Diaries From Honduras

How do you process a “what if?”What if they take him from us and he spends months wondering where we went, why we abandoned him, why he can’t see his brother or his puppies? What if he gets to stay and finally become legally a Buffington? What if he leaves and this trauma haunts him into his adult life? What if God turns it around and this story changes lives? What if God’s plan isn’t...

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We never came here to adopt. We came here to be the hands and feet of Jesus, to change how Honduras cared for orphaned and vulnerable children - because every child deserves a safe and loving FAMILY. Not just a safe bed, food to eat, or a roof over their head, but someone who would be there for every celebration, every hurt, every milestone, someone that they could call MY mama, MY papa, MY brother,...

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As we get ready to ring in a new year, I can’t help but sit back and look at my babies and the blessings that God has bestowed on me. I see how my husband is involved in every waking moment of our children’s lives and how he sows truth into them, loves them so deeply, and how he would lay down his life to protect them. It occurred to me that I myself am...

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Pregnancy dreams are so vivid that seven times out of ten, I wake up and am not sure if what happened was a memory or just a dream. Last night (well, I guess it was actually super early this morning) was no exception.I dreamt that I was in an interview with the people who make the laws and policies for vulnerable children in Honduras. Their last question to me was, “If you could only change one...

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"How can you do it? I would NEVER be able to do what you do." I hear you.It's hard to love fully knowing that you will have to let go. It's hard to press through each day knowing that at any moment your time together will likely come to an abrupt end. It's exhausting pushing yourself to get too attached knowing that your attachment isn't considered permanent. Day in and day out YOU are there...

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