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"Closing The Gap :5 Things You Might Not Know About Missionaries "

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My Mighty Friend & YFC Sister Twila Erb wrote this and it is so worth sharing!  Even though I am in Canada with YFC, I never want to forget that I am a part of what YFC/YU is doing around the globe!  Twila is a mighty voice on the foreign field so with her permission I post this...read & enjoy! Twila with some of the beautiful faces she loves! Vision Statement Foundational Statements Organizational Structure Accessibility Feedback Who we are Our Purpose Trip Application Form Programs » Student Trips Specialized Trips Custom Trips International Interns International Volunteer Program Training Resources Afro-Dash Careers YFC Canada YFC International   Intern Blogs » Twila’s Blog "Going oversees to serve, or even devoting your life to “full time ministry” right at home, it is something few people understand except those who have walked the same path.  Short term missions tend to give people a chance to change and b

"So Do You Have a Mom?"

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"So Do You have a Mom?"  A question I have never been asked, but yesterday it happened!  This beautiful life that I do shows me every day the things I take for granted.  I see girls and guys every day who have never been held, loved and sung to by their Mom.  Instead, they've been abandoned, taken by CFS, treated as trash or always feeling like their Mom is the child and they are the adult in the house.  Kids whose Mom's have died, or never listen well and compare them to other more "cooperative" children!  My heart aches...my heart wants to understand, but I don't!  I don't understand that with every "Happy Mother's Day" post on facebook or ever picture of a mom and her child on instagram that it is like a knife that cuts them right in their heart!  I don't understand what it's like not having your Mom let you lick a beater as you bake with her...or to just sit and chat with her over a cup of tea. I don't understand what