A few years ago when Brandon was in high school he had the opportunity to go on a summer mission trip to the Dominican Republic with DeAnn Eddy (a youth leader) and other teens to a village called Jacagua. While there, he and a small crew dug by hand, mixed cement, and poured the foundation for the existing school’s chapel.

In November, Brandon and DeAnn had time for a casual lunch together, unknowing to them, God had a larger plan in mind.

During their lunch, DeAnn brought Brandon up to date on the Dominican Republic, specifically with the School that Brandon helped build. For the past many years, the children and the school have been sponsored by Compassion International. In January 2009 Compassion International is shifting their focus and cutting all funding to this project.

During their lunch DeAnn introduced Brandon to Hands of Grace, a new non-profit organization that is being started to pick up where Compassion International is leaving off. Hands of Grace will sponsor the children to be able to go to a Christian school, get one meal a day, as well as medical and dental care for $32 a month.  The ministry will also offer micro-finance loans to the entrepreneurial poor.

Lately, we have been looking for a ministry to invest our lives in a significant way.  We feel that God has led us to Hands of Grace.

From the casual lunch, we have since been accepted onto the Hands of Grace leadership team.  In January, Hands of Grace is planning a Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic. We have been asked to go with the team and help get things started.

Brandon will be assigned as the technical guy (Photographing and documenting the children) and Emily will be the detail gal (documenting correct names and locations as well as getting all appropriate releases signed.)  We would like Lily to be our student liaison forging relationships with students in the Dominican Republic and partnering them with children at Impact Church in Lowell (where we attend).

This trip provides an opportunity to better meet the needs of the Jacagua community. More than anything, we would value your prayers for our team and those whose lives will be touched by God through us. We believe that God answers prayers, and are asking you to pray for our families safety, good health, smooth travel, and that we would all have enough financial support. Just knowing that you will be praying will give us peace as we go into a foreign country.

Beyond your prayers we would ask you to consider partnering with us by sending a financial gift for the ministry trip. We will need to raise just over $3,000 to cover the total cost for our family for this trip. If you feel led to donate to our trip you can make checks payable to Imagine This, LLC and send to Imagine This, LLC, 227 S. Bridge St., Grand Ledge, MI 48837. Please enclose a note that the check is for The Mulnix Family and Hands of Grace mission trip.

The Hanger is a cool unique clothing boutique here in Lowell.  All of their clothes are uber chic and the latest style.  It’s definitely a nice atmosphere, as Kristina, the owner, is extremely nice and helpful to all her customers.

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We were in need of a new family portrait so we had Shannoon, our intern turned employee, take one for us.

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In that time, Augustus Caesar sent an order that all people in the countries under Roman rule must list their names in a register. And all went to their own towns to be registered. So Joseph left Nazareth, a town in Galilee, and went to the town of Bethlehem in Judea, known as the town of David. Joseph went there because he was from the family of David.

While they were in Bethlehem, the time came for Mary to have the baby, and she gave birth to her first son. Because there were no rooms left in the inn, she wrapped the baby with pieces of cloth and laid him in a box where animals are fed.

That night, some shepherds were in the fields nearby watching their sheep.

Then an angel of the Lord stood before them.

The glory of the Lord was shining around them, and they became very frightened. The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I am bringing you good news that will be a great joy to all the people. Today your Savior was born in the town of David. He is Christ, the Lord. This is how you will know him: You will find a baby wrapped in pieces of cloth and lying in a feeding box.” Then a very large group of angels from heaven joined the first angel, praising God and saying: “Give glory to God in heaven, and on earth let there be peace among the people who please God.” When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem. Let’s see this thing that has happened which the Lord has told us about.” So the shepherds went quickly and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, who was lying in a feeding box.

When they had seen him, they told what the angels had said about this child. Everyone was amazed at what the shepherds said to them. Then the shepherds went back to their sheep, praising God and thanking him for everything they had seen and heard. It had been just as the angel had told them.

“God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.

IMPACT Church

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Miss Maya, who was one of our babies on the year baby plan, is going to be a big sister!!

Congrats to all of you!

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These are Karen’s (our new office assitant) children.  They brought their dog, Daisy, for portraits. I can’t help but LOVE the last one.

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