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HUGE UPDATE! Adoption! I'm A Mom! 

Hi Friends,

I hope you all had a Blessed Christmas and are enjoying the New Year!

So I have a REALLY good reason as to why I've been absent from this page for a while. Well, maybe not, but I do have some pretty exciting news. 

As most of you know, I took a step back from traveling full-time with my music ministry and began teaching voice lessons to about 20 students each week. It has been wonderful sharing what I've learned with others and I really enjoy teaching. I am very grateful that I still have a few concerts each year where I can share and do what I love to do best.

When Covid hit, I was forced to take a break and I am grateful for that time because God was preparing my husband, Pete and I for 2 very important, life altering missions/new chapters.

1. To start the non-profit Sacred Heart Ranch of Idaho, where young women who've experienced trauma have a safe place to rest, heal, grow and have the opportunity for a promising future (we are still in the middle of our capital campaign of fundraising in order to acquire property and home so we can open our doors. We continue to trust it will happen in God's perfect time and way.). To learn more, please visit www.SacredHeartRanch.org

2. To be parents. Summer or 2022, God brought a beautiful 9 year old into our lives who turned 10 this past November. She officially became our daughter on December 2nd of 2022. BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT EVER! I'm a MOM! We are Parents!  After 24 years of marriage, struggling with infertility and having 2 adoptions fall through, I never thought I would say those words, "I'm a Mom". 2022 was an incredibly blessed year for us and we thank God for His love and for His mercies and the gifts He continues to pour out over our lives. He is so good and faithful to give us the desires of our hearts. Always in His time, His perfect time. We love her more than anything in this world and are looking forward to this new adventure as a family.

That being said, I am still doing concerts here and there, just not as many, and we are still working to open Sacred Heart Ranch of Idaho. Because of our added responsibilities as new parents, the amount of time we are able to commit to our fundraising efforts has scaled back a little. However, we were extremely blessed to have had over $70,000 donated in 2022 with minimal efforts. We are so grateful for those of you out there believing in our mission to help young women in our community and beyond who suffer from trauma and need our help.

That's it for now. I hope to jump back on here in a while to update you more on what happened with music in 2022 as well as concerts set for 2023. I had some wonderful opportunities to sing and share in different parts of the country. Thank you to those who continue to invite me to sing.

Wishing You a Happy and Blessed 2023! Thank you for continuing to listen to my music and support this ministry. I pray it continues to bless you as you listen.

Jaime 

Happy Thanksgiving - Grateful? In the year of Covid? Absolutely. 

Happy Thanksgiving! I will try to keep this short. 

This year has been filled with so much... umm... I can't even find the right words. (insert eye-roll and chuckle here). Let's just say it's been a very 'unique' year. 

About a month and a half ago my Great Aunt passed away. At first I was angry at Covid because I stayed away from visiting her to keep her from getting Covid and here she dies anyway. Let's just say I had some stuff to work out in my mind and my heart about the whole thing. Then a couple of days ago her daughter had a stroke and landed in the hospital after having Covid for 2 weeks. I guess they called it a 'Covid Stroke'. Thanks and Praise be to God, she comes home tomorrow at the complete surprise of hospital staff who say that is the fastest they've seen anyone recover from something like this. The power of prayer. 

I SHARE ALL OF THIS BECAUSE... even with everything that's been going on in our country and in our world (the pandemic, the loss of family, friends and jobs), God is still with us, He's still answering prayers and we still have So Much to be grateful for. None of us know the day or the hour we will leave this earth and we never know how much time we have left with family. Many of us are unable to be with family in person this Holiday but we CAN choose to be grateful that we live in a time where we have technology like Zoom and Mobile Phones where we can be together in different ways. 

Some days I find myself sinking into depression and thinking of all the ways this year has messed with my life and my plans. Limited time with family and friends, cancelled concerts since March and no Advent/Christmas Tour this year, etc. I've also struggled with anxiety and anger. A song that continues to come to my mind and that I find myself singing often while driving around town or walking through the house is "It Is Well With My Soul"... 

When peace like a river attendeth my way 

When sorrows like sea billows roll 

Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say 

It is well, It Is well with my soul 

And Lord haste the day when my faith shall be sight 

The clouds be rolled back as a scroll 

The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend 

Even so, it is well with my soul. 

I pray these words bring you some comfort as well as hope. 

Lets continue to encourage each other to search for things that we can be grateful for. Because no matter how bad things get we can Always find something to be grateful for. 

Have a safe, wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving. 

Love, 

Jaime

Episode #5 - The BIG REVEAL - The Secret is OUT! 

The Newest Episode is now up! The SECRET IS OUT!!!

EPISODE 5- "The BIG REVEAL"  7/11/2020 

In this Episode we reveal what we've been up to these past few months and our new adventure with Sacred Heart Ranch of Idaho. Don't miss the BIG NEWS! We are extremely excited to get this up and running. The reading is from Romans, we will answer the question "Why Do Catholics have statues in church",  aaaaand Pete earns a night on the couch. HAHA! Just kidding.  Enjoy!

 

CLICK HERE To Go to Sacred Heart Saturdays VIDEO PAGE

Episode 4 of Sacred Heart Saturdays is Now Available to Watch. 

Click the 'Sacred Heart Saturdays' tab or Click HERE to watch the archived video's

In this Episode we Set the Date for the BIG REVEAL of the new Ministry and where we hope to be going (That date is July 11th so please join us). The Gospel and Reflection is on Matthew 10:37-42 and Jaime sings a newer rendition of the old hymn 'I Surrender All'. We hope you enjoy this episode. No Show July 4th but we will see you Saturday July 11th for the Big Reveal.  

Have a Safe and Happy 4th!

:-) Jaime

 

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"Ave Maria" (Jaime put this together specifically for the Covid 19 pandemic). It was made to help draw us into deeper prayer for our front-line workers, for each other and for an end to the pandemic. May it bring comfort and hope to those who listen and pray along.