Together Called–big day, big day

Last spring, about 10 women gathered to talk about how a need could be met. These women, all adoptive mothers, knew first hand that there are unique challenges adoptive families face, challenges that can bring couples to their knees. We asked how we could encourage these parents in and around the Philadelphia area, offer them training, support, and community as they press on to answer God’s call in their lives.

And, Together Called was born.

I remember the night I came home from that get together when we stayed so long at a cafe that they had to kick us out. I shared the idea of a marriage retreat for adoptive parents with him and told him I thought it fit perfectly with what we were already doing. It took a little bit of convincing that night. But, since then, we’ve had confirmation after confirmation that this is how we should be serving.

On February 22nd-24th, 2013, up to 50 couples are going to gather in Lancaster County, PA at the Inn at Leola Village. We’ll hear from Nate and Sara Hagerty, faithful servants and adoptive parents of 4 children from Uganda and Ethiopia, who will be flying in from far away to bless us. We’ll have a couple opportunities to hear from a few other speakers with expertise in navigating the challenges in adoptive families–Mark and I will be sharing about connecting with your children and your spouse as you correct your children.

Since last spring, we have worked hard to share the vision and get folks on board with it because we wanted to surprise these couples with some red carpet treatment but keep the cost as absolutely low as possible. And, you know what? It wasn’t a hard sell.

Here are some of the folks who have made an investment in this retreat so that we can invest in adoptive families fully.

The support of these folks and a few others not shown has been overwhelming. We are so pumped. 

Last night, before we finally turned out the lights, Mark said to me simply, “I’m so glad we decided to do this retreat.”

Registration opens at 11:59pm tonight (or as close to at that moment as we can get). Praying that I can say tomorrow that the confirmation has continued.