Family updates
This past month was filled with visiting family, culminating in our family getting together for a weekend. Now that our girls are grown and living in various places, it has become a chore to get us all together in one place. So we started the first (hopefully annual) Waid family retreat. During the time together, […]
We will join over 5000 staff members with Cru in Milwaukee, WI, this summer for our USA national staff conference. Cru25 gives us the broader picture of what God is doing throughout the country and the world. It brings into sharper focus our mission to provide every man, woman and child on this planet the
As you can see, our grandchildren and our kids dominated our Christmas gathering. We managed to gather our entire immediate family together for a week. We shared time around the table and entertained the little ones. We also shared a cold/flu, which seemed to travel from person to person. 2025 Outlook Mike has several international
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Our granddaughter is almost 9 months old. She recently added a new skill that makes us miss her all the more. Bare with us as we share this incredible talent with you.
The Greats A meeting of the “greats” took place at the parent’s home in MO. Our daughter, Jessica, and granddaughter, Amaya, came for the weekend for the first visit. Mom Waid Mom is currently in hospice care at home. Mike’s brother is providing care along with some additional help that comes in for a few
When our daughter’s words conveyed something we had not anticipated, a profound sense of peace from God enveloped us. Amidst the shock, our hearts were filled with the immense love we have for the daughter on the other end of the video call, sharing the news of her unplanned pregnancy. In that initial state of
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We grew up in the midwest, so the four season are very distinct. Summer is sunshine and vacation, Fall is colors and change, Winter is cold and bleak, then Spring is fresh and new. These past few months have been our own seasons of life. In February, Mike began transitioning out of his role in
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Even with all the advances in technology and weather prediction there is still a large amount of uncertainty about the path of storms. Hurricane Ian passed directly over our house. A week prior we watched the forecast and felt calm because the forecast was for the storm to stay in the Gulf of Mexico and
Many of you have asked for an update on our family. So this month I will give you a snapshot of our whereabouts. Rachel (29 in Chicago, Illinois) Rachel completed her Master’s in Nursing two years ago and has been working at Northwestern Hospital. She likes working nights so she tends to cram her work
Round One: Monica, our third daughter, started moved to South Florida in MArch to start a new job after completing her Master’s Degree. She had planned to live with three friends, but it fell apart one week before she was to move. We prayed together that God would provide housing because none of us had
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