Passionate Homemaking

Dorene is a lovely woman of grace, devoted to the Lord and her family. She is the wife of John and mother to triplets. She has inspired me count­less times through her devo­tion to prayer and the word! I am excited to share an inter­view with her on a few dif­fer­ent topics that I admire in her life. These include: prayer, min­istry as a family, and her home busi­ness. Join us!

1. Tell us about your family.

I have been mar­ried 18 years and have 11-year-old triplets. The triplets are each com­pletely dif­fer­ent. I have one girl in the mix with two very ener­getic boys. When the triplets were 7 we found out that one of our sons was autis­tic. His gift is called Asperg­ers. Even though this was dif­fi­cult news to receive it made every­thing so clear. We knew he had a gift and once we were able to guide him in it he began to thrive. The triplets are a cord of three strands that we con­stantly marvel at. John and I thank God for the all they have brought to our lives. We never imag­ined that after 7 years of infer­til­ity that God would pour out such a LARGE bless­ing all at once!

2. How have you sought to point your chil­dren to God?

John and I desire to live our walk in front of our chil­dren. This means not hiding our love for Christ. We wor­ship Him and pray to him openly. John leads us faith­fully in a daily devo­tional unpack­ing for us the deep truths of redemp­tion, sanc­ti­fi­ca­tion etc. There are times of inti­mate “alone” time with our Savior but it is won­der­ful to share openly with them our love for God. We enjoy spend­ing time with them just as God enjoys spend­ing time with us. Another very impor­tant thing we have done since the triplets were very little is to have them listen to the word on tape at night while they are unwind­ing. The fruit that God is instill­ing in their hearts is amaz­ing. They are falling in love with God and find His Word to be alive.

Mostly we deeply depend on God to draw our chil­dren unto Him. They see that He is real, and that He is not some­one to be adored only on Sunday. Their hearts are in God’s hands and we cling to Him, peti­tion­ing God for their hearts, asking Him to turn their hearts to the King of Kings.

3. In what ways have you been able to min­is­ter to others as a family?

We try to look around us and min­is­ter to the ones God has placed in our lives. That would be our neigh­bors, friends, family, brides, and the needy among us. We have gone next door to lay hands on a dying neigh­bor. The triplets touched this man and he was so encour­aged before he passed on. We have taken the triplets with us to feed the home­less, and we encour­age them to see the homes around us as a mis­sion full of lives to share the gospel with. There are many ways we min­is­ter to those around us and the kids are always excited when a new face comes into our lives. This usu­ally means God has placed them there and we will get to share with them the love of God.

Stay tuned…