168,h:28},
{t:"choices and ",p:10,x:458,y:1359,w:119,h:28},
{t:"the Owens ",p:10,x:503,y:1384,w:109,h:28},
{t:"wanted to ",p:10,x:512,y:1409,w:103,h:28},
{t:"give her ",p:10,x:512,y:1434,w:83,h:28},
{t:"a place to ",p:10,x:510,y:1459,w:100,h:28},
{t:"call home.",p:10,x:503,y:1484,w:98,h:28},
{t:"Ryan and Abbie, parents of a baby girl themselves, ",p:10,x:658,y:760,w:494,h:28},
{t:"now “feel like we’re raising an 18-year-old,” said Ryan. ",p:10,x:658,y:785,w:525,h:28},
{t:"“ Angela is like our daughter. She is family to us.”  ",p:10,x:658,y:810,w:474,h:28},
{t:"Angela set her sights on attending Baylor University ",p:10,x:695,y:835,w:508,h:28},
{t:"to study aerospace engineering. Her parents, who she ",p:10,x:658,y:860,w:527,h:28},
{t:"had not seen in nearly three years, protested. ",p:10,x:658,y:885,w:443,h:28},
{t:"“They told me I shouldn’t aim so high,” she said. ",p:10,x:695,y:910,w:468,h:28},
{t:"“They told me I wasn’t smart enough to get into a ",p:10,x:658,y:935,w:486,h:28},
{t:"university and I should try trade school instead.” ",p:10,x:658,y:960,w:471,h:28},
{t:"She prayed about what she should do, knowing ",p:10,x:695,y:985,w:465,h:28},
{t:"being accepted into Baylor was a long shot. Her ",p:10,x:658,y:1010,w:467,h:28},
{t:"prayers were answered when she was accepted for ",p:10,x:658,y:1035,w:495,h:28},
{t:"the Provisional Student Summer Session. This summer, ",p:10,x:658,y:1060,w:532,h:28},
{t:"with some scholarship help from the Children At Heart ",p:10,x:658,y:1085,w:532,h:28},
{t:"Foundation, Angela will start taking two classes at ",p:10,x:658,y:1110,w:488,h:28},
{t:"Baylor to show her ability to maintain a solid grade ",p:10,x:658,y:1135,w:497,h:28},
{t:"point average before beginning as a full-fedged ",p:10,x:658,y:1160,w:474,h:28},
{t:"student in the fall. ",p:10,x:658,y:1185,w:180,h:28},
{t:"Ryan, who is sending a “child” off to college much ",p:10,x:695,y:1210,w:487,h:28},
{t:"sooner than anticipated, said he sees nothing but great ",p:10,x:658,y:1235,w:539,h:28},
{t:"things in Angela’s future. ",p:10,x:658,y:1260,w:245,h:28},
{t:"“God has great plans for her,” he said. “I wouldn’t ",p:10,x:695,y:1285,w:479,h:28},
{t:"be surprised if she went back to Russia after graduation ",p:10,x:658,y:1310,w:542,h:28},
{t:"and became a missionary for a while, like she has talked ",p:10,x:658,y:1335,w:544,h:28},
{t:"about doing. But, whatever it is, she is going to do great ",p:10,x:658,y:1360,w:548,h:28},
{t:"things because of all the things God has helped her ",p:10,x:658,y:1385,w:503,h:28},
{t:"through.” ",p:10,x:658,y:1410,w:96,h:28},
{t:"“If I didn’t go through what I went through,” says ",p:10,x:695,y:1435,w:477,h:28},
{t:"Angela, “then I wouldn’t have met Jesus. I wouldn’t be ",p:10,x:658,y:1460,w:526,h:28},
{t:"where I am today. Going through bad things helps me ",p:10,x:658,y:1485,w:528,h:28},
{t:"appreciate the good things when they happen.” ",p:10,x:658,y:1510,w:466,h:28},
{t:"—Miranda Bradley",p:10,x:1023,y:1535,w:178,h:28},
{t:"Angela with Abbie and Ryan Owens. ",p:10,x:93,y:1514,w:384,h:30},
{t:"Angela Weber in front of the TBCH cotage where she lived.",p:10,x:625,y:722,w:610,h:30},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 11     ",p:11,x:841,y:1572,w:401,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org",p:11,x:57,y:1584,w:282,h:22},
{t:"Texas Baptist Children’s Home",p:11,x:79,y:31,w:353,h:32},
{t:"“I Was Drowning”",p:11,x:79,y:88,w:482,h:78},
{t:"Andrea Garza anticipated things would be diffcult ",p:11,x:82,y:150,w:531,h:123},
{t:"when she and her husband moved with their two ",p:11,x:147,y:202,w:464,h:28},
{t:"children to live with his parents. She expected the ",p:11,x:147,y:227,w:468,h:28},
{t:"challenges of sharing limited space and she knew their ",p:11,x:82,y:252,w:517,h:28},
{t:"fnancial struggles would cause confict, particularly when ",p:11,x:82,y:277,w:547,h:28},
{t:"she became pregnant with their third child. ",p:11,x:82,y:302,w:409,h:28},
{t:"But the last thing Andrea expected was that her ",p:11,x:119,y:326,w:466,h:28},
{t:"husband would ask her to leave — and take their ",p:11,x:82,y:351,w:478,h:28},
{t:"children with her — only eight weeks after her youngest ",p:11,x:82,y:376,w:548,h:28},
{t:"was born.",p:11,x:82,y:399,w:93,h:28},
{t:"That was in November of 2006. Andrea and her ",p:11,x:119,y:423,w:462,h:28},
{t:"children, Adrian, Jade and baby Kelis, were sleeping on ",p:11,x:82,y:447,w:533,h:28},
{t:"the foor of her sister’s apartment because they had ",p:11,x:82,y:471,w:505,h:28},
{t:"nowhere else to go. It was four months before Andrea ",p:11,x:82,y:495,w:528,h:28},
{t:"and the kids were able to fnd a place with a roommate ",p:11,x:82,y:519,w:538,h:28},
{t:"while she worked in Round Rock as a dental assistant. ",p:11,x:82,y:543,w:523,h:28},
{t:"But it wasn’t long before the roommate moved ",p:11,x:119,y:567,w:460,h:28},
{t:"out, leaving Andrea to face $800 in rent and $1,000 in ",p:11,x:82,y:591,w:525,h:28},
{t:"monthly day-care expenses. ",p:11,x:82,y:615,w:275,h:28},
{t:"At her wit’s end, Andrea remembered having ",p:11,x:119,y:639,w:439,h:28},
{t:"heard about the Family Care ministry at Texas Baptist ",p:11,x:82,y:663,w:518,h:28},
{t:"Children’s Home. Too proud to ask for help, as quickly ",p:11,x:82,y:687,w:525,h:28},
{t:"as the thought came to her mind, she dismissed it.",p:11,x:82,y:711,w:487,h:28},
{t:"In order to pay her bills, Andrea was forced to ",p:11,x:119,y:735,w:448,h:28},
{t:"take out loans, one of which was a title car loan. What ",p:11,x:82,y:759,w:525,h:28},
{t:"started out as a $300 loan quickly turned into a $3,000 ",p:11,x:82,y:783,w:533,h:28},
{t:"debt because of escalating interest charges. Eventually ",p:11,x:82,y:807,w:532,h:28},
{t:"her total debt exceeded $10,000. The debt led to ",p:11,x:82,y:831,w:477,h:28},
{t:"feelings of helplessness, which led to depression.",p:11,x:82,y:855,w:473,h:28},
{t:"“I felt like I was drowning,” she shared, “and no one ",p:11,x:119,y:879,w:499,h:28},
{t:"could have saved me.”",p:11,x:82,y:902,w:214,h:28},
{t:"Andrea was no longer able to deny her need for ",p:11,x:119,y:926,w:470,h:28},
{t:"help. She called the Family Care Program.",p:11,x:82,y:950,w:399,h:28},
{t:"“TBCH was exactly what we needed,” Andrea ",p:11,x:119,y:974,w:435,h:28},
{t:"explained. “I applied and things began to move quickly.”",p:11,x:82,y:998,w:542,h:28},
{t:"In September 2008, the Garza family moved into a ",p:11,x:119,y:1022,w:492,h:28},
{t:"Family Care cottage. The kids loved being here. They ",p:11,x:82,y:1046,w:514,h:28},
{t:"enjoyed the stable setting and relationships.",p:11,x:82,y:1070,w:427,h:28},
{t:"Paying off debt came almost immediately for ",p:11,x:119,y:1094,w:441,h:28},
{t:"Andrea. Required to save 30 percent of every paycheck ",p:11,x:82,y:1118,w:537,h:28},
{t:"and work toward digging herself out of her fnancial ",p:11,x:82,y:1142,w:508,h:28},
{t:"hole, she fnally felt relieved. ",p:11,x:82,y:1166,w:279,h:28},
{t:"“TBCH saved me,” Andrea said. “In only six months I ",p:11,x:119,y:1190,w:505,h:28},
{t:"was able to pay off $4,500 in debt and save $2,000.”",p:11,x:82,y:1214,w:501,h:28},
{t:"These fabulous results came from Andrea’s hard ",p:11,x:119,y:1238,w:470,h:28},
{t:"work and determination. Suzanne Wood, her Case ",p:11,x:82,y:1262,w:490,h:28},
{t:"Manager, said, “I can’t make Andrea save money and ",p:11,x:82,y:1286,w:515,h:28},
{t:"work hard. She has done it all on her own. I’m so proud ",p:11,x:82,y:1310,w:539,h:28},
{t:"of her.”",p:11,x:82,y:1334,w:68,h:28},
{t:"In addition to making progress with her fnances,  ",p:11,x:119,y:1358,w:485,h:28},
{t:"Andrea also consistently volunteered her time to ",p:11,x:82,y:1382,w:475,h:28},
{t:"maintain and help her cottage work excellently.",p:11,x:82,y:1406,w:456,h:28},
{t:"Today, Andrea can proudly say that since September ",p:11,x:119,y:1429,w:511,h:28},
{t:"2008 she has paid off all of her $10,000 debt and has ",p:11,x:82,y:1453,w:517,h:28},
{t:"over $3,000 in savings. Her children are thriving in ",p:11,x:82,y:1477,w:489,h:28},
{t:"school activities and with other kids in their cottage  ",p:11,x:82,y:1501,w:511,h:28},
{t:"at TBCH. ",p:11,x:82,y:1525,w:88,h:28},
{t:"Also, Andrea recently was accepted into the Capital ",p:11,x:700,y:979,w:501,h:28},
{t:"IDEA Program. Capital IDEA funds qualifed participants’ ",p:11,x:662,y:1003,w:548,h:28},
{t:"tuition, books and child care and works with them ",p:11,x:662,y:1027,w:489,h:28},
{t:"to fnd employment with good salaries, benefts and ",p:11,x:662,y:1051,w:511,h:28},
{t:"opportunity for career growth.  With this help, Andrea ",p:11,x:662,y:1075,w:529,h:28},
{t:"will receive assistance to pursue her goal of becoming a ",p:11,x:662,y:1099,w:545,h:28},
{t:"dental hygienist.",p:11,x:662,y:1123,w:159,h:28},
{t:"Mothers in care at TBCH are encouraged to set ",p:11,x:700,y:1147,w:459,h:28},
{t:"goals and work hard to reach them. Andrea’s success ",p:11,x:662,y:1171,w:516,h:28},
{t:"through the Family Care Program is an outstanding ",p:11,x:662,y:1195,w:501,h:28},
