El’dad Summer Participant BBQ
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El’dad New Home Share Program
What new at El’dad? Home Share is….. The El’ Dad Home Share Program provides support services to men and women with intellectual disabilities, within the Steinbach and surrounding areas, The Home share program connects participant with hosts who are willing to share their home and positive life style with others. Could this be you? …
Computer Donation
Recycle your no longer used computer safely with IJC!! Donate your no longer used computers to IJC and help make technology affordable for others. How do you dispose of your old computer system after you upgraded to new system? IJC as a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher, we provide benefits to our donors. Benefits we offer …
El’dad Ranch Update
There’s been so much going on at El’dad that it’s nice to take a break from the hustle and bustle to reflect and write a blog entry. We had some tense moments leading up to our annual Fundraising barbecue themed “Here Come’s The Sun”. The weather forecast called for showers. We took this all as …
The Feeling of Emptiness
There is no vacuum in life. So anytime there is one, it has to be filled immediately. When you have an “empty” container, be it a bottle, a mug, or a bucket, know that it’s not really empty. There may not be anything inside but there is air, and air is something. If you think …
Change is Easy!
Yes, you read that right. It actually is, though may not be comfortable! Rick Warren says: Whatever you want to change in your life, don’t resist it; replace it. Change becomes difficult when you just want to use willpower to stop a habit. But know this: there’s no vacuum in life. Once a habit is …
El’dad: the Ranch where “God Has Loved”
“Realizing the inherent worth of individuals, we seek to embody God’s love for people with intellectual disabilities by providing a secure and nurturing place to live” When a friend mooted the idea of applying for a job at El’dad Ranch, the first thing that struck me was “Ranch!” I told the guy that I was …
Choices
In the course of our work, we meet people from time to time, who have made some bad choices in life. When I meet such, I want to learn from them, and so I ask them questions. And almost without fail, every one of them would say there are many things they would do differently. …
The Good Fight
I grew up hearing from my parents and everyone that loved me: Don’t fight! And so I grew up not knowing how to fight. But what they didn’t tell me was that there’s a good fight—the fight for my life; the fight for my future; the fight for my destiny; the fight for my health; …
Seeing the Invisible
Seeing the Invisible You are going to make a decision everyday how you want to live: whether it’s going to be by what you see or just trust that the not yet seen is much better. Sight is powerful but limited. We recently had a two-day training on suicide prevention, and it’s amazing the statistics …
