I am honored to be able to work side by side with my long time friend Avis Craig.  She will continue to focus on our critical funding and development while I do my best to maintain excellence on the operational side.  Avis has been on our team from the beginning, more than seventeen years ago.  She has served several years as the chairperson of the board or directors.  I appreciate her wisdom and gentle encouragement.

We have a great team and have been blessed with some great children to help during a challenging season of their young lives.  I am proud to work with our incredible house parents.  They are highly trained and experienced — but most of all they love helping kids and view this as a “calling” rather than just a job.  I watch in awe as they nurture, challenge and encourage the kids.

I would be lost without our program manager, Debbie Davis.  Like it or not, there are hundreds of pages of rules, regulations, laws, contractural obligations, etc. that are all part of caring for foster children.  Debbie has been key in keeping us on track and maintaining our perfect inspection record.  

Our goal has always been to help kids become great Americans.  We didn’t want to simply “warehouse” foster children.  We wanted to have a family sized home and model the love and nurturing environment of a Christian family.  We also wanted to focus on excellence in education.  With almost every child that has been placed in our care, this has meant tutoring.  We are currently blessed with wonderful volunteers who help us in this important undertaking.

I want to thank everyone who has helped us on this great adventure!   Building a program which really helps kids become great Americans is expensive.  We could not have done it without the financial support of the community.  Individuals,  churches, businesses and others have made this possible.  As we press on to complete our second home we can’t help but be excited.  Thank you for making this possible.

Ken Habedank