{t:"result of pursuit of excellence and love for her family.",p:11,x:662,y:1219,w:510,h:28},
{t:"—Jessica Schmale",p:11,x:1043,y:1244,w:162,h:28},
{t:"Andrea Garza with her children, clockwise, Kelis, ",p:11,x:662,y:902,w:514,h:30},
{t:"Adrian and Jade.",p:11,x:662,y:927,w:171,h:30},
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{t:"12 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:12,x:35,y:1573,w:395,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:12,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"Our Family Album",p:12,x:78,y:21,w:491,h:78},
{t:"CAHM President Jerry Bradley visits with ",p:12,x:117,y:133,w:350,h:25},
{t:"long-time supporter Eda Montandon.",p:12,x:117,y:154,w:305,h:25},
{t:"TBCH Executive Director Keith Dyer at ",p:12,x:168,y:869,w:327,h:25},
{t:"Chapel Re-dedication.",p:12,x:168,y:891,w:182,h:25},
{t:"The Chaparral Women’s Club presented grants totaling ",p:12,x:681,y:1367,w:456,h:25},
{t:"$6,300 to TBCH Family Care for general operations and ",p:12,x:681,y:1389,w:455,h:25},
{t:"to STARRY for a new Divorce Care For Kids Program. ",p:12,x:681,y:1410,w:444,h:25},
{t:"Shown are, lef to right, Shanna Kemp of Chaparral, CAHF ",p:12,x:681,y:1432,w:486,h:25},
{t:"Development Ofcer Amanda Keeter, Kristin Stevens of ",p:12,x:681,y:1454,w:464,h:25},
{t:"Chaparral, and CAHF Senior Director of Development ",p:12,x:681,y:1476,w:451,h:25},
{t:"Dawson Clark.",p:12,x:681,y:1498,w:122,h:25},
{t:"STARRY hosted a Foster Care Appreciation picnic for parents and ",p:12,x:105,y:1381,w:542,h:25},
{t:"children at Bledsoe Park in Leander to help celebrate National ",p:12,x:105,y:1403,w:514,h:25},
{t:"Foster Care Month in May. ",p:12,x:105,y:1425,w:223,h:25},
{t:"CAHF Trustee Don Hart ",p:12,x:1021,y:288,w:203,h:25},
{t:"with TBCH founder ",p:12,x:1021,y:310,w:169,h:25},
{t:"Billie Sue Henna.",p:12,x:1021,y:332,w:144,h:25},
{t:"Current resident Michael ",p:12,x:973,y:623,w:217,h:25},
{t:"Gardiner shared why the ",p:12,x:973,y:644,w:215,h:25},
{t:"chapel is important in the ",p:12,x:973,y:666,w:222,h:25},
{t:"lives of campus residents ",p:12,x:973,y:688,w:216,h:25},
{t:"today.",p:12,x:973,y:710,w:50,h:25},
{t:"TBCH Hankamer-Fleming Chapel ",p:12,x:609,y:85,w:506,h:44},
{t:"Re-dedication, April 24, 2009",p:12,x:609,y:123,w:418,h:44},
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{t:"Staf from the TBCH Family Care ministry helped serve ",p:13,x:722,y:413,w:461,h:25},
{t:"food at the Angel House Soup Kitchen in Austin.",p:13,x:722,y:435,w:403,h:25},
{t:"A group from Cypress Creek Community Church in Austin ",p:13,x:165,y:920,w:490,h:25},
{t:"helped the boys from Cotage 8 plant a garden on the ",p:13,x:165,y:942,w:438,h:25},
{t:"TBCH campus.",p:13,x:165,y:964,w:123,h:25},
{t:"The Brenham Rotary Club brought an International Exchange ",p:13,x:149,y:400,w:510,h:25},
{t:"Team of Rotarians from Brazil to Miracle Farm during their ",p:13,x:149,y:422,w:490,h:25},
{t:"month-long Texas tour this April. Photo shows Brazilian guests ",p:13,x:149,y:444,w:523,h:25},
{t:"with Farm staf including: far lef, House Parent David Jones, ",p:13,x:149,y:466,w:505,h:25},
{t:"second from lef, Campus Administrator Jeremy Cole, and third ",p:13,x:149,y:488,w:525,h:25},
{t:"from right, Executive Director Jack Meeker.",p:13,x:149,y:510,w:355,h:25},
{t:"Miracle Farm ",p:13,x:724,y:843,w:113,h:25},
{t:"Executive Director Jack Meeker, ",p:13,x:724,y:865,w:266,h:25},
{t:"lef, with FBC Georgetown Senior Pastor John Duncan, his ",p:13,x:724,y:887,w:484,h:25},
{t:"wife, Judy, and daughter, Jenifer, before the FBC Missions ",p:13,x:724,y:909,w:480,h:25},
{t:"Banquet at which Miracle Farm was featured. ",p:13,x:724,y:930,w:376,h:25},
{t:"The First Baptist Georgetown “Friday Folks” surprised ",p:13,x:685,y:1333,w:454,h:25},
{t:"Miracle Farm with items from the cotage wish list, ranging ",p:13,x:685,y:1355,w:490,h:25},
{t:"from blankets and housewares to new fshing poles. The ",p:13,x:685,y:1376,w:467,h:25},
{t:"presentation was made afer the FBC Missions Banquet ",p:13,x:685,y:1398,w:457,h:25},
{t:"on Friday, May 15. Miracle Farm Executive Director Jack ",p:13,x:685,y:1420,w:463,h:25},
{t:"Meeker, far lef, was the guest speaker at the Banquet and ",p:13,x:685,y:1442,w:477,h:25},
{t:"brought several boys from the Farm.",p:13,x:685,y:1464,w:297,h:25},
{t:"Gracewood Mom Tifany Craig, right, ",p:13,x:185,y:1353,w:313,h:25},
{t:"was a proud recipient of her diploma ",p:13,x:185,y:1375,w:308,h:25},
{t:"afer earning a certifcation as a dental ",p:13,x:185,y:1397,w:315,h:25},
{t:"assistant. She is shown with her ",p:13,x:185,y:1419,w:267,h:25},
{t:"instructor afer graduation ceremonies.",p:13,x:185,y:1441,w:317,h:25},
{t:"Our Family Album",p:13,x:709,y:22,w:491,h:78},
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{t:"A Day in the Country",p:14,x:69,y:89,w:554,h:78},
{t:"Miracle Farm",p:14,x:75,y:32,w:152,h:32},
{t:"An estimated 1,500 visitors enjoyed bluebonnets, ",p:14,x:788,y:181,w:418,h:25},
{t:"bluegrass music and barbecue at the 2009 edition of ",p:14,x:751,y:204,w:437,h:25},
{t:"“A Day in the Country” at Miracle Farm on April 4. ",p:14,x:751,y:227,w:435,h:25},
{t:"A peting zoo, tours and more all added up to ",p:14,x:788,y:250,w:384,h:25},
{t:"a full day of family fun at the annual open house ",p:14,x:751,y:272,w:418,h:25},
{t:"for the residential ministry to teenage boys near ",p:14,x:751,y:295,w:410,h:25},
{t:"Brenham in historic Washington County. ",p:14,x:751,y:318,w:351,h:25},
{t:"Visitors enjoyed tours of the 325-acre campus, ",p:14,x:788,y:341,w:391,h:25},
{t:"a delicious barbecue fnished of with Blue Bell ice ",p:14,x:751,y:364,w:430,h:25},
{t:"cream, the stirring fag presentation by boys on ",p:14,x:751,y:387,w:402,h:25},
{t:"horseback, and a fast-paced roping demonstration in ",p:14,x:751,y:410,w:446,h:25},
{t:"the Miracle Farm arena. ",p:14,x:751,y:433,w:204,h:25},
{t:"Mark your calendars now for next year ’s event, ",p:14,x:788,y:456,w:398,h:25},
{t:"Saturday, April 3, 2010. It will be “A Day in the ",p:14,x:751,y:479,w:399,h:25},
{t:"Country” you will never forget. ",p:14,x:751,y:502,w:271,h:25},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 15     ",p:15,x:841,y:1572,w:401,h:32},
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{t:"Faithful, inspirational and selfess are several of the ",p:15,x:72,y:153,w:523,h:123},
{t:"characteristics that describe veteran volunteer Bruce ",p:15,x:121,y:205,w:494,h:28},
{t:"Cray, whose stepson Eric is a Miracle Farm alumnus. ",p:15,x:121,y:230,w:494,h:28},
{t:"“Bruce has been a great blessing since early on ",p:15,x:110,y:255,w:459,h:28},
{t:"in Eric’s placement in 1998,” expressed Miracle Farm ",p:15,x:72,y:280,w:507,h:28},
{t:"Executive Director Jack Meeker. “He was always quick to ",p:15,x:72,y:305,w:544,h:28},
{t:"lend a helping hand and was an encouragement to the ",p:15,x:72,y:330,w:535,h:28},
{t:"other parents and their boys as well as the staff.”  ",p:15,x:72,y:355,w:481,h:28},
{t:"Fifteen-year-old Eric was on the fast track to ",p:15,x:110,y:380,w:433,h:28},
{t:"disaster when Bruce and Eric’s mother, Maria, found ",p:15,x:72,y:405,w:505,h:28},
{t:"Miracle Farm. ",p:15,x:72,y:430,w:135,h:28},
{t:"“This safe haven ",p:15,x:383,y:980,w:161,h:28},
{t:"provided a much-needed ",p:15,x:291,y:1005,w:251,h:28},
{t:"change of pace and an opportunity for Eric to grow,” ",p:15,x:72,y:1030,w:514,h:28},
{t:"said Bruce. “Here, we were treated like family and ",p:15,x:72,y:1055,w:481,h:28},
{t:"families are encouraged to grow together – it’s not only ",p:15,x:72,y:1080,w:544,h:28},
{t:"the boys who see changes in their lives.”",p:15,x:72,y:1105,w:388,h:28},
{t:"Bruce has the heart of a servant. He is an active ",p:15,x:110,y:1130,w:463,h:28},
{t:"member of his home church, Central Baptist Church ",p:15,x:72,y:1155,w:504,h:28},
{t:"of Houston. He is an avid cyclist as well and rides in ",p:15,x:72,y:1180,w:502,h:28},
{t:"the MS 150 every year benefting families living with ",p:15,x:72,y:1205,w:510,h:28},
{t:"Multiple Sclerosis.",p:15,x:72,y:1230,w:173,h:28},
{t:"He has also served countless hours at “A Day in the ",p:15,x:110,y:1255,w:499,h:28},
{t:"Country,” the Farm’s annual open house. He’s helped ",p:15,x:72,y:1280,w:514,h:28},
{t:"out with everything from covering tables with the early ",p:15,x:72,y:1305,w:538,h:28},
{t:"morning set-up crew to driving trucks and tractors ",p:15,x:72,y:1330,w:494,h:28},
{t:"hauling trailer loads of people all over campus.",p:15,x:72,y:1355,w:451,h:28},
{t:"“Bruce has been dedicated to the program for more ",p:15,x:110,y:1380,w:508,h:28},
{t:"than a decade,” refected Co-Volunteer Coordinator ",p:15,x:72,y:1405,w:503,h:28},
{t:"Cheri Baker. “He is a willing volunteer each year for ‘A ",p:15,x:72,y:1430,w:518,h:28},
{t:"Day in the Country’ and is always ready to do anything ",p:15,x:72,y:1455,w:534,h:28},
{t:"we ask him to do. We truly can’t imagine our volunteer ",p:15,x:72,y:1480,w:533,h:28},
{t:"list without Bruce Cray’s name on it.” ",p:15,x:72,y:1505,w:358,h:28},
