On behalf of our staff and those we serve, I want to thank everyone who has given a gift of life support this May.
May is a beautiful month because it brings new life blooming all around us. It also features two beautiful holidays that honor sacrificial service: Mother’s Day and Memorial Day! And while their service may look different, both mothers and those in our armed forces give of themselves so that others may live.
Together, these holidays remind me of a young woman we served during my early years at Lighthouse. Abby was in a leadership program for ROTC (Reserved Officers’ Training Corp). Along with being the only pregnant student at her residential college, she was the only ROTC member wearing maternity camouflage fatigues.
It took tremendous courage on her part and significant prayer on ours, to make it through the challenges of telling her commanding officer about the pregnancy, passing required fitness tests while pregnant, and serving her country as a new mom. But thanks, in large part, to the emotional, spiritual, and material support her family found at Lighthouse, Abby did it! Today she is the proud mother of a Lighthouse teen (and his younger brother), happily married to their father.
Thank you for giving sacrificially so that others may live and stories like Abby’s have a grace-filled ending.
May also brings our Baby Bottle Boomerang, and we are so grateful for all the churches and several schools participating in this fund and awareness-raiser for Lighthouse!
To watch our 2023 Boomerang Video or learn more, visit www.