Faith Filled Family Magazine October 2016 | Page 60

as worldly.
Temperament knowledge helps
us understand the diverse aspirations, fears and difficulties
moms experience on their journey, the decisions they struggle
to make and their responses to
family problems. Temperament
differences do not excuse sin but
rather give us tools to guide all
moms closer to the blessing of
authentic Biblical parenting.
Have you always been passionate about parenting, or
what prompted you to begin
writing about parenting and
motherhood?
When I was expecting our first
daughter, who is now 17, the
Lord called me and my husband,
Louis, to move to a poor part of
our city. The calling was clear,
but the reason behind it was a
mystery to us, our family and
friends. We moved into a smelly,
bare little house and started
praying for clarity about the plan
God had for us there. Slowly,
God started putting the puzzle
pieces together. We were given
free use of an empty church
and its adjacent facilities and
started an after school center for
at-risk and troubled kids aged 6
through 13. Later we added high
school kids and eventually a
preschool as well. I did this from
the vantage point of my training as a speech and language
therapist, thinking I would assist
mostly with learning problems. It
became much more than that. I
cooked for them (I can’t cook to
save m