New Team Member, Hannah Gebers first came to Morningstar in 2009 for three months of her college vacation. Just a couple of days into 2010 she returned along with her father and the construction team that put up the new classrooms for Strong Tower. Her plan was to stay on few months to teach the K3 class. However, the Lord began to speak to her regarding His will for her involvement here and after consulting with her parents and the elders of her assembly in Minnesota, she has decided to stay fulltime and is currently in the process of obtaining her resident visa in Peru. WELCOME TO THE TEAM HANNAH!!

Daniel's Battle - The day after Daniel was born in the local hospital, his mother was apprised of the challenges he was facing and as Drs. described the midline abnormalities the decision began to form in her mind. That night she slipped out of the hospital never to be located again leaving Daniel to be a ward of the state. Almost two months later the family court judge that was assigned to his case requested he be received at Morningstar. Having a retired pediatric ICU nurse as one of our house parents made the decision all the easier. Steps were immediately taken to begin to deal with his issues. The neurosurgeon has determined that his hydrocephalus does not require a shunt or valve at this time and expects that it will resolve itself with no long term effects to his development. Next on the list is the correction of his imperforate anus and hypospadias and later the reversal of his colostomy. The first of these procedures is scheduled for Friday, June 25th. The pediatric surgeon is confident all these can be dealt with successfully but please join with us in prayer for Daniel, he has much to overcome and this will just be the beginning of his journey towards being adopted into a loving Christian family.