{t:"“I believe in the ministry and the mission of the ",p:15,x:691,y:180,w:461,h:28},
{t:"Farm,” Bruce shared. “What the staff does is incredible ",p:15,x:654,y:205,w:529,h:28},
{t:"and it’s not an easy job.”",p:15,x:654,y:230,w:235,h:28},
{t:"Bruce was one of eight kids and grew up on a family ",p:15,x:691,y:255,w:511,h:28},
{t:"farm in Illinois, where everyone pitching in to help ",p:15,x:654,y:280,w:489,h:28},
{t:"others was a way of life. The countryside, horses and ",p:15,x:654,y:305,w:512,h:28},
{t:"tractors at Miracle Farm bring back fond memories.",p:15,x:654,y:330,w:495,h:28},
{t:"“I look forward to coming back to the Farm every ",p:15,x:691,y:355,w:481,h:28},
{t:"year to volunteer and help out however I can,” he said. ",p:15,x:654,y:380,w:531,h:28},
{t:"“It feels a lot like going home for a big family reunion. ",p:15,x:654,y:405,w:526,h:28},
{t:"“It’s been exciting to watch the program grow ",p:15,x:691,y:430,w:448,h:28},
{t:"over the years with ",p:15,x:991,y:455,w:189,h:28},
{t:"Jack and Jeanny ",p:15,x:993,y:480,w:159,h:28},
{t:"Meeker guiding the ",p:15,x:993,y:505,w:195,h:28},
{t:"way,” Bruce added. ",p:15,x:993,y:530,w:187,h:28},
{t:"“There’s no doubt ",p:15,x:993,y:555,w:178,h:28},
{t:"that God has His ",p:15,x:993,y:580,w:166,h:28},
{t:"hands on the growth ",p:15,x:993,y:605,w:208,h:28},
{t:"and movement of ",p:15,x:993,y:630,w:177,h:28},
{t:"Miracle Farm.”",p:15,x:993,y:655,w:136,h:28},
{t:"Eric’s two ",p:15,x:1031,y:680,w:96,h:28},
{t:"years spent at the ",p:15,x:993,y:705,w:177,h:28},
{t:"Farm gave him the ",p:15,x:993,y:730,w:185,h:28},
{t:"opportunity to learn ",p:15,x:993,y:755,w:202,h:28},
{t:"how to ride and ",p:15,x:993,y:780,w:159,h:28},
{t:"team rope, develop ",p:15,x:993,y:805,w:194,h:28},
{t:"a strong work ethic, ",p:15,x:993,y:830,w:196,h:28},
{t:"and to strengthen ",p:15,x:993,y:855,w:180,h:28},
{t:"family relationships. ",p:15,x:993,y:880,w:197,h:28},
{t:"He pushed ",p:15,x:1031,y:905,w:110,h:28},
{t:"himself to work hard ",p:15,x:985,y:930,w:205,h:28},
{t:"and strive for success ",p:15,x:937,y:955,w:211,h:28},
{t:"and his accomplishments ",p:15,x:937,y:980,w:249,h:28},
{t:"became a source of self-",p:15,x:937,y:1005,w:236,h:28},
{t:"confdence that carried him forward.",p:15,x:654,y:1030,w:352,h:28},
{t:"Today, this hardworking 26-year-old spends his days ",p:15,x:691,y:1055,w:512,h:28},
{t:"working with a commercial builder, as well as driving ",p:15,x:654,y:1080,w:513,h:28},
{t:"trucks and hauling loads utilizing his Commercial ",p:15,x:654,y:1105,w:478,h:28},
{t:"Driver’s License. ",p:15,x:654,y:1130,w:159,h:28},
{t:"In addition, Eric is extremely dedicated to his ",p:15,x:691,y:1155,w:438,h:28},
{t:"commitment of volunteering with Houston’s Westlake ",p:15,x:654,y:1180,w:525,h:28},
{t:"Fire Department and enjoys working as a part of that ",p:15,x:654,y:1205,w:518,h:28},
{t:"team. Several years ago, he was named “Firefghter ",p:15,x:654,y:1230,w:497,h:28},
{t:"of the Year.” On the horizon, Eric remains passionate ",p:15,x:654,y:1255,w:509,h:28},
{t:"about his dream of becoming an Emergency Medical ",p:15,x:654,y:1280,w:517,h:28},
{t:"Technician (EMT) and working as a paramedic.",p:15,x:654,y:1305,w:445,h:28},
{t:"—Courtney Cole",p:15,x:1040,y:1330,w:157,h:28},
{t:"A Faithful Homecoming",p:15,x:71,y:88,w:623,h:78},
{t:"Miracle Farm",p:15,x:73,y:31,w:152,h:32},
{t:"Bruce Cray preparing to lead a ",p:15,x:608,y:935,w:314,h:30},
{t:"tour of Miracle Farm at “A Day ",p:15,x:608,y:960,w:318,h:30},
{t:"in the Country”.",p:15,x:608,y:985,w:165,h:30},
{t:"16 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:16,x:35,y:1573,w:395,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:16,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"Keeping Children At Heart",p:16,x:73,y:31,w:309,h:32},
{t:"Golf Marathon",p:16,x:68,y:88,w:384,h:78},
{t:"The 2009 Children At Heart Golf Marathon held on ",p:16,x:721,y:159,w:464,h:27},
{t:"April 20 raised about $175,000 for children and families ",p:16,x:683,y:180,w:500,h:27},
{t:"served at Texas Baptist Children’s Home and other members ",p:16,x:683,y:200,w:546,h:27},
{t:"of our family of ministries.",p:16,x:683,y:221,w:241,h:27},
{t:"Nearly 100 golfers took part in the daylong event at The ",p:16,x:721,y:242,w:502,h:27},
{t:"Golf Club at Star Ranch near Round Rock, with each team of ",p:16,x:683,y:263,w:546,h:27},
{t:"golfers playing 100 holes, starting at dawn and fnishing at ",p:16,x:683,y:284,w:530,h:27},
{t:"dark, taking more than 18,500 strokes in the process.",p:16,x:683,y:305,w:470,h:27},
{t:"A big thanks to our major underwriters, including ",p:16,x:721,y:325,w:456,h:27},
{t:"Henna Chevrolet, Callaway Golf, Round Rock Leader, ",p:16,x:683,y:346,w:488,h:27},
{t:"H-E-B, First Care Health Plans, Farmers ",p:16,x:683,y:367,w:359,h:27},
{t:"Insurance, Sunset Press, Scot & White ",p:16,x:683,y:388,w:350,h:27},
{t:"Healthcare, Kenzie Beech, Regions ",p:16,x:683,y:409,w:315,h:27},
{t:"Bank and Outback Steakhouse, and ",p:16,x:683,y:430,w:323,h:27},
{t:"to the many hole, food and prize ",p:16,x:686,y:450,w:297,h:27},
{t:"sponsors.",p:16,x:686,y:471,w:85,h:27},
{t:"See you next year on April 19!",p:16,x:723,y:492,w:276,h:28},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 17     ",p:17,x:841,y:1572,w:401,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org",p:17,x:57,y:1584,w:282,h:22},
{t:"Gracewood",p:17,x:75,y:33,w:132,h:32},
{t:"The Power of Helping Hands",p:17,x:71,y:88,w:745,h:78},
{t:"Moving into a new home can be a challenge. But ",p:17,x:73,y:140,w:514,h:123},
{t:"most of the time you already have the essentials ",p:17,x:163,y:192,w:436,h:28},
{t:"you need to set up housekeeping because you are ",p:17,x:163,y:217,w:448,h:28},
{t:"moving from your previous home.",p:17,x:73,y:242,w:302,h:28},
{t:"Imagine, however, starting from scratch, in a really ",p:17,x:111,y:267,w:487,h:28},
{t:"big home. Then imagine you’re moving into two homes ",p:17,x:73,y:292,w:540,h:28},
{t:"at once, with ten bedrooms, at least three full kitchens, ",p:17,x:73,y:317,w:531,h:28},
{t:"and you need enough stuff for several different ",p:17,x:73,y:342,w:460,h:28},
{t:"families, including children ranging from infants to ",p:17,x:73,y:367,w:491,h:28},
{t:"toddlers to teenagers.",p:17,x:73,y:392,w:211,h:28},
{t:"That’s the challenge facing Gracewood as it ",p:17,x:111,y:417,w:422,h:28},
{t:"prepares to open its new Elmview campus in the Spring ",p:17,x:73,y:442,w:538,h:28},
{t:"Branch area of Northwest Houston later this summer ",p:17,x:73,y:467,w:513,h:28},
{t:"and a new expansion at the original Wanda Lane ",p:17,x:73,y:492,w:473,h:28},
{t:"campus in Southwest Houston. ",p:17,x:73,y:517,w:303,h:28},
{t:"But one of the things almost anyone does when ",p:17,x:111,y:542,w:466,h:28},
{t:"they are moving – they call on friends to help – has paid ",p:17,x:73,y:567,w:545,h:28},
{t:"off in a big way for the rapidly growing ministry to single ",p:17,x:73,y:592,w:553,h:28},
{t:"mothers and their children.",p:17,x:73,y:617,w:260,h:28},
{t:"“I don’t know what we would have done without so ",p:17,x:111,y:642,w:499,h:28},
{t:"many people stepping up for us,” said Debbie Rippstein, ",p:17,x:73,y:667,w:545,h:28},
{t:"Gracewood’s Executive Director. “Thanks to our friends, ",p:17,x:73,y:692,w:533,h:28},
{t:"what could have been an overwhelming process has ",p:17,x:73,y:717,w:508,h:28},
{t:"become exciting and even fun. ”",p:17,x:73,y:742,w:300,h:28},
{t:"Both the new construction at Elmview and the ",p:17,x:111,y:767,w:448,h:28},
{t:"expansion at Wanda Lane are being led by HomeAid ",p:17,x:73,y:792,w:510,h:28},
{t:"Houston, a nonproft arm of the Greater Houston ",p:17,x:73,y:817,w:477,h:28},
{t:"Builders Association.  That, in turn, led to a number ",p:17,x:73,y:842,w:497,h:28},
{t:"of partnerships with individual homebuilders who are ",p:17,x:73,y:867,w:519,h:28},
{t:"helping furnish the homes and are fnding other creative ",p:17,x:73,y:892,w:548,h:28},
{t:"ways to support Gracewood.",p:17,x:73,y:917,w:274,h:28},
{t:"At Stillwater Village, a quaint planned community ",p:17,x:111,y:942,w:479,h:28},
{t:"of about 90 homes in Cypress, homebuilders Darling ",p:17,x:73,y:967,w:511,h:28},
{t:"Homes and Plantation Homes helped organize a ",p:17,x:73,y:992,w:472,h:28},
{t:"community-wide event on May 30 to collect new or ",p:17,x:73,y:1017,w:502,h:28},
{t:"gently used household goods to furnish the Gracewood ",p:17,x:73,y:1042,w:543,h:28},
{t:"homes.  In addition, a large toy chest was decorated and ",p:17,x:73,y:1067,w:549,h:28},
{t:"flled by residents to be donated to Gracewood. ",p:17,x:73,y:1092,w:464,h:28},
{t:"“We understand how fortunate we are and truly ",p:17,x:111,y:1117,w:465,h:28},
{t:"want to help Gracewood residents rebuild their lives and ",p:17,x:73,y:1142,w:548,h:28},
{t:"protect their children,” said Stillwater resident Suzanne ",p:17,x:73,y:1167,w:527,h:28},
{t:"Lynds. “It’s the life we all want for ourselves and our ",p:17,x:73,y:1192,w:502,h:28},
{t:"children, so helping these families is the least we can do. ”",p:17,x:73,y:1217,w:549,h:28},
