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Baby Gideon's Birth
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Drop By Drop A River Is Made
Adventures in Madagascar
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Our
Newsletter
Charis invites you to contribute to our
growing newsletter.
What a fun family venture! Check out each section and see what
you might have to offer. Post your Charis workshops and
gatherings here, also. If you'd like your babies' pictures to
be featured in our regular sections, the Charis Newsletter
would be honored!
Submissions need to be made by the 5th
of each month for that month's publication on the 15th.
 NEW We now invite you to
post your comments to our new "Letters To The Editor" section.
Some of you have made comments to us individually, now you can tell
everyone! Your comments can include how the articles in the
Newsletter are affecting your lives, or anything else you feel moved
to express.
Send Newsletter contributions to:
Midwifery Academics Course
Charis Childbirth Services
is pleased to announce the launching of
our
MIDWIFERY academics course in 2007!!!
Now, women
who desire to prepare well for the NARM exam, a requirement to
obtain the credential of Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), can
enjoy a comprehensive course that is designed with the highest
standards of excellence and that is written from a Christian
perspective.
This course is designed and written by Susan Oshel, CPM, who has
been serving childbearing families for over 3 decades. We are so
blessed and so excited to have Susan as part of the Charis family!
Check our
website for the exact date of launching.
www.CharisChildbirth.org
Contact Susan Oshel for more
details:
(757)271-1247
Mark Your Calendars
Childbirth Educator Workshop
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
(for aspiring childbirth educators)
for details and application, contact:
Missions Trip to Madagascar Update:
Since
the Hamiltons will be traveling back to the US this fall and winter,
we have changed our trip date to July of 2008. We are going first
and foremost to be a blessing to the Hamiltons. While there, we hope
to put on one or more "workshops" for the midwives and other medical
professionals in and around Diego. In addition, we would like to
bless the medical professionals with a gift that will help them in
their practice. Please pray for David, Deborah, and Kristin as they
seek God's direction for the specific topics to address in the
workshop(s). Also pray to see whether or not God would have you join
us on this adventure. It will, no doubt, change your life as you go
to serve the Hamiltons and the Malagasy people. We will have the
official "sign-up" at the beginning of 2008. More details to come.
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Charis: Committed
to Excellence
Have you
ever hired someone to do a job for you, expecting excellence, only
to be let down by less-than-excellent work?
As you may know, our family has been building a house in North Port,
Florida. The builders are doing a relatively good job, but some of
the contractors are not living up to my expectations. Todd is now in
FL (the kids and I are still in Virginia Beach), so he is able to
check on the building progress regularly and he has reported to me
that the people who put in the tile need to go back and replace some
tiles that were not installed correctly. UUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!! Why
didn't they do it right the first time???
OK. I'm really not writing this to complain. I am very pleased with
most of the work that has been done so far on our new home. But this
tile thing has led me to ask this question: Why do people do
substandard work? Why don't they take pride in their work and do it
with excellence?
As I have thought about this, I, of course, had to reflect on my own
life and work. I wish I could say that everything I have ever done
has been perfect. Unfortunately is hasn't. But I do take pride in
what I do, and I deeply desire to do everything as unto the Lord. As
I have been examining my life and work, I have thought about Charis
and the work we are doing as an organization. So much joy welled up
inside me as I realized that God is gathering together a group of
people who share this value of serving with excellence. ALL of our
Childbirth Educators, Doulas, & Midwives are women of excellence...
excellence of character and service. I am so honored to be connected
with such an incredible group of people!!!
My heartfelt thanks go out to all of you who so selflessly serve
childbearing families with such high standards of excellence-- as
unto the Lord. You will reap a great reward!
Committed to Excellence,
Kristin
Charis Childbirth
Services
149 Business Park Drive
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462
www.CharisChildbirth.org
Kristin Schuchmann ~
International Director
(757)639-5325 Fax (757)497-2398
Susan Oshel ~ Director of Midwifery Studies
(321)206-3464
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