We did it! We survived a trip across the Atlantic with a 12-month old in tow. I cannot overemphasize how grateful we are for the prayers that surrounded us on this journey. Every single person on the planet is aware of how easily kids get sick, and I truly believe that nothing short of divine intervention kept all three of us perfectly healthy through 32 hours of flying and five days in Ghana.

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Dear Friends-

We hope that this letter finds you well and enjoying the last few days of 2018. Eight Oaks has had another wonderful year, and we appreciate this opportunity to reflect before we ring in 2019. We have so much to be grateful for! 

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This month we are celebrating 5 years of freedom for our little chicks…and we’ve decided that it’s time to share the full story of our trip to get the first five. I have my journals and some notes I took, emails I sent in the thick of it, and a rough timeline I put together in the weeks following, but I’ve never sat down and written it out chronologically. It took many days and I was bowled over again and again as I remembered how God moved in those five days.

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