{t:"This is in addition to the fact that Darling Homes ",p:17,x:111,y:1242,w:473,h:28},
{t:"is donating a complete kitchen package for the Spring ",p:17,x:73,y:1267,w:527,h:28},
{t:"Branch residence, where MHI, the parent company of ",p:17,x:73,y:1292,w:515,h:28},
{t:"Plantation Homes, is the lead HomeAid builder. The ",p:17,x:73,y:1317,w:501,h:28},
{t:"homebuilders feel a special connection to Gracewood ",p:17,x:73,y:1342,w:522,h:28},
{t:"and all of the challenges the moms face.",p:17,x:73,y:1367,w:387,h:28},
{t:"“It’s personal for me,” said Jacky Elliott, until recently ",p:17,x:111,y:1392,w:506,h:28},
{t:"Darling’s Regional Director of Marketing. “I haven’t ",p:17,x:73,y:1417,w:492,h:28},
{t:"experienced it frsthand, but I know those who have. ",p:17,x:73,y:1442,w:508,h:28},
{t:"Gracewood doesn’t just provide a place for women to ",p:17,x:73,y:1467,w:522,h:28},
{t:"stay with their children. It gives them a chance. And what ",p:17,x:73,y:1492,w:553,h:28},
{t:"a great need there is, especially in the Houston area.  ",p:17,x:648,y:593,w:514,h:28},
{t:"For the families at Stillwater, it’s a way to give back to  ",p:17,x:648,y:618,w:521,h:28},
{t:"the community. ” ",p:17,x:648,y:643,w:161,h:28},
{t:"Gracewood’s long partnership with area churches is ",p:17,x:686,y:668,w:500,h:28},
{t:"also resulting in creative ways to support the ministry. ",p:17,x:648,y:693,w:523,h:28},
{t:"For example, the singles ministry at Tallowood Baptist ",p:17,x:648,y:718,w:521,h:28},
{t:"Church is planning a housewarming shower in August. ",p:17,x:648,y:743,w:528,h:28},
{t:"“Seeing everything people are doing, as businesses, ",p:17,x:686,y:768,w:503,h:28},
{t:"churches and individuals, and the sacrifces they are ",p:17,x:648,y:793,w:502,h:28},
{t:"making, is just so heartwarming,” said Debbie. “It ",p:17,x:648,y:818,w:474,h:28},
{t:"validates our faith that God’s hand is in this ministry. His ",p:17,x:648,y:843,w:544,h:28},
{t:"provision is what the mothers and children need. ” ",p:17,x:648,y:868,w:481,h:28},
{t:"   —Bill Martin",p:17,x:1060,y:893,w:138,h:28},
{t:" Elmview campus under construction.",p:17,x:739,y:549,w:384,h:30},
{t:"Lend A Hand",p:17,x:775,y:975,w:367,h:57},
{t:"Gracewood has established gif registries at ",p:17,x:765,y:1022,w:380,h:29},
{t:"Target, JCPenney and Bed, Bath & Beyond to ",p:17,x:730,y:1046,w:402,h:29},
{t:"make it even easier and more convenient to help ",p:17,x:730,y:1070,w:421,h:29},
{t:"us furnish the new Elmview residence and the ",p:17,x:730,y:1093,w:407,h:29},
{t:"remodeled Wanda Lane residence. All are available ",p:17,x:730,y:1117,w:446,h:29},
{t:"online. Here’s how to fnd them:",p:17,x:730,y:1141,w:280,h:29},
{t:"Target – Visit www.target.com. Click on ",p:17,x:765,y:1165,w:362,h:29},
{t:"the link to “Target Lists” on the top of the page. ",p:17,x:730,y:1188,w:420,h:29},
{t:"On the drop-down menu, click on “Advanced ",p:17,x:730,y:1212,w:403,h:29},
{t:"Search.” Under “Search by Organization,” type in ",p:17,x:730,y:1236,w:449,h:29},
{t:"Gracewood. ",p:17,x:730,y:1260,w:108,h:29},
{t:"JCPenney – Visit www.jcpenney.com. Click on ",p:17,x:765,y:1283,w:418,h:29},
{t:"the “Gifs + Registry” link at the top of the page.  ",p:17,x:730,y:1307,w:435,h:29},
{t:"On the next page, click on the “Special Occasion” ",p:17,x:730,y:1331,w:441,h:29},
{t:"gif registry in the lef navigation bar. In the search ",p:17,x:730,y:1355,w:451,h:29},
{t:"menu on the next page, type in “Gracewood” for ",p:17,x:730,y:1378,w:429,h:29},
{t:"both the frst and last names. ",p:17,x:730,y:1402,w:258,h:29},
{t:"Bed, Bath & Beyond – Visit www.",p:17,x:765,y:1426,w:315,h:29},
{t:"bedbathandbeyond.com. Click on “Bridal and Gif ",p:17,x:730,y:1450,w:440,h:29},
{t:"Registry.” In the “Give A Gif” section, type in ",p:17,x:730,y:1473,w:420,h:29},
{t:"“Gracewood” for both frst and last names.",p:17,x:730,y:1497,w:374,h:29},
{t:"18 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:18,x:35,y:1573,w:395,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:18,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"Texas Baptist Children’s Home",p:18,x:73,y:31,w:354,h:32},
{t:"No Laughing Mater",p:18,x:70,y:85,w:522,h:78},
{t:"STARRY",p:18,x:101,y:158,w:92,h:32},
{t:"Chris Sawey has been in and out of children’s homes ",p:18,x:73,y:150,w:543,h:123},
{t:"since he was in third grade. But it was the last ",p:18,x:131,y:202,w:435,h:28},
{t:"place he landed – Texas Baptist Children’s Home ",p:18,x:131,y:227,w:460,h:28},
{t:"– that introduced him to a relationship with God and a ",p:18,x:73,y:252,w:519,h:28},
{t:"talent that holds the key to his potential.",p:18,x:73,y:277,w:378,h:28},
{t:"“I know God has a special purpose for my life,” says ",p:18,x:111,y:302,w:501,h:28},
{t:"Chris. “He put me in this world for a reason.”",p:18,x:73,y:327,w:427,h:28},
{t:"Trying to fgure out the reason has led him on quite ",p:18,x:111,y:352,w:505,h:28},
{t:"a journey, three times taking him away from TBCH and ",p:18,x:73,y:377,w:532,h:28},
{t:"bringing him back. Along the way there was a short stay ",p:18,x:73,y:402,w:548,h:28},
{t:"at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, several turns ",p:18,x:73,y:427,w:517,h:28},
{t:"waiting tables, stand-up comedy, and the footlights of ",p:18,x:73,y:452,w:529,h:28},
{t:"community theater.",p:18,x:73,y:477,w:188,h:28},
{t:"The swaggering confdence that now seems ",p:18,x:111,y:502,w:429,h:28},
{t:"effortless to Chris took time to evolve. He grew up not ",p:18,x:73,y:527,w:531,h:28},
{t:"knowing his father, but he found one in David Gillian, ",p:18,x:73,y:552,w:518,h:28},
{t:"who with his wife, Sara, were Mom and Pop at TBCH. ",p:18,x:73,y:577,w:514,h:28},
{t:"“They challenged me every day to push myself, to ",p:18,x:111,y:602,w:485,h:28},
{t:"explore my relationship with Him,” Chris said. “Without ",p:18,x:73,y:627,w:534,h:28},
{t:"them, that connection with God never would have been ",p:18,x:73,y:652,w:544,h:28},
{t:"there.”",p:18,x:73,y:677,w:62,h:28},
{t:"After exiting the Campus Life Program at 18, Chris ",p:18,x:111,y:702,w:489,h:28},
{t:"entered the Independent Living Program on the TBCH ",p:18,x:73,y:727,w:528,h:28},
{t:"campus, and then attended Mary Hardin-Baylor for a ",p:18,x:73,y:752,w:518,h:28},
{t:"year. He returned to Independent Living, but felt stifed ",p:18,x:73,y:777,w:538,h:28},
{t:"by the rules on campus.",p:18,x:73,y:802,w:230,h:28},
{t:"“I moved into Austin, got an apartment, bought ",p:18,x:111,y:827,w:466,h:28},
{t:"a fat screen TV,” he said. “I spent tons of money on ",p:18,x:73,y:852,w:501,h:28},
{t:"leather furniture because I was making good money, ",p:18,x:73,y:877,w:514,h:28},
{t:"and I was living it up.”",p:18,x:73,y:902,w:210,h:28},
{t:"When his roommate moved out, Chris was stuck ",p:18,x:111,y:927,w:471,h:28},
{t:"with a $1,000 a month lease and mounting debts. To ",p:18,x:73,y:952,w:513,h:28},
{t:"make matters worse, Chris had trouble keeping his ",p:18,x:73,y:977,w:495,h:28},
{t:"many jobs waiting tables. He lived out of his car for a ",p:18,x:73,y:1002,w:517,h:28},
{t:"while, then pitched a tent above a Round Rock coffee ",p:18,x:73,y:1027,w:521,h:28},
{t:"shop, where he camped out for two weeks.",p:18,x:73,y:1052,w:416,h:28},
{t:"Meanwhile, his friends and family were wondering ",p:18,x:111,y:1077,w:490,h:28},
{t:"what happened to the boy from TBCH with so much ",p:18,x:73,y:1102,w:508,h:28},
{t:"promise. Where was the boy with the amazing acting ",p:18,x:73,y:1127,w:518,h:28},
{t:"talent? Chris was asking himself the same question.",p:18,x:73,y:1152,w:494,h:28},
{t:"“He’s so funny and talented,” Sara Gillian said. “He’s ",p:18,x:111,y:1177,w:502,h:28},
{t:"just this amazing guy who has so much potential. We all ",p:18,x:73,y:1202,w:546,h:28},
{t:"wanted to see him realize all that he could do.”",p:18,x:73,y:1227,w:451,h:28},
{t:"When Chris remembered ",p:18,x:915,y:177,w:248,h:28},
{t:"what made him happiest ",p:18,x:911,y:202,w:244,h:28},
{t:"– being on stage – he ",p:18,x:936,y:227,w:215,h:28},
{t:"took action, starting ",p:18,x:944,y:252,w:201,h:28},
{t:"by attending open ",p:18,x:948,y:277,w:185,h:28},
{t:"mic nights at local ",p:18,x:950,y:302,w:181,h:28},
{t:"establishments. Though ",p:18,x:952,y:327,w:236,h:28},
{t:"stand-up comedy was ",p:18,x:952,y:352,w:219,h:28},
{t:"new to him, he enjoyed ",p:18,x:942,y:377,w:232,h:28},
{t:"the live stage, and ",p:18,x:936,y:402,w:181,h:28},
{t:"eventually landed  ",p:18,x:932,y:427,w:182,h:28},
{t:"paying gigs.",p:18,x:927,y:452,w:116,h:28},
{t:"He approached TBCH ",p:18,x:957,y:477,w:213,h:28},
{t:"Executive Director Keith ",p:18,x:909,y:502,w:235,h:28},
{t:"Dyer about re-entering ",p:18,x:900,y:527,w:229,h:28},
{t:"Independent Living and was ",p:18,x:888,y:552,w:278,h:28},
{t:"given a third opportunity.",p:18,x:861,y:577,w:247,h:28},
{t:"“You never really leave TBCH,” Keith said. “We are ",p:18,x:694,y:602,w:482,h:28},
{t:"here for them as long as they need us, and that means ",p:18,x:656,y:627,w:532,h:28},
