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One Day Can Change Everything

May 9, 2022 by Kristen

I listened intently to her story.

In a lot of ways, it mirrored my own–the startup, the striving, the struggle, the surrender.

It seemed like she was miles ahead of me in her business success and ministry scope, so her words inspired me to stay focused on the path, and maybe one day I would achieve the same.

But then her story took a turn as she vulnerably shared details I couldn’t have known from the outside–the debt, the disasters, the decline.

Bankruptcy. 

This word snapped me back into her present telling because I definitely didn’t want that part of the story.

And then she said it–the phrase I can’t stop whispering to myself: One day can change everything. 

She said literally, overnight, with one giant unexpected, open door, it all disappeared: the debt and the decline. One day changed everything.

Tears formed as I silently repeated her words that filled me with hope.

I believe God can do anything with anyone, anywhere. He is unlimited and all-powerful. He doesn’t need us to do anything, but He graciously invites us to be a part so that we can see His glory.

As I turned the hope over and around in my mind for days, I clung to the encouragement personally. It’s been a challenging season as a leader of a non-profit in this post-pandemic, broken-supply chain world, now experiencing an economic downturn. I felt like I needed to believe that in a moment, every financial burden could end.

And it can. I believe it because I believe in God. But even if it doesn’t, I keep working to be faithful in the daily ups and downs.

Then the thought hit me hard: God spoke those words through my friend –not necessarily as a personal promise of a windfall that would conclude the endless fundraising and struggle–but as a reminder to me and proclamation for the marginalized women waiting on rescue: One day can change their everything.

The hopeless, oppressed pregnant teen girls enduring a daily hell, crying out for relief in their suffering, are hoping that one day something will change everything.

This is why She is Priceless exists. It’s an opportunity to stop in the middle of an ordinary Tuesday and remember the countless women around the world who need one day to change everything.

In God’s gentleness, He showed me that a day that changes everything for me, improves my life, but a day changed for oppressed, pregnant teens in Kenya saves two lives.

And guess what? They are connected because our generosity can provide for their physical rescue and eventually expose them to a spiritual rescue.

One Resurrection day changed everything. Because He lives we can face tomorrow.

AND TOMORROW IS THE DAY THAT CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING!

When you give to She Is Priceless on Tuesday, May10th–it will fund the rescue of six of the most precious teens in Kenya; provide for their babies births and several years of care for all of them. It will allow us to empower and employ widows as artisans and respond to the astounding global refugee crisis.

Your gift will change someone’s day. And the best news is that releasing what’s in your hand will change you.

When a new girl comes home to the sisterhood of second chances in Kenya, it’s a celebration like you’ve never witnessed. The dancing and screaming, the joy. You can feel it in your bones. Once it subsides, there’s a beautiful table set and  feast is shared. Girls have come home.

You’re invited to the table; there’s a seat waiting for you.

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

May 3, 2022 by Kristen

There are rocks in my garden. Most people take rocks out, but I put rocks in and around each of my raised beds.  They do more than serve as a pathway for my wandering feet. They hold space. The other day I was tenderly walking on the path barefoot. I stepped on a raised rock that immediately made me stop and reach for it as it was uncomfortable underfoot. I held the smooth stone in my hand and stood there, thinking about the song lyrics that had been rolling around in my head for a ... Read More

6 Comments Filed Under: Faith

Trust the Process

April 24, 2022 by Kristen

I’ve been having night terrors or nocturnal panic attacks for the past 6 weeks. I fall asleep and wake an hour or two later in confused fear. It’s like my body and mind are out of sync and sometimes it feels like I’m trying to reach the surface from the bottom of the ocean and I run out of breath before I reach the top. Other times it feels like I’m trapped or falling. These nighttime panic attacks are a real blast. When my body catches up to my brain, my eyes pop open and I fly out of bed— ... Read More

28 Comments Filed Under: Faith

An Invitation to Grow

March 22, 2022 by Kristen

2020: When the floor beneath us figuratively disappeared two years ago with the onset of the pandemic, we fought hard to continue the empowering work of Mercy House Global around the globe. 2021: When the floor, walls, and the entire structure of our Transition Maternity Home in Kenya was destroyed in a fire in January 2021, Mercy House Global lost 1/3 of our assets and we begged God to turn beauty out of ashes. 2022: When the floor literally collapsed beneath us two weeks ago in our USA ... Read More

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The Day The Floor Gave Way

March 13, 2022 by Kristen

Sometimes you fall down, because there is something down there that you are supposed to find. -Anonymous   When the floor beneath us figuratively and collectively disappeared two years ago, I spent most of my time just trying to stay afloat, afoot, around. I feel like I've been crawling around on the floor in the dark--hands out reaching in the unseen and unknown, feeling, not finding.  Months have turned to years, waiting, wondering, worrying, wishing for a normal that has been ... Read More

9 Comments Filed Under: My Life

Uninvovled Parenting: How Not To Be an Uninvolved Parent

February 15, 2022 by Kristen

Uninvovled Parenting

I've discovered the secret to raising, happy, grateful and successful kids.. Lean in and I'll tell you...It doesn't exist. Every home and every kid is different. That's one of the things that makes family life so amazing and challenging--we are all unique! There are no two famlies exactly alike. What works for one, might not work for the other. We are all doing the best we can. But I'm all ears when I hear what works for someone else because you never know–it might work for my family ... Read More

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Everything You Need to Know about Gentle Parenting

February 3, 2022 by Kristen

Everything You Need to Know About Gentle Parenting

In my first few years of adjusting to motherhood, I made a lot of mistakes (and I’m not referring to buying a “colic machine” that vibrated my crying baby’s crib. Scam. I got a refund). I worried a lot and second-guessed myself. Why is she crying? Is she hungry? Why won’t she sleep? I struggled with trying to control this new little human. Some days I spent hours trying to get my baby to sleep and other days I would go to great lengths to wake my sleeping baby so I could feed her. My ... Read More

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30 Bible Verses About Parenting That Change Everything

February 3, 2022 by Kristen

30 Bible Verses About Parenting That Change Everything

This is so hard, I thought as I shut our bedroom door and my husband pulled me close. I tried not to cry. We had just had a parenting night from hell. If you're a parent, you might just know what I'm talking about. There was yelling and tears, hard conversations, hurt feelings, consequences and the symphony of slammed doors. In less than half an hour and three conversations, we had made three kids angry and unhappy because we are just that good. Parenting is not for wimps. If it ... Read More

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