Harbor Life Ministries

?Redeemer? is a classic praise song that was written and recorded by Nicole C. Mullen in the ’90s. The original song featured powerful vocals that made the song stand out among other praise songs at the time, and are still difficult to emulate.

With permission of the song’s author, Hannah has determined to sing it as a preview of a music CD that will be available at Walk for Life ’09. With Kara Eberle accompanying her on acoustic guitar and sung from the front porch of Harbor House Norwalk, Hannah shows that, even at (just turned) 16 years old, God has given her a beautiful but equally powerful voice.

The CD is still in the works, but it’s shaping up to be an inspiring collection of songs and hymns, and our hope is it inspires our supporters to worship our Lord God the Creator through Christ Jesus our Redeemer.

Songs From the Porch on Linwood Avenue from Harbor Life on Vimeo.

Pledge forms are available at WalkForLife09.com; the music CD will be given away as an incentive…

Every so often, Dan and Renae Alexander of Milan, Ohio, invite pregnant teens into their home for a weekend.

This is a critical act of servanthood for Harbor House, where the budget won’t allow hired help to give primary houseparents Doug and Karla Eberle and family time off.

The Alexanders, who have two grown children, also have a daughter Kaitlyn, 12, who gets older sisters for a couple of days to share time with.

School’s out for Hannah! She finished work tonight in her last workbook.

Hannah is home-schooled, with her mother supplying her curriculum along with the scope and sequence. She also grades Hannah’s tests.

?It was easy.?

That’s what Sara had to say about the GED test.

Her road to getting a diploma equivalent began with a pretest in the areas where she was weak. She struggled with the calculator portion of the math test.

Sara then took a calculator class with a tutor. After that she studied the next three weeks on her own.

The actual test took around five hours to complete. When she had finished with it she wasn’t sure that she had passed. Actually, she feared she had failed.

Five days when by before the results arrived.

So now what?

?I want to get my STNA certification from the state and then look for a job,? she said.

Sara is staying at Harbor House until she has met certain requirements established by the county court. She had her baby last August, a boy named Bryce, whom she placed for adoption.

Colt Justice is the name given by the adoptive parents to a baby boy born Monday, June 1, 2009 at Community Hospital in Coldwater, Ohio.

Colt weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long at birth.