{t:"giving more than two or three chances. It means doing ",p:18,x:656,y:652,w:536,h:28},
{t:"whatever it takes to secure a future for these kids.”",p:18,x:656,y:677,w:487,h:28},
{t:"When Chris heard that the Georgetown Palace ",p:18,x:694,y:702,w:453,h:28},
{t:"Theater was holding auditions for Grease, he prepared ",p:18,x:656,y:727,w:531,h:28},
{t:"for three weeks for the audition, writing a monologue ",p:18,x:656,y:752,w:525,h:28},
{t:"and even making a costume for the occasion. He landed ",p:18,x:656,y:777,w:548,h:28},
{t:"the role of Sonny, one of the T-Birds in the play. ",p:18,x:656,y:802,w:464,h:28},
{t:"“I knew it was either going to make me or break ",p:18,x:694,y:827,w:469,h:28},
{t:"me,” he said. “Being on stage is something I love. And I ",p:18,x:656,y:852,w:536,h:28},
{t:"knew that if the play went badly for me, then I may be ",p:18,x:656,y:877,w:527,h:28},
{t:"done with theater. If it went well, then I’d go for it with ",p:18,x:656,y:902,w:530,h:28},
{t:"all my heart.”",p:18,x:656,y:927,w:126,h:28},
{t:"On that frst night, when the lights went up and ",p:18,x:694,y:952,w:464,h:28},
{t:"the crowd roared its frst applause, Chris knew he was ",p:18,x:656,y:977,w:524,h:28},
{t:"home. “Being on stage again, well, it was the happiest ",p:18,x:656,y:1002,w:525,h:28},
{t:"I’ve been in my life,” he beamed. “I knew at that ",p:18,x:656,y:1027,w:465,h:28},
{t:"moment this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my ",p:18,x:656,y:1052,w:544,h:28},
{t:"life.”",p:18,x:656,y:1077,w:40,h:28},
{t:"The afterglow continued after the play closed when ",p:18,x:694,y:1102,w:503,h:28},
{t:"Chris was asked if he would be interested in performing ",p:18,x:656,y:1127,w:544,h:28},
{t:"with a touring cast of Grease. Chris plans to begin the ",p:18,x:656,y:1152,w:523,h:28},
{t:"frst leg of that tour in Dallas this summer.",p:18,x:656,y:1177,w:404,h:28},
{t:"No matter what the future brings, he says, TBCH will ",p:18,x:694,y:1202,w:509,h:28},
{t:"always be family.",p:18,x:656,y:1227,w:161,h:28},
{t:"“When I’m older and more ",p:18,x:923,y:1252,w:262,h:28},
{t:"experienced, I’d love to come ",p:18,x:886,y:1277,w:288,h:28},
{t:"back and be the Director of ",p:18,x:886,y:1302,w:271,h:28},
{t:"Youth and Recreation for TBCH,” ",p:18,x:884,y:1327,w:317,h:28},
{t:"he says. “They have given me so ",p:18,x:884,y:1352,w:316,h:28},
{t:"much I would like to give back to ",p:18,x:884,y:1377,w:324,h:28},
{t:"them.”",p:18,x:884,y:1402,w:62,h:28},
{t:"—Miranda Bradley",p:18,x:1023,y:1427,w:178,h:28},
{t:"Chris Sawey",p:18,x:711,y:542,w:128,h:30},
{t:"Chris with some of his ",p:18,x:891,y:1448,w:237,h:30},
{t:"many TBCH friends afer a ",p:18,x:891,y:1473,w:280,h:30},
{t:"performance of “Grease” at ",p:18,x:891,y:1498,w:284,h:30},
{t:"the Georgetown Palace.",p:18,x:891,y:1523,w:239,h:30},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 19     ",p:19,x:841,y:1572,w:401,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org",p:19,x:57,y:1584,w:282,h:22},
{t:"STARRY",p:19,x:75,y:29,w:91,h:32},
{t:"It seemed like a great mother/daughter project. Creating ",p:19,x:75,y:155,w:523,h:123},
{t:"scrap books known as “life books” for foster children to ",p:19,x:104,y:207,w:481,h:28},
{t:"mark their life journey seemed like a creative way for ",p:19,x:104,y:232,w:468,h:28},
{t:"Becky Rubin and her daughter to spend time together. ",p:19,x:75,y:257,w:476,h:28},
{t:"But just two years after the mother and daughter ",p:19,x:112,y:282,w:443,h:28},
{t:"answered a STARRY newspaper ad for life book volunteers, ",p:19,x:75,y:307,w:529,h:28},
{t:"Becky Rubin is not only helping to make the books, she is ",p:19,x:75,y:332,w:518,h:28},
{t:"part of one – as a Mentor for 12-year-old Darla.   ",p:19,x:75,y:357,w:440,h:28},
{t:"“STARRY contacted me to ask if I would be interested in ",p:19,x:112,y:382,w:501,h:28},
{t:"being a Mentor, ” Becky said. “I said, ‘Of course!’”",p:19,x:75,y:407,w:428,h:28},
{t:"The mother of two grown daughters and a 12-year-old ",p:19,x:112,y:432,w:495,h:28},
{t:"of her own, Becky always had a heart for helping girls in ",p:19,x:75,y:457,w:504,h:28},
{t:"need.",p:19,x:75,y:482,w:49,h:28},
{t:"“I want girls to know they can be whatever they want ",p:19,x:112,y:507,w:478,h:28},
{t:"to be, that they can succeed in whatever goals they set for ",p:19,x:75,y:532,w:525,h:28},
{t:"themselves, no matter what their circumstances, ” Becky said. ",p:19,x:75,y:557,w:542,h:28},
{t:"Becky considers mentoring a positive way to impact ",p:19,x:112,y:582,w:469,h:28},
{t:"youth. And in Darla*, her STARRY Mentee, she found a girl in ",p:19,x:75,y:607,w:545,h:28},
{t:"need of more than a little encouragement. ",p:19,x:75,y:632,w:384,h:28},
{t:"Severely abused and neglected, she had been removed ",p:19,x:112,y:657,w:499,h:28},
{t:"from her home along with her fve brothers and sisters. ",p:19,x:75,y:682,w:497,h:28},
{t:"Separated into different foster homes, the brothers and ",p:19,x:75,y:707,w:500,h:28},
{t:"sisters were no longer a readily available source of strength ",p:19,x:75,y:732,w:533,h:28},
{t:"for Darla, said her foster mother, Deborah.  ",p:19,x:75,y:757,w:387,h:28},
{t:"“She was missing that connection, and I knew she ",p:19,x:112,y:782,w:449,h:28},
{t:"needed someone to be a role model, ” Deborah said.",p:19,x:75,y:807,w:465,h:28},
{t:"So, when Becky became involved, Deborah was all for it.",p:19,x:112,y:832,w:500,h:28},
{t:"“ Any way she can have support, I’m on board, ” she said. ",p:19,x:112,y:857,w:499,h:28},
{t:"While Becky limits her visits to mainly school lunches, it’s ",p:19,x:112,y:882,w:510,h:28},
{t:"the conversations they have that seem to mean the most to ",p:19,x:75,y:907,w:538,h:28},
{t:"Darla.",p:19,x:75,y:932,w:51,h:28},
{t:"“We talk about school and my friends, ” Darla said. “That ",p:19,x:112,y:957,w:502,h:28},
{t:"makes me happy. ”   ",p:19,x:75,y:982,w:177,h:28},
{t:"It is obvious that the relationship is an ",p:19,x:247,y:982,w:345,h:28},
{t:"important one to the youngster.  ",p:19,x:75,y:1007,w:297,h:28},
{t:"“The other day her Mentor came to have lunch with her ",p:19,x:112,y:1032,w:503,h:28},
{t:"at school and brought her a little gift, ” said Deborah. “She ",p:19,x:75,y:1057,w:520,h:28},
{t:"was so excited and now she wears it on her backpack every ",p:19,x:75,y:1082,w:534,h:28},
{t:"day. So I know that it means a lot. ” ",p:19,x:75,y:1107,w:311,h:28},
{t:"STARRY’s Mentoring Program is a partnership with the ",p:19,x:112,y:1132,w:490,h:28},
{t:"Round Rock Independent School District, which received ",p:19,x:75,y:1157,w:509,h:28},
{t:"funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The goal ",p:19,x:75,y:1182,w:516,h:28},
{t:"is to help reduce dropout rates by giving children positive ",p:19,x:75,y:1207,w:521,h:28},
{t:"adult infuences in their lives. ",p:19,x:75,y:1232,w:263,h:28},
{t:"Most importantly, being a Mentor isn’t about the ",p:19,x:112,y:1257,w:443,h:28},
{t:"quantity of time spent with a child as much as the quality ",p:19,x:75,y:1282,w:516,h:28},
{t:"of that relationship. Mentors are required to meet with their ",p:19,x:75,y:1307,w:539,h:28},
{t:"child at least once a week for a year and must meet criteria ",p:19,x:75,y:1332,w:531,h:28},
{t:"for eligibility, which includes being at least age 21, having ",p:19,x:75,y:1357,w:518,h:28},
{t:"reliable transportation, and passing a background check.",p:19,x:75,y:1382,w:506,h:28},
{t:"Children involved in the program must be enrolled in ",p:19,x:112,y:1407,w:479,h:28},
{t:"school, attending fourth through eighth grades, and must ",p:19,x:75,y:1432,w:522,h:28},
{t:"obtain parental consent, among other requirements.",p:19,x:75,y:1457,w:467,h:28},
{t:"“Mentoring is important because it gives Mentees someone ",p:19,x:656,y:632,w:540,h:28},
{t:"to talk to, to be themselves without pressure, ” said Erin Mills, ",p:19,x:656,y:657,w:544,h:28},
{t:"STARRY Mentor Program Coordinator. “It also gives Mentors ",p:19,x:656,y:682,w:543,h:28},
{t:"a chance to make a fundamental difference in a child’s life, ",p:19,x:656,y:707,w:526,h:28},
{t:"which is what STARRY is all about. ” ",p:19,x:656,y:732,w:312,h:28},
{t:"Having a stable and loving foster home, coupled with ",p:19,x:693,y:757,w:483,h:28},
{t:"a caring Mentor, has had a positive impact on Darla. Once ",p:19,x:656,y:782,w:522,h:28},
{t:"struggling in school, she is now an honor roll student ",p:19,x:656,y:807,w:480,h:28},
{t:"earning A",p:19,x:656,y:832,w:86,h:28},
{t:"’ s and B’s. She loves her science class and hopes to ",p:19,x:740,y:832,w:456,h:28},
{t:"either be a singer or a frefghter when she grows up.",p:19,x:656,y:857,w:473,h:28},
{t:"“Darla is a joy, ” said Becky. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed our ",p:19,x:693,y:882,w:498,h:28},
{t:"time together, and I know she has a bright future. ”  ",p:19,x:656,y:907,w:457,h:28},
{t:"Just recently, Darla was made available for adoption. She ",p:19,x:693,y:932,w:511,h:28},
{t:"doesn’t yet know if she will be reunited with her siblings or ",p:19,x:656,y:957,w:530,h:28},
