Letters from Home is a faith-building podcast sharing everyday stories of faith from people of all walks of life. Life is hard, and on most days, our faith needs a boost. Letters From Home Podcast will bring a new faith story, every other week, from people who love Jesus, of all ages & demographics. You will hear in these stories, their dreams, their failures, their pain, their struggles, their life changing encounters, and their extraordinary moments. You’ll leave each episode encouraged and inspired to love God and the people around you more deeply.
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Letters from Home is a faith-building podcast sharing everyday stories of faith from people of all walks of life. Life is hard, and on most days, our faith needs a boost. Letters From Home Podcast will bring a new faith story, every other week, from people who love Jesus, of all ages & demographics. You will hear in these stories, their dreams, their failures, their pain, their struggles, their life changing encounters, and their extraordinary moments. You’ll leave each episode encouraged and inspired to love God and the people around you more deeply.
"From Sulawesi to Seattle: A Life Shaped By Compassion" Arie Mahler
Letters From Home
59 minutes
2 years ago
"From Sulawesi to Seattle: A Life Shaped By Compassion" Arie Mahler
Compassion can shape lives. So many babies have been born in adversity. Their start in life is so difficult. And yet God has a plan. Adoption is so often part of that. And sometimes, the most hopeless story, can be the one God uses to display His great power, and His gentle compassion. Arie Mahler shares his inspiring testimony, from a tiny village and Sulawesi jungle birth, to his upbringing in Seattle, and his current calling to direct the Compassion Center at Alderwood Community Church in Lynnwood, Washington. Your faith will surely be buoyed as you are invited into Arie's heart and family.
Jeremiah 29:11 - “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Show Notes: https://bit.ly/42lp2g9
Topics Shared: Born on the island of Sulawesi in a grass thatched roof hut His mother passed away shortly after, due to complications of childbirth He was left in the hut, and bitten by a wild animal His uncle brought him to a missionary orphanage in Manato, a 3 days journey Dr. Donald Gish and uncle, went and got Arie to bring him back to the orphanage Grandpa Gish and Nana Evelyn They didn’t think he would make it through the night Miraculously nursed back to health On the Cover of the Newsletter for the church in Seattle where he would be adopted One year process for him to be adopted by his new Seattle family His parents first meet him at Daily’s Drive In, A godly upbringing His Dad gets cancer when Arie was 16 A pivotal transition Young marriage and family The quest to find his birth father Healing and answers Becoming Papa and Gram A sweet reunion at a memorial
THE P.S. Questions Answered: As a coach and parent do you have advice on figuring out the whole sports life church home balance? Who is the greatest NBA player of all time? The Greatest Shooter? What is the greatest need in the church today? What legacy do you wan’t to leave behind? How to get involved in The Compassion Center at Alderwood Community Church in Lynnwood, Washington and what it is all about.
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Letters From Home
Letters from Home is a faith-building podcast sharing everyday stories of faith from people of all walks of life. Life is hard, and on most days, our faith needs a boost. Letters From Home Podcast will bring a new faith story, every other week, from people who love Jesus, of all ages & demographics. You will hear in these stories, their dreams, their failures, their pain, their struggles, their life changing encounters, and their extraordinary moments. You’ll leave each episode encouraged and inspired to love God and the people around you more deeply.
