Mercy Graduate Now Licensed Clinical Social Worker!!!

I was thrilled to hear the great news that Nashville graduate, Kelly, just passed the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) exam! Before Mercy, Kelly struggled with an eating disorder and self-harm, and didn’t think she’d live long enough to see her dreams come true. With Kelly’s permission, I wanted to share her email with you. I hope it encourages you to never give up and reminds you that with God, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26)!


Hi Nancy!


I hope you are doing well. I have some great news and I wanted to share it with you because it wouldn't be possible if it weren't for the healing that I received while I was at Mercy. I took my LCSW exam today and PASSED! I had set a goal to get my LCSW by the time I turned 30, but had given up on that goal when my life got so out of control because I didn't think I would live long enough to see it fulfilled. But here I am at 28 with my LCSW and a great future ahead of me! Thank you so much for the love and support that you and all of the Mercy staff have given me to help me get to this point. I love you and miss you!

Kelly

I am so proud of you, Kelly! You definitely have a great future ahead of you!

From Generation To Generation…God Answers Prayer!

I just received a wonderful praise report from 2008 St. Louis graduate, Brittany. Brittany emailed me several months back in September sharing the exciting news that she and her husband were pregnant and expecting a baby girl in February. At that time, Brittany also asked for us to be praying for her as the doctors were saying this was a high risk pregnancy, but that she and her husband were believing they’d give birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl. I’m happy to share that Brittany gave birth on February 15th to Sierra, a beautiful and healthy baby girl weighing 5 pounds 15 ounces!

I am so happy for you, Brittany. Thanks for sharing your joy with us!!!

Too Cute Not To Share!!!

It is not uncommon for me to get a batch of pictures in the mail from one of our adoptive couples sharing their bundle of joy with me. In this case, I would have to say sharing their bundles of joy with me because it is a set of twins!!! Three years ago, my dear friends Marcus and Cindy Ratcliff had the privilege of being chosen by one of our birthmothers who was pregnant with twins, and the result was the son and daughter they had been believing God for. Words cannot express the joy that these beautiful children have brought to Marcus and Cindy’s life, but I thought I would give you a glimpse and show them off in this week’s blog. Hope this blesses you as much as it blessed me when I received it.

Not only am I sharing with you the joy of the twins, but the joy of the entire family. Windsor, Marcus and Cindy’s first born son, told his mom and dad that Jesus showed him he was going to have a baby brother and a baby sister, and he told them that long before they ever knew about being chosen to adopt the twins. NEVER DOUBT THE FAITH OF A CHILD! Maybe that is a lesson for all of us today to hear and be challenged by.

What a beautiful family!

Windsor, the best big brother in the whole world

Emory

Merrick

The beautiful twins posing for the camera!

PHOTO FUN AT MERCY!!!

Hey guys! I wanted to say hi and give you a little glimpse of how I spent my afternoon. Our media department asked me to be in a photo shoot with some of our girls, and Jude got in on the action! They needed some new pictures for our upcoming magazine, and I thought you might enjoy seeing some of the pictures we took on our iPhones while the “real” photographer was working on getting the lighting right. It was a fun time, and now I’m off to do my live radio show, Mercy Multiplied. You can listen on our website at mercymultiplied.com from 5:15 – 5:45 PM CST every Thursday and Friday.

 

 

Even Jude got in on the action!

Discover How You Can Provoke Others To Love And Good Deeds!!!

One of our supporters from Springfield, MO, Lori Scheetz, just sent me this awesome blog post and I wanted to share it with you. It always means so much to me when I hear about people who sign up to become monthly partners with Mercy, thus impacting the lives of the girls who come to us for help. So many of the girls who walk through our doors would never be able to afford to get the help they need if they had to pay. The average cost of secular treatment programs is approximately $2,000 per day per individual. Mercy’s actual cost is only $200 per day per girl, yet we do not even charge the girls! Your support makes it possible for girls to come to Mercy free of charge. The comparison is obvious – our actual cost to run the program is only 10% of the cost of secular treatment programs. Not only that, but we have come to realize through experience that God is not about treatment, but rather transformation!

At Mercy, you can sign up to sponsor a girl for $200 per month. When you sign up to sponsor a girl, you will receive the young girl’s name so that you can begin praying for her, personal notes from graduates, an invitation to visit a Mercy Ministries home, and quarterly email updates. Not only that, but you will be playing a role in transforming her life! If you are interested in signing up to sponsor a girl, click here.

I hope that Lori’s story of stepping out in faith to give impacts you as much as it impacted me! Check out the recent blog post Lori shared with me about why she is passionate about helping our girls, and how she is purposing in her heart to increase her giving.

Leader's Meeting in Reno

I am excited today to be in Reno, Nevada to speak at a special leader's conference tonight. Please pray that I will connect with this group and be able to impart strong vision and leadership principles to those I speak to. This is a great opportunity to connect with other leaders who are doing really special things. Time is short today so I will talk more with you next week. Have a great weekend!!!

Blessings,

Nancy

A Movie You Must See!!!

I must admit that I haven’t seen very many movies in the past 12 months due to a crazy, busy schedule. However, this past week I was in Sacramento doing leadership training with our staff and teaching class to our current residents. I had a couple of extra hours one afternoon, so I went with two of our Mercy leaders to see a new movie that just came out called “Joyful Noise,” starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton. I have to tell you that this is one of the best movies I have seen in years and so very uplifting!!! I loved it so much that we are planning on sending all of our current residents to see it in the next couple of weeks. Not only is it a very uplifting movie, but I find the Christian content to be so refreshing. Hope you love it as much as I do! Would love to hear your comments if you have already seen it. Check out the trailer for yourself here.