{t:"if they will fnd themselves in different adoptive homes. And ",p:19,x:656,y:982,w:541,h:28},
{t:"that, Deborah said, is the diffcult part. But now that she has ",p:19,x:656,y:1007,w:540,h:28},
{t:"someone to talk to, she hopes Darla will have an easier time ",p:19,x:656,y:1032,w:541,h:28},
{t:"coping with the transition.",p:19,x:656,y:1057,w:234,h:28},
{t:"“I’m very happy I have someone who cares about me, ” ",p:19,x:693,y:1082,w:489,h:28},
{t:"Darla said. “It makes me feel good that I can talk to her ",p:19,x:656,y:1107,w:496,h:28},
{t:"about whatever I want whenever I want. ” ",p:19,x:656,y:1132,w:367,h:28},
{t:"For more information about STARRY’s Mentor ",p:19,x:693,y:1156,w:438,h:28},
{t:"Program, call Erin Mills at (512) 246-4259 or email ",p:19,x:656,y:1181,w:491,h:28},
{t:"her at erin.mills@starryonline.org. To view eligibility ",p:19,x:656,y:1206,w:508,h:28},
{t:"requirements for children or adults, or to download a ",p:19,x:656,y:1231,w:510,h:28},
{t:"mentor application, visit www.starryonline.org and click ",p:19,x:656,y:1256,w:542,h:28},
{t:"on the link to Mentoring.  ",p:19,x:656,y:1281,w:247,h:28},
{t:"—Miranda Bradley",p:19,x:1031,y:1307,w:168,h:28},
{t:"* Name changed to protect confdentiality ",p:19,x:656,y:1332,w:321,h:28},
{t:"The Best Medicine",p:19,x:74,y:89,w:478,h:78},
{t:"20 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:20,x:35,y:1573,w:395,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:20,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"Valerie was at the end of her rope. ",p:20,x:73,y:152,w:377,h:123},
{t:"A drug addict and an alcoholic, she ",p:20,x:135,y:204,w:336,h:28},
{t:"had no job, no apartment, no hope ",p:20,x:135,y:229,w:334,h:28},
{t:"for the future. And she was pregnant. The ",p:20,x:73,y:254,w:395,h:28},
{t:"women at her church, members of The ",p:20,x:73,y:279,w:368,h:28},
{t:"Daughter’s of the King support group, ",p:20,x:73,y:304,w:361,h:28},
{t:"joined together and helped her for several ",p:20,x:73,y:329,w:398,h:28},
{t:"months until there was an opening at ",p:20,x:73,y:354,w:358,h:28},
{t:"Gracewood. After she arrived at Gracewood ",p:20,x:73,y:379,w:414,h:28},
{t:"in 2003, Valerie’s life changed. It’s been ",p:20,x:73,y:404,w:376,h:28},
{t:"a remarkable journey, one that continues ",p:20,x:73,y:429,w:390,h:28},
{t:"today. Her story is best told in her own ",p:20,x:73,y:454,w:368,h:28},
{t:"words.",p:20,x:73,y:479,w:60,h:28},
{t:"When I think of all I’ve been through, ",p:20,x:110,y:504,w:364,h:28},
{t:"it is like looking back on someone else’s ",p:20,x:73,y:529,w:391,h:28},
{t:"life. ",p:20,x:73,y:554,w:39,h:28},
{t:"Without the foundation that I ",p:20,x:110,y:579,w:290,h:28},
{t:"received at Gracewood, I would never ",p:20,x:73,y:604,w:369,h:28},
{t:"have been able to face what came after ",p:20,x:73,y:629,w:386,h:28},
{t:"I left. Gracewood gave me a spiritual ",p:20,x:73,y:654,w:358,h:28},
{t:"foundation. Did you know that you are ",p:20,x:73,y:679,w:379,h:28},
{t:"sowers of His seed? I learned that there ",p:20,x:73,y:704,w:386,h:28},
{t:"is rest in the arms of Christ, that there is ",p:20,x:73,y:729,w:390,h:28},
{t:"peace. I am forever a Gracewood Girl. ",p:20,x:73,y:754,w:367,h:28},
{t:"Before Gracewood, I would take my kids ",p:20,x:110,y:779,w:393,h:28},
{t:"to wash our hair at McDonald’s because they had hand ",p:20,x:73,y:804,w:536,h:28},
{t:"dryers we could use to dry our hair. At one place I lived, ",p:20,x:73,y:829,w:542,h:28},
{t:"there were fve women in one small apartment. It was so ",p:20,x:73,y:854,w:550,h:28},
{t:"hard because one snores, one wants the window open, ",p:20,x:73,y:879,w:536,h:28},
{t:"another one is complaining that someone ate her Twinkie. ",p:20,x:73,y:904,w:565,h:28},
{t:"Gracewood was not like that at all. It was a home ",p:20,x:110,y:929,w:476,h:28},
{t:"where I felt the love of the staff and I knew that they ",p:20,x:73,y:954,w:512,h:28},
{t:"truly cared about me. Having a safe place to go where I ",p:20,x:73,y:979,w:541,h:28},
{t:"could be restored meant more than I can say. It is a very ",p:20,x:73,y:1004,w:547,h:28},
{t:"pastoral setting. There was a place to meditate by the ",p:20,x:73,y:1029,w:524,h:28},
{t:"cross in the back and pray. You just don’t expect that ",p:20,x:73,y:1054,w:515,h:28},
{t:"when you are homeless. I feel privileged that I got to live ",p:20,x:73,y:1079,w:554,h:28},
{t:"at Gracewood. It was a wonderful thing to have a place to ",p:20,x:73,y:1104,w:562,h:28},
{t:"go, to be able to rest, not be afraid, and not have to worry ",p:20,x:73,y:1129,w:568,h:28},
{t:"about where I would sleep. ",p:20,x:73,y:1154,w:266,h:28},
{t:"Gracewood was the start of a new life for me. ",p:20,x:110,y:1179,w:443,h:28},
{t:"When I left, I had a job, was back in school and had ",p:20,x:73,y:1204,w:501,h:28},
{t:"my own apartment for the frst time. Gracewood paid ",p:20,x:73,y:1229,w:521,h:28},
{t:"my deposit and frst month’s rent. All we had were our ",p:20,x:73,y:1254,w:530,h:28},
{t:"clothes and some things the Daughters of the King gave ",p:20,x:73,y:1279,w:549,h:28},
{t:"me. Eventually, I got a job at a law offce. I am the only ",p:20,x:73,y:1304,w:530,h:28},
{t:"employee, so I do the bookkeeping and the administrative ",p:20,x:73,y:1329,w:569,h:28},
{t:"work. My boss and his wife are like my family.",p:20,x:73,y:1354,w:438,h:28},
{t:"What I learned at Gracewood is that we are to love ",p:20,x:711,y:780,w:495,h:28},
{t:"one another as God loves us. That means we have to love ",p:20,x:674,y:805,w:559,h:28},
{t:"people as they are and not try to fx or change them. That ",p:20,x:674,y:830,w:564,h:28},
{t:"is not our job, it is God’s. ",p:20,x:674,y:855,w:244,h:28},
{t:"When I was at Gracewood, I would never have ",p:20,x:711,y:880,w:450,h:28},
{t:"dreamed that I would one day be able to take a trip ",p:20,x:674,y:905,w:503,h:28},
{t:"to San Diego to see my son graduate from boot camp ",p:20,x:674,y:930,w:528,h:28},
{t:"and receive his frst medal as a U.S. Marine, or pay for a ",p:20,x:674,y:955,w:540,h:28},
{t:"wedding dress and wedding for him and his new bride all ",p:20,x:674,y:980,w:559,h:28},
{t:"on my own. ",p:20,x:674,y:1005,w:118,h:28},
{t:"All through these years, God would not let go of ",p:20,x:711,y:1030,w:472,h:28},
{t:"me, even though I was fghting Him all the way. I keep a ",p:20,x:674,y:1055,w:543,h:28},
{t:"picture of my son’s wedding on my desk to remind me of ",p:20,x:674,y:1080,w:558,h:28},
{t:"how far we have come and that God really does restore ",p:20,x:674,y:1105,w:540,h:28},
{t:"what the locusts have eaten. ",p:20,x:674,y:1130,w:279,h:28},
{t:"Gracewood changed my life forever. When I think of ",p:20,x:711,y:1155,w:508,h:28},
{t:"Gracewood, I think of the verse, ‘Come to me all you who ",p:20,x:674,y:1180,w:557,h:28},
{t:"are heavy laden and I will give you rest.’ ",p:20,x:674,y:1205,w:390,h:28},
{t:"It is hard to believe all the awful things we have been ",p:20,x:711,y:1230,w:518,h:28},
{t:"through and where we are today. Gracewood was the ",p:20,x:674,y:1255,w:521,h:28},
{t:"beginning of a new life. It took a long time and has not ",p:20,x:674,y:1280,w:537,h:28},
{t:"been easy. Now I try to pass on the help that I got and ",p:20,x:674,y:1305,w:532,h:28},
{t:"encourage others by my testimony.",p:20,x:674,y:1330,w:340,h:28},
{t:"Gracewood",p:20,x:76,y:33,w:132,h:32},
{t:"God Doesn’t Let Go",p:20,x:73,y:85,w:509,h:78},
{t:"Valerie, center, with her children, from lef Remy, Courtney, Quentin, ",p:20,x:548,y:723,w:644,h:30},
{t:"Raleigh, and his bride, Danielle.",p:20,x:548,y:748,w:299,h:30},
{t:"Save The Date!",p:20,x:149,y:1389,w:328,h:67},
{t:"September  ",p:20,x:204,y:1466,w:239,h:61},
{t:"24 & 25",p:20,x:239,y:1514,w:148,h:61},
{t:"3rd Annual ",p:20,x:850,y:1404,w:173,h:47},
{t:"Families At Heart  Conference",p:20,x:697,y:1433,w:471,h:47},
{t:"Watch for details at www.tbch.org",p:20,x:744,y:1499,w:376,h:33},
{t:"or call Jeanete Eck (512) 255-3682.",p:20,x:745,y:1528,w:375,h:33},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 21     ",p:21,x:841,y:1572,w:401,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org",p:21,x:57,y:1584,w:282,h:22},
{t:"Gracewood",p:21,x:59,y:33,w:132,h:32},
{t:"O.S.T. Baptist Church is small Houston congregation ",p:21,x:52,y:150,w:548,h:123},
{t:"that has made a big impact on several generations ",p:21,x:123,y:202,w:482,h:28},
{t:"of children, including many at Texas Baptist ",p:21,x:123,y:227,w:415,h:28},
{t:"Children’s Home.  For Pastor Mike Martin, it ’s a  ",p:21,x:52,y:252,w:454,h:28},
{t:"family tradition.",p:21,x:52,y:277,w:149,h:28},
{t:"O.S.T. stands for Old Spanish Trail and from the ",p:21,x:90,y:302,w:459,h:28},
{t:"time the picturesque little church in Northwest Houston ",p:21,x:52,y:327,w:545,h:28},
{t:"was established in 1939, it was a haven for little ones, ",p:21,x:52,y:352,w:519,h:28},
{t:"especially through its Vacation Bible School program.",p:21,x:52,y:377,w:514,h:28},
{t:" “VBS was always a big ministry at the church,” said ",p:21,x:90,y:402,w:497,h:28},
