Beautiful Musick

I had the privilege of taking photos of the Musick family this week. They really are beautiful people - inside and out.

Miles and Debi have been Youth with a Mission missionaries for most of their adult lives. They've always had a heart for women with no place to live, but who have chosen life for their unborn babies. So with very little themselves, but great faith in God, they purchased a large home in Tacoma and invited women to live with the family. Along with caring for pregnant women, they themselves gave birth to two girls, Malia and Heather, and a boy, Micah. Thirteen years ago, Hannah was adopted and she was followed a few years later by twin boys, Joshua and Caleb. About a year ago, the Musick clan further expanded with the birth of Bella, their first granddaughter, born to son Micah and his wife, Sarah. Next summer there will be another grandchild. Malia and her husband Justin are expecting. Daughter Heather is still single and a missionary in China teaching English. She's been there for four years and plans to stay even longer; she's just home for the holidays.

The New Beginnings maternity home in Puyalup was built because Miles has a heart as big as his smile and he had a vision. They bought rural property with a breathtaking view of Mount Rainier to relocate the maternity home. That was followed by a home for themselves. Currently another home is being built called the House of Hope. This will serve as transitional housing for the women as they enter or re-enter the work force.

Debi, through her work with pregnant women, realized that adoption was a positive option for some. With her experience in advocating for these women and her heart for her own adopted children, another vision was placed on their hearts. In August 2002, Adoption Ministry of Youth with a Mission in Puyallup was licensed with the State of Washington as a child placing agency. This is a separate ministry from New Beginnings, but both ministries work very closely together. Adoption Ministry finds loving Christian homes not only for babies born here, but has started an international effort to find homes for Ethiopian orphans.

It's amazing what this loving couple has created, all orchestrated by God.  Learn more by going to the New Beginnings website: http://www.newbeginningshome.org/
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