by Spencer Mason | Jan 1, 2014 | Fall 2013, GREENHOUSE
1 Jan 2014 Our adoption story started in 1984. We went to see a movie that gave us a desire to want to give a child a home that does not have a home. The movie was not about adoption but for some reason it gave us a desire to adopt. I am not sure why it...
by Spencer Mason | Dec 18, 2013 | Fall 2013, GREENHOUSE
18 Dec 2013 Smoke filled the house. Josiah came to me saying that something was burning, but he didn’t know the source. I was too preoccupied to come and help him locate what was burning. But when I came to dinner, there was no mistaking that a cloud filled the house....
by Spencer Mason | Dec 11, 2013 | Fall 2013, GREENHOUSE
11 Dec 2013 I just spoke to a group of homeschoolers in Northern Indiana. It was a great meeting with lots of laughs. I could tell from the tears and nods of affirmation that what we talked about penetrated straight to the hearts of the moms in the crowd. Afterwards,...
by Spencer Mason | Dec 4, 2013 | Fall 2013, GREENHOUSE
4 Dec 2013 We have adopted four children, three girls and one boy. Our first two girls came to live with us in 2007, and the other two came to live with us in 2012. In 2007, we both worked outside the home. We enrolled our children in the best daycares that we could...
by Spencer Mason | Nov 20, 2013 | Fall 2013, GREENHOUSE
20 Nov 2013 The first day of school has come and gone, and your routine is well underway. Fall can be a time of waning excitement, and perhaps disappointment and discouragement have started to set in. You had a good start, but are realizing that you are only halfway...
by Spencer Mason | Nov 15, 2013 | Fall 2013, GREENHOUSE
13 Nov 2013 Adoption is part of God’s plan for mankind as the Apostle Paul recorded in Romans 8:15, “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’” Our family...