{t:"Pastor Mike. “Children came from all over the area to ",p:21,x:52,y:427,w:515,h:28},
{t:"attend each year.”",p:21,x:52,y:452,w:172,h:28},
{t:"Mike was born in 1958, just a few blocks from the ",p:21,x:90,y:477,w:483,h:28},
{t:"church where his father was a member. In 1968, at the ",p:21,x:52,y:502,w:527,h:28},
{t:"conclusion of VBS, Mike walked down the aisle and gave ",p:21,x:52,y:527,w:548,h:28},
{t:"his heart to the Lord.  In 1978, he walked down the aisle ",p:21,x:52,y:552,w:544,h:28},
{t:"again, this time with his bride, Pam. ",p:21,x:52,y:577,w:347,h:28},
{t:"“I don’t know why, but after awhile I realized all ",p:21,x:90,y:602,w:462,h:28},
{t:"the most important things in my life seemed like they ",p:21,x:52,y:627,w:522,h:28},
{t:"happened on the 8’s,” said Mike.  ",p:21,x:52,y:652,w:324,h:28},
{t:"In 1988, he walked the aisle and was ordained as a ",p:21,x:90,y:677,w:492,h:28},
{t:"deacon. In 1998, he was asked to be the pastor and he ",p:21,x:52,y:702,w:531,h:28},
{t:"made the walk down the aisle again. In 2008, he walked ",p:21,x:52,y:727,w:542,h:28},
{t:"down the aisle for the last service in the little church.",p:21,x:52,y:752,w:508,h:28},
{t:"“That was a little sad,” he said. “It was hard to close ",p:21,x:90,y:777,w:498,h:28},
{t:"the doors after so many years, but the community had ",p:21,x:52,y:802,w:533,h:28},
{t:"transitioned from a neighborhood full of families with ",p:21,x:52,y:827,w:525,h:28},
{t:"small children to an industrial district and I knew that ",p:21,x:52,y:852,w:517,h:28},
{t:"more good could be done by selling the church than by ",p:21,x:52,y:877,w:544,h:28},
{t:"keeping the doors open for the few remaining members.” ",p:21,x:52,y:902,w:562,h:28},
{t:"During its 69-year history, the church stood out ",p:21,x:90,y:927,w:464,h:28},
{t:"because of its ministry to children.",p:21,x:52,y:952,w:331,h:28},
{t:" “There was never a time in ",p:21,x:305,y:977,w:266,h:28},
{t:"the history of the church that it ",p:21,x:267,y:1002,w:306,h:28},
{t:"did not have a heart for children,” ",p:21,x:267,y:1027,w:330,h:28},
{t:"Mike said. “Through the years, the ",p:21,x:267,y:1052,w:335,h:28},
{t:"priorities of any church will change. ",p:21,x:267,y:1077,w:346,h:28},
{t:"Different pastors come and go, ",p:21,x:267,y:1102,w:307,h:28},
{t:"people move, giving changes. But ",p:21,x:267,y:1127,w:332,h:28},
{t:"not at O.S.T.  We always had a heart ",p:21,x:267,y:1152,w:350,h:28},
{t:"for children.”  ",p:21,x:267,y:1177,w:134,h:28},
{t:"The driving force was the ferce ",p:21,x:305,y:1202,w:308,h:28},
{t:"dedication of one woman, Sara ",p:21,x:267,y:1227,w:306,h:28},
{t:"Francis, Mike explained. ",p:21,x:267,y:1252,w:233,h:28},
{t:"“When a new pastor would ",p:21,x:305,y:1277,w:267,h:28},
{t:"come in, he sometimes wanted to ",p:21,x:265,y:1302,w:332,h:28},
{t:"change the mission emphasis, but ",p:21,x:265,y:1327,w:333,h:28},
{t:"Sara Francis always held her ground. ",p:21,x:265,y:1352,w:356,h:28},
{t:"She just insisted and it was hard to ",p:21,x:265,y:1377,w:341,h:28},
{t:"say no,” Mike recalled fondly.   ",p:21,x:265,y:1402,w:298,h:28},
{t:"Year after year, with Miss Sara’s ",p:21,x:303,y:1427,w:306,h:28},
{t:"encouragement, the church faithfully collected spare ",p:21,x:52,y:1452,w:513,h:28},
{t:"change and sent it to Texas Baptist Children’s Home in ",p:21,x:52,y:1477,w:529,h:28},
{t:"Round Rock. The theme through the years was always ",p:21,x:653,y:177,w:526,h:28},
{t:"“Children Helping Children.”  The change added up in a ",p:21,x:653,y:202,w:538,h:28},
{t:"big way. The church made gifts to TBCH and Children At ",p:21,x:653,y:227,w:546,h:28},
{t:"Heart Ministries totaling almost $68,000.",p:21,x:653,y:252,w:392,h:28},
{t:"Even with the church closing, children will continue to ",p:21,x:691,y:277,w:522,h:28},
{t:"be helped. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the ",p:21,x:653,y:302,w:560,h:28},
{t:"church and property will be used to operate new homes ",p:21,x:653,y:327,w:549,h:28},
{t:"for single mothers and their children in Houston that are ",p:21,x:653,y:352,w:551,h:28},
{t:"being built at Children At Heart Ministries’ Gracewood ",p:21,x:653,y:377,w:529,h:28},
{t:"campus in Spring Branch. ",p:21,x:653,y:402,w:250,h:28},
{t:"And so, just as Sara Francis would have insisted, the ",p:21,x:691,y:427,w:503,h:28},
{t:"legacy of a little church on the Old Spanish Trail will ",p:21,x:653,y:452,w:503,h:28},
{t:"continue to be serving children.",p:21,x:653,y:477,w:305,h:28},
{t:"The Litle Church That Could",p:21,x:49,y:86,w:760,h:78},
{t:"Sara Francis, shown ",p:21,x:50,y:1284,w:189,h:30},
{t:"with her late husband, ",p:21,x:50,y:1309,w:212,h:30},
{t:"TC, was the driving ",p:21,x:50,y:1334,w:188,h:30},
{t:"forces behind O.S.T.’s ",p:21,x:50,y:1359,w:204,h:30},
{t:"commitment to ",p:21,x:50,y:1384,w:145,h:30},
{t:"children.",p:21,x:50,y:1409,w:83,h:30},
{t:"Top photo, Pastor Mike Martin with his wife, Pam, and ",p:21,x:673,y:1323,w:514,h:30},
{t:"daughter, Megan. Above, the congregation at O.S.T. in ",p:21,x:673,y:1348,w:503,h:30},
{t:"front of the church following the fnal services.",p:21,x:673,y:1373,w:435,h:30},
{t:"22 Children At Heart Ministries | Summer 2009",p:22,x:35,y:1573,w:395,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org ",p:22,x:939,y:1585,w:287,h:22},
{t:"Children At Heart Foundation",p:22,x:75,y:32,w:347,h:32},
{t:"Making An Unforgetable Impression",p:22,x:69,y:83,w:967,h:78},
{t:"Support for Children At Heart Ministries is a family ",p:22,x:71,y:133,w:524,h:123},
{t:"hand-me-down for Nedra Maddox. It started about ",p:22,x:123,y:185,w:486,h:28},
{t:"fve decades ago when her parents helped place two ",p:22,x:123,y:210,w:495,h:28},
{t:"young boys whose parents had separated at Texas Baptist ",p:22,x:71,y:235,w:547,h:28},
{t:"Children’s Home. It continued during her 53-year marriage ",p:22,x:71,y:260,w:558,h:28},
{t:"to Bob Maddox.",p:22,x:71,y:285,w:146,h:28},
{t:"Nedra grew up in San Angelo – “it was hot, dry and ",p:22,x:108,y:310,w:489,h:28},
{t:"dusty, but I loved it,” she says – and has lived for the ",p:22,x:71,y:335,w:494,h:28},
{t:"past several years in Cleburne. Before that, she and her ",p:22,x:71,y:360,w:522,h:28},
{t:"husband had a farm near Stephenville, where they grew ",p:22,x:71,y:385,w:530,h:28},
{t:"peanuts until doctors said it was time for Bob to retire. He ",p:22,x:71,y:410,w:548,h:28},
{t:"passed away seven years ago, but Nedra’s faithful fnancial ",p:22,x:71,y:435,w:559,h:28},
{t:"support and continued prayers for children at STARRY and ",p:22,x:71,y:460,w:552,h:28},
{t:"TBCH have never wavered. ",p:22,x:71,y:485,w:257,h:28},
{t:"Don Cramer, VP/COO of Children At Heart ",p:22,x:108,y:510,w:408,h:28},
{t:"Foundation, said, “So many of our most faithful donors ",p:22,x:71,y:535,w:519,h:28},
{t:"are those, like Nedra, who have witnessed or experienced ",p:22,x:71,y:560,w:540,h:28},
{t:"the unconditional love and Christian infuence of our ",p:22,x:71,y:585,w:500,h:28},
{t:"ministries. We thank God for Nedra and her late husband, ",p:22,x:71,y:610,w:550,h:28},
{t:"Bob, for their generous investments in the lives of children ",p:22,x:71,y:635,w:549,h:28},
{t:"in need.”",p:22,x:71,y:660,w:81,h:28},
{t:"How were you introduced to Children At Heart ",p:22,x:71,y:701,w:490,h:28},
{t:"Ministries?",p:22,x:71,y:726,w:111,h:28},
{t:"My mother and dad considered it a tragedy, the way ",p:22,x:108,y:752,w:512,h:28},
{t:"it happened. A father who was kin to my dad separated ",p:22,x:71,y:777,w:541,h:28},
{t:"from his wife. They had two boys who were young, in ",p:22,x:71,y:802,w:520,h:28},
{t:"grade school, and they really didn’t have much of a ",p:22,x:71,y:827,w:498,h:28},
{t:"home.  My dad had noticed something in church or ",p:22,x:71,y:852,w:502,h:28},
{t:"had talked to a pastor about these two boys and he ",p:22,x:71,y:877,w:506,h:28},
{t:"suggested the Children’s Home. It was wonderful to get ",p:22,x:71,y:902,w:543,h:28},
{t:"those boys in there. They needed direction and a home ",p:22,x:71,y:927,w:540,h:28},
{t:"so badly and it helped them get started on the right ",p:22,x:71,y:952,w:510,h:28},
{t:"track. That left an impression I’ll never forget.",p:22,x:71,y:977,w:437,h:28},
{t:"Why have you continued to be involved?",p:22,x:71,y:1026,w:419,h:28},
{t:"We visited the campus several years after the boys ",p:22,x:108,y:1052,w:493,h:28},
{t:"went there and every time we went back it always just ",p:22,x:71,y:1077,w:525,h:28},
{t:"took my heart away. STARRY is a wonderful ministry and ",p:22,x:71,y:1102,w:549,h:28},
{t:"the Foster Care Program is so important. And the house ",p:22,x:71,y:1127,w:546,h:28},
{t:"parents and foster parents are worth a million dollars ",p:22,x:71,y:1152,w:519,h:28},
{t:"because of what they do for the children. ",p:22,x:71,y:1177,w:402,h:28},
{t:"What is it that inspires you to stay involved?",p:22,x:649,y:651,w:457,h:28},
{t:"The work you are doing with the children. They get ",p:22,x:687,y:677,w:497,h:28},
{t:"the attention they need and they get started off on ",p:22,x:649,y:702,w:501,h:28},
