Workgroups come along side our children to share with them, laugh with them, and encourage them to follow Jesus.  They reinforce the homeparents’ message to work hard, respect others, and focus on the future.  They visit the Shiloh children summer, fall, winter, and spring.

Words fail to express our gratitude to the workgroups who sacrifice vacation days to work at Shiloh.  These heroes look like you:  teachers, students, police officers, engineers, executives, and stay-at-home moms.  They make an impact on the Shiloh children!  And we’d welcome your group too!

Call us to learn more about bringing a workgroup to help the Shiloh children.  Your church, Sunday school class, or small group will see the children you help with your prayers and your financial support.  We’d love to have you.

Thank you to all who make a difference for the abused, neglected, and troubled children at Shiloh!

Claude Monet turns canvass into a spring morning bursting with color.  Ludwig Van Beethoven finds melody among the ebonies and ivories.  C.S. Lewis invites you to anticipate Heaven on journeys to Narnia.

God gives us at least one talent.  Some, like Mozart, discover it early and glorify God with it all their life.  But for others it’s hard to unearth.  Especially for the abused and neglected child.  Angry words turn young hearts into stone…

“I wish you were never born.”  “Get lost!” “Why can’t you be like your brother?”  These put-downs bury a child’s hope.  Talent and passion entombed between layers of fear and doubt.

Children arrive at Shiloh empty shells.  Their eyes void of life.  The talent God wants them to use for His Kingdom was dumped into a grave long ago.  BUT Jesus overcame the grave.  He brings talent to life…

Shane arrived at Shiloh quiet and unsure.  He discovered quickness and power on the football field.  His gift in football helped him go to college, where he earned a degree in social work.

Elizabeth stepped into her Shiloh home a Burger-King-only-eating atheist.  But then she found the King of Kings more palatable.  She feasted on Bread from heaven.  She earned her Master’s degree in Biology and works at Mayo Clinic.

Malachi rushed head-long down the road of rebellion.  But his homeparents refused to let him kick down the boundaries he needed to coral his spirit.  He fell in love with music.  And now when he’s not totting a gun protecting your freedom and mine in the U.S. Army, he totes his guitar.

Will the world ever applaud Shiloh children as masters of their craft?  It’s doubtful.  One may bubble up to be a renowned artist, scientist, or leader, but in reality it’s not likely.

But that doesn’t even matter.  Nothing matters more than this: that they know the Master.  The only one who’s mastered the art of restoring the broken.  The only one who’s mastered the art of fatherhood.  The only one who’s mastered the art of grace.  You and I get to see Him at work among the Shiloh children.

I enjoy the work of the Master.

Sometimes we get a cut that seems to be insignificant and will go away on its own. Other times if we leave it unattended, it gets infected and can lead to more serious issues, needing more professional assistance.
The children that come our direction often come with painful “cuts” that have been covered with a bandaid but not enough antibiotic to treat it fully, sometimes for years. The pain from such things as divorce, abuse, abandonment, and neglect if left unattended can be hidden for years but the infection inside the heart will continue to grow and spread until it is out of control.
That’s where Shiloh comes in. We don’t just pull out yet another bandaid and cover it up. We welcome the child into our home…into our hearts…and get to discover where the cut came from. We pull off the dirty bandage, deal with the junk that has spread not just physically but emotionally and spiritually into the child, work at cleaning away bit by bit until the original hurt can be dealt with. Then together we teach the child how to care for it so infection will not return in the future.
Why it works is what goes with it…..the true healing comes from introducing them to the Great Healer…the antibiotic if you will. Our goal is to help them discover they are His special creation and the plan He has for their life…not one filled with a pain that continues to destroy but a life filled with His joy that blossoms.
Simply put, “why does Shiloh work?”……………it’s because we have a God who works..who heals. And it’s FAR BETTER than any ol’ bandaid around!!!