March 22, 2020 Written by: Ashlin Hair I vividly remember a family vacation we took during spring break of my freshman year of high school. This had only been my family’s second vacation together, that I really remembered. Leading up to the vacation, I was filled with anticipation, looking eagerly toward everything we would “do” […]
By: Ashlin Hair If you’ve had kids, or siblings, or even babysat, you probably know the indescribable pain of stepping on a lego. Pain isn’t even an accurate word, really. Somehow the very corner of it just happened to be sticking out of the carpet waiting quietly to attack its next victim with searing nerve […]
August 5th, 2018 Well, I have one week left here on summer mission, and I’m already getting so sad. I got to go home briefly this weekend to stand by my cousin Liz on her wedding day, but now I am back in Chicago to finish out my 10 weeks here. Currently, as I […]
July 25th, 2018 Chicago Summer Mission is one of the few summer missions that students get to have a job while on mission. This means that they are free to work or have an internship wherever they would like, in the city. After months of searching for a job, I finally found one at Ghirardelli […]
July 14th, 2018 Hello Friends and Family! The next three posts are going to outline the three parts of Summer Mission; Evangelism, Work, and Community. I wanted to give you an inside look at what life looks like on mission, so you know exactly how to pray for me and my team. Campuses Of course, […]
Friends and Family, First of all, I would like to apologize for not keeping my word about blogging more often. I have been so busy here, and it has been hard to find time to put my thoughts out on paper. Also, some things have been going on in my heart and life […]
Hey all! Many of you have been texting me, telling you are praying for me, or have been texting to check up on how I’m doing. I wanted to give you all an update on my journey in Chicago. On Friday (June 1), my mom and her best friend Stacy dropped me off at my […]
Well, I’m in the final countdown to the launch of my summer mission with Cru. Tomorrow (Friday, 6-1-18) will be headed out to Chicago where I will stay for 10 weeks! While I am there I will have the opportunity to share the Gospel with the people of Chicago, specifically college students. This summer […]
With our kids’ return to school this past week we now feel that we are solidly into 2017. We are certainly hoping and believing for a better year than last year but we can see a golden thread through all the events of 2016. Although we really can’t write about or expand on each one of […]
The call came at about on Monday at 4:17 pm. It lasted less than a minute but echoed around my suddenly empty heart the rest of the night. Her words were simple, yet for me they were life changing … “Dad, they called and they want me to come for an orientation tomorrow morning. I […]