{t:"the right track. They are taught Christian principles and ",p:22,x:649,y:727,w:537,h:28},
{t:"they learn the basics of being good Christians. They are ",p:22,x:649,y:752,w:541,h:28},
{t:"taught the Bible and they get cared for by people who ",p:22,x:649,y:777,w:532,h:28},
{t:"really love kids. ",p:22,x:649,y:802,w:153,h:28},
{t:"What would you tell someone who might wonder ",p:22,x:649,y:851,w:518,h:28},
{t:"why they should give to Children At Heart?",p:22,x:649,y:876,w:445,h:28},
{t:"Fifty years ago it made a place for those two boys ",p:22,x:687,y:902,w:488,h:28},
{t:"who needed a home so badly. They found direction and ",p:22,x:649,y:927,w:546,h:28},
{t:"they found Christ. That same work is continuing today.  ",p:22,x:649,y:952,w:537,h:28},
{t:"Anything like that anyone should want to support. I just ",p:22,x:649,y:977,w:543,h:28},
{t:"think y’all are doing an excellent job. ",p:22,x:649,y:1002,w:357,h:28},
{t:"—Bill Martin",p:22,x:1081,y:1027,w:121,h:28},
{t:"Houston Endowment, a philanthropic foundation established by  ",p:22,x:53,y:1280,w:517,h:31},
{t:"Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones in 1937, has awarded a $100,000 ",p:22,x:53,y:1305,w:535,h:31},
{t:"grant to help Gracewood build another residence for single mothers ",p:22,x:53,y:1330,w:548,h:31},
{t:"and children.",p:22,x:53,y:1355,w:103,h:31},
{t:"The grant means the Children At Heart Foundation has almost ",p:22,x:90,y:1380,w:506,h:31},
{t:"fully funded a $275,000 challenge grant from the Leroy and Merle Weir ",p:22,x:53,y:1405,w:574,h:31},
{t:"Charitable Trust for construction of a second residence on the new ",p:22,x:53,y:1430,w:541,h:31},
{t:"Gracewood campus in the Spring Branch area of Northwest Houston ",p:22,x:53,y:1455,w:559,h:31},
{t:"(see page 17). Earlier important support included a $60,000 in-kind ",p:22,x:53,y:1480,w:545,h:31},
{t:"gift from HomeAid Houston, a $52,000 gift from an anonymous donor ",p:22,x:53,y:1505,w:563,h:31},
{t:"in honor of his mother, and the generosity of many individual donors.",p:22,x:53,y:1530,w:550,h:31},
{t:"“We are grateful to Houston ",p:22,x:647,y:1284,w:228,h:31},
{t:"Endowment for realizing the enormous ",p:22,x:647,y:1309,w:316,h:31},
{t:"impact that Gracewood’s ministry to single mothers and children can ",p:22,x:647,y:1334,w:555,h:31},
{t:"have on the quality of life in the Houston community,” said Debbie ",p:22,x:647,y:1359,w:531,h:31},
{t:"Rippstein, Gracewood Executive Director. “The impact of this grant will ",p:22,x:647,y:1384,w:572,h:31},
{t:"be felt for generations. ”",p:22,x:647,y:1409,w:185,h:31},
{t:"For more information about the grant, visit www.gracewood.org. ",p:22,x:676,y:1459,w:516,h:31},
{t:"For more information about the Houston Endowment, visit ",p:22,x:700,y:1484,w:469,h:31},
{t:"www.houstonendowment.org.",p:22,x:813,y:1509,w:239,h:31},
{t:"Houston Endowment Supports Gracewood",p:22,x:156,y:1213,w:716,h:47},
{t:"Summer 2009 | Children At Heart Ministries 23     ",p:23,x:841,y:1572,w:401,h:32},
{t:"www.childrenatheartministries.org",p:23,x:57,y:1584,w:282,h:22},
{t:"There is a time for everything ",p:23,x:306,y:150,w:326,h:123},
{t:"and a season for every ",p:23,x:361,y:202,w:217,h:28},
{t:"activity under heaven…”   ",p:23,x:361,y:227,w:243,h:28},
{t:"~Ecclesiastes 3  ",p:23,x:448,y:252,w:150,h:28},
{t:"I have been through tough ",p:23,x:340,y:277,w:265,h:28},
{t:"economic times before and ",p:23,x:310,y:302,w:270,h:28},
{t:"have always found God to be ",p:23,x:338,y:327,w:287,h:28},
{t:"faithful. That has been true in ",p:23,x:340,y:352,w:289,h:28},
{t:"my personal family as well as ",p:23,x:340,y:377,w:286,h:28},
{t:"my Children At Heart family.  ",p:23,x:342,y:402,w:283,h:28},
{t:"Some of our donors ",p:23,x:379,y:427,w:199,h:28},
{t:"are experiencing decreased ",p:23,x:342,y:452,w:271,h:28},
{t:"income due to the down market and economy and have ",p:23,x:75,y:477,w:547,h:28},
{t:"been forced to reduce their fnancial support. But God ",p:23,x:75,y:502,w:529,h:28},
{t:"knew this economic downturn would come and made ",p:23,x:75,y:527,w:524,h:28},
{t:"provision for this need years ago. In His wisdom and ",p:23,x:75,y:552,w:511,h:28},
{t:"grace, God led several donors to include our ministries in ",p:23,x:75,y:577,w:557,h:28},
{t:"their wills or to invest in a charitable trust or annuity.  ",p:23,x:75,y:602,w:519,h:28},
{t:"Austin Roberts of Brenham loved the Miracle Farm ",p:23,x:113,y:627,w:493,h:28},
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{t:"horse program. So he included Miracle Farm in his will ",p:23,x:75,y:677,w:529,h:28},
{t:"and designated the bequest for the horse program. After ",p:23,x:75,y:702,w:557,h:28},
{t:"he died last fall, the settlement of his estate this spring ",p:23,x:75,y:727,w:534,h:28},
{t:"was very timely in keeping the horse program going. The ",p:23,x:75,y:752,w:557,h:28},
{t:"positive difference the horses make in the lives of boys is ",p:23,x:75,y:777,w:556,h:28},
{t:"phenomenal. We will always be grateful for the friendship ",p:23,x:75,y:802,w:562,h:28},
{t:"and generosity of Austin Roberts.",p:23,x:75,y:827,w:324,h:28},
{t:"In addition to the normal effects of an economic ",p:23,x:113,y:852,w:474,h:28},
{t:"downturn, Texas Baptist Children’s Home recently lost ",p:23,x:75,y:877,w:523,h:28},
{t:"one of its most generous foundation donors. Then ",p:23,x:75,y:902,w:494,h:28},
{t:"another example of God’s faithfulness came when Clarice ",p:23,x:75,y:927,w:558,h:28},
{t:"Kinser Turner of Hico passed away last fall. A generous ",p:23,x:75,y:952,w:531,h:28},
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{t:"very timely in helping to make up for this loss of funding ",p:23,x:75,y:1002,w:553,h:28},
{t:"and meet the daily needs of the children in our care.",p:23,x:75,y:1027,w:504,h:28},
{t:"Joe Henry and Sudie Mae Thompson of Plains ",p:23,x:713,y:177,w:449,h:28},
{t:"also named our ministries in their will many years ago. ",p:23,x:676,y:202,w:529,h:28},
{t:"Following both of their deaths, we received a generous ",p:23,x:676,y:227,w:536,h:28},
{t:"bequest this spring. After talking to Sudie Mae’s brother, ",p:23,x:676,y:252,w:551,h:28},
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{t:"the decision was made to use the funds to help with ",p:23,x:676,y:302,w:509,h:28},
{t:"expanding the Gracewood program in Houston. The ",p:23,x:676,y:327,w:510,h:28},
{t:"Thompsons made a wonderful investment that will make ",p:23,x:676,y:352,w:553,h:28},
{t:"an eternal difference in the lives of children and families ",p:23,x:676,y:377,w:546,h:28},
{t:"in crisis.  ",p:23,x:676,y:402,w:87,h:28},
{t:"These are just three of the many examples of how ",p:23,x:713,y:427,w:486,h:28},
{t:"God has led people to make provisions in their estate ",p:23,x:676,y:452,w:522,h:28},
{t:"plans to minister to children and families in crisis at some ",p:23,x:676,y:477,w:558,h:28},
{t:"time in the future. My wife and I have done that and we ",p:23,x:676,y:502,w:542,h:28},
{t:"encourage others to do the same. CAHF has established ",p:23,x:676,y:527,w:547,h:28},
{t:"a special Legacy League for those who provide for our ",p:23,x:676,y:552,w:529,h:28},
{t:"ministries in estate plans. You can fnd out more by ",p:23,x:676,y:577,w:499,h:28},
{t:"visiting www.cahfoundation.org and clicking on the ",p:23,x:676,y:602,w:501,h:28},
{t:"Legacy League link.   ",p:23,x:676,y:627,w:206,h:28},
{t:"We thank God for His faithful provision through His ",p:23,x:713,y:652,w:502,h:28},
{t:"people to provide help, hope and healing to children and ",p:23,x:676,y:677,w:559,h:28},
{t:"families in crisis.  We thank our donors for their eternal ",p:23,x:676,y:702,w:534,h:28},
{t:"investment in the lives of children. ",p:23,x:676,y:727,w:335,h:28},
{t:"Will you consider including Children At Heart in your ",p:23,x:713,y:752,w:504,h:28},
{t:"estate plan?",p:23,x:676,y:777,w:111,h:28},
{t:"Can we assist you with your estate plan? ",p:23,x:713,y:802,w:385,h:28},
{t:"Please know that I am available at no cost to assist ",p:23,x:713,y:827,w:493,h:28},
{t:"you and your attorney by recommending estate planning ",p:23,x:676,y:852,w:559,h:28},
{t:"strategies that meet your goals and the needs of your ",p:23,x:676,y:877,w:524,h:28},
{t:"intended benefciaries.  Please call me at (512) 246-4225 ",p:23,x:676,y:902,w:546,h:28},
{t:"or email me at don.cramer@cahgift.org.  ",p:23,x:676,y:927,w:398,h:28},
{t:"         ",p:23,x:676,y:952,w:54,h:28},
{t:"Don Cramer, a Certifed Financial Planner and a ",p:23,x:724,y:952,w:459,h:28},
{t:"Certifed Fund Raising Executive, is Vice President/COO of ",p:23,x:676,y:977,w:549,h:28},
{t:"the Children At Heart Foundation.",p:23,x:676,y:1002,w:319,h:28},
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{t:"fxed income for life, regardless of how the stock market ",p:23,x:715,y:1132,w:477,h:27},
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{t:"depending on your age at the time the annuity is created. ",p:23,x:715,y:1182,w:476,h:27},
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