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Easter At Home (FREE Resource for Your Family)

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For the first time in a century, the majority of our country is quarantining at home and we are experiencing a new normal daily.

We are now looking at the reality of spending Easter Sunday at home with our families instead of at church. It feels surreal to even type that, but what better time to talk about the miracle resurrection power of Jesus with our families than at home?

At Mercy House Global, we want to help you prepare for exactly that with our FREE digital Easter at Home Bundle available today. We’ve included some fun ideas for you to use things around the house to experience a memorable Easter with your family.

Some of our artisans in Kenya make handmade felt eggs that are not only re-useable year after year, they also provided many months of work for marginalized women. We hope our bundle provides creative ideas for you to use them in a variety of ways.

Along with this FREE digital Easter at Home Bundle, these incredible felt eggs are 40% off today, along with the rest of the Easter Collection on sale. While we’ve had to close our brick and mortar stores, our online store is still shipping daily.

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During such an unprecedented time, I urge you to talk with your family about what a pandemic means for people in third world and developing countries.

Take a moment and have a conversation with them about what self-quarantining might look like for a family of six living in a crowded slum this Easter in a home the size of your bathroom. What does “working from home” look like for people who make less than a $1 a day and don’t have the Internet or even running water? Around the world, people are crying out that hunger will kill them before a virus does. Let’s join together on Easter, have fun and make memories with our family and also pause to pray for those who are living a very different normal.

Thank you for supporting the work of Mercy House Global to empower women globally in Jesus’ Name.

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We Are In This Together- An Appeal From Kenya

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I was sitting in my hammock chair this week, in the middle of the day, desperate for some fresh air. I hit play on an audio message from Maureen, my precious friend, and the Director of our maternity homes in Kenya. Tears fell down my cheeks as I listened to her appeal and powerful explanation of how the global crisis is affecting Kenya and other developing and third world countries. For ten years, we have worked to empower and sustain marginalized women. Millions of people live in the ... Read More

A FREE Gratitude Bundle To Help You Get Through The Next 24 Days ($100 Value)

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A few years ago, I wrote a book called Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World. I wrote it as a result of my normal daily life radically changing by the world's normal. My global perspective was permanently altered and that changed everything, including my parenting. Maybe you are feeling like your normal has radically changed in the past week. I know mine has. I think we all can agree the future feels pretty uncertain right now. It's likely that we are all experiencing some form of ... Read More

Ep. 25 | When Parenting Is Your Mountain

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I recorded this episode before the world was hit by an unprecedented pandemic, but I think with all our kids home for the foreseeable future, the timing is perfect. Click below to listen to my latest podcast episode. Excerpt: “Mom, you’ve been talking a lot about climbing mountains lately. You’re writing a whole book about it. Maybe you should actually climb one?” Everyone laughed at my youngest's challenge, including me—nervously. Let’s just say I’m not the athlete in the family. I ... Read More

The Most Important Thing We Can Do In a Global Crisis

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"Mom, are you crying?" We were sitting on the couch together as a family, still in our pajamas, tuning in for a Sunday morning church service online. The worship music started and so did the tears. At first I tried to cry incognito, but let's face it, I'm an ugly crier. When my daughter asked the question, everyone in the room looked at me and I just shrugged. What could I say? It's been a heck of a week and every day feels like a year. These are strange days, aren't they? ... Read More

Mercy House Global Exists Because 13 Year Old Mothers Do

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I don't want to live in a world where little girls become mothers.  I don't want to think about how Margaret and Elizabeth got pregnant. I don't want to see their cramped homes with dirt floors and the mat on the floor that serves as a bed for six people. I don't want to hear how Lillian was passed around in her village like garbage. I don't want to imagine the horrors she endured without a chance at education or a right to dignity. I have watched the video footage below of her rescue. ... Read More

Let’s Be Second Mountain People

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I feel as if many of my dreams have led to some of the biggest disasters in my life. One thing I know with certainty is that dreams and disasters make room for the divine. I don’t know what kind of mountain you are facing today—an enormous dream, an impossible disaster, or maybe a dose of both. But I do know that our motivation for wanting the mountains moved matters. If we want God to do the impossible so that he will be glorified, we are standing on ground that can be moved. We also ... Read More

My Top 5 ( with a Big Giveaway!)

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Thank you for purchasing Made to Move Mountains > writing and launching a book is a ton of work. It's like nine months of labor times two to birth this new little book into the world and wait for people to say it's worthy. I may never do it again. Giveaway| Win a trip to Ruidoso, New Mexico--a $600 value. Enter here by leaving a comment. Today is the last day to get the audio version of the book FREE when you order. Submit proof of purchase here. Mercy House Global {Waves of Mercy} ... Read More