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    Mbeiza is Home.
    David Ayers
    • Oct 24, 2017
    • 2 min

    Mbeiza is Home.

    Mbezia died this morning. We found out just as we neared the hospital for Caleb’s surgery. Pretty much everything we feared might happen,...
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    Evie and Her Captain.
    David Ayers
    • Oct 22, 2017
    • 4 min

    Evie and Her Captain.

    I sit here rubbing her back and ask what Bible story she’d like. She quietly says, “The one when Jesus walks on water.” I swallow and...
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    Release
    David Ayers
    • Oct 12, 2017
    • 1 min

    Release

    Today, we beg God to part the waters, as He has faithfully done so many times before.  We ask Him to make a way for His own to receive...
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    Mbezia  & The Boat (an update from Dave)
    David Ayers
    • Sep 19, 2017
    • 1 min

    Mbezia & The Boat (an update from Dave)

    ~A post from Dave~ Life can be difficult. Sometimes the enemy comes like a flood. But then is the time to prove our faith and live our...
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    Mbezia.
    David Ayers
    • Sep 18, 2017
    • 2 min

    Mbezia.

    How could a little one endure such suffering? And in the midst of it be speaking out in gratitude, and showing us love, and teaching my...
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    Hairy Lemon…our family’s magical place
    David Ayers
    • Sep 18, 2017
    • 1 min

    Hairy Lemon…our family’s magical place

    One of the sweetest pieces of moving to Uganda has been this gift of recreating as a family. In March when we attended RESTORE, one of...
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    The Vision into Reality…
    David Ayers
    • Sep 18, 2017
    • 2 min

    The Vision into Reality…

    There is no place on this earth that reaches beyond His Love. We GO, because HE FIRST LOVED US.  HE FIRST CAME TO US. Over a year ago. ...
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    …And the line up for this year’s Ayer Academy…
    David Ayers
    • Sep 18, 2017
    • 1 min

    …And the line up for this year’s Ayer Academy…

    The Story God is writing is getting fuller, richer, more messy, and far more beautiful than I had ever imagined.  Thank you, Father, for...
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    David Ayers
    • Sep 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    new beginnings

    The rain drops fell hard onto the dry and cracked soil. My Dad and I tilled the soil, watched as we uncovered new, soft black, ready for...
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    Breaking the Silence
    David Ayers
    • Aug 14, 2017
    • 2 min

    Breaking the Silence

    “Every valley made me lift my eyes up Every burden only made me stronger Every sorrow only made Your joy go Deeper and deeper, deeper,...
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    Ayer Mail 2016
    David Ayers
    • Dec 25, 2016
    • 0 min

    Ayer Mail 2016

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    David Ayers
    • Dec 14, 2016
    • 2 min

    Advent…the coming.

    Here it is. Again.  This season that seems to rush in just when this weary soul needs it.  A reminder, a reality–that HE IS COMING. He...
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    Islands of HOPE–Our Pilgrim Voyage
    David Ayers
    • Dec 1, 2016
    • 3 min

    Islands of HOPE–Our Pilgrim Voyage

    And when the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the...
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    A month of LOVE, family, and re-filling
    David Ayers
    • Nov 16, 2016
    • 1 min

    A month of LOVE, family, and re-filling

    I am blessed as I look back on October…it was a month FULL of blessings and deep, deep filling.  The Lord, in His goodness, gave my...
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    the Summons
    David Ayers
    • Nov 8, 2016
    • 1 min

    the Summons

    John L. Bell & Graham Maule Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same?...
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    i love adoption.
    David Ayers
    • Sep 28, 2016
    • 0 min

    i love adoption.

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    How did she suddenly get so big?
    David Ayers
    • Sep 28, 2016
    • 1 min

    How did she suddenly get so big?

    love my girl.
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    REUNITED!!!
    David Ayers
    • Sep 28, 2016
    • 1 min

    REUNITED!!!

    This is such a gift from God!! I LOVE family!!!
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    love at first sight.
    David Ayers
    • Sep 28, 2016
    • 1 min

    love at first sight.

    This is pretty much how happy Isaiah was to meet his Nanna and Boppa for the first time!!!  And….me too!!!!
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    Guess who’s walking?!?!
    David Ayers
    • Aug 14, 2016
    • 1 min

    Guess who’s walking?!?!

    yep…6 weeks home and he thinks he’s hilarious.  walking!?!? oh boy.
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