the interview progresses, one of the small children Jessica and Jamie are now responsible for helping, happily plays around us. I watch her gently pat his back and smile as he makes his way to us on the couch. Jessica mentions that hopefully the seeds of faith will become planted in those
people and God, I found myself not wanting to leave. There was more I wanted to hear, or rather I needed to hear. As humble people typically do (thinking I’m not one of these types), Jessica Saint most certainly downplays her role as a mother of six. On a good day with my two children I find myself biting my nails to the quick and stepping up my Sudoku puzzle activity as an approach to dealing with stress. Her, not so much, instead she sews and creates gorgeous things (like converting a Target table cloth into an entire set of curtains in the kitchen).
VISION
entrusted to her care, if only for a short while she has the opportunity to plant them. As ironies would go, this one act is of enormous measure because that small seed the Saints plant in those around them can grow into eternal life through Christ and so my Happy Hearts birthday chair pales in comparison. I find myself, in the midst of conversation, examining my own life. So with her soft and humbling words about loving
Throughout the summer, her husband Jaime traveled on Vision trips to Ecuador, Bolivia, and Africa as she managed all six Saint Girls by herself. The Saints prefer to call their travels VISION TRIPS instead of Mission trips. Mission trips often create a dependency on those in need of help whereas VISION TRIPS, like those that Jaime Saint embarks on, create independence by teaching those less fortunate how to care for themselves. Jaime