Family Blog
Derick’s International Travel Pics
For two years, Derick lived and worked with Tibetan people in Nepal. During that time, he traveled for weeks at a time to remote villages in the Himalayas. Occasionally he had the opportunity to travel to other places like India, Japan, Thailand, Europe and Israel. Here is a compilation of pictures from some of those
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Dillard Family Update—February 2018
Thank y’all so much for your prayers and support! With your help we have reached our Cross Church School of Ministry fundraising goal!! Thank YOU for your help! We are a little over halfway through the one-year program and have really enjoyed working with international students. As new Cross Church School of Ministry (CCSM) students are
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Dillard Family Update—December 2017
Merry Christmas! Thank you all so much for your prayers and support! We have had the privilege over the last few months to have many interactions with international students and their families! Derick was able to help organize “Thanksgiving dinner in an American home” between several host families from our church and students at the
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Fall Family Photos
The other day our friend took some family photos for us on the University of Arkansas campus. We’ve been loving the cooler weather and seeing the colors of the changing leaves. Our boys are changing and growing a lot too! Happy Fall!! —Jill
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September Family Update
Dillard Family Update—September 4, 2017 Things have been super busy for us over the last month as we have moved, Derick has started Cross Church School of Ministry, and his ministry track (international student ministry at the University of Arkansas through our church’s college “C3” ministry) has gotten into full swing with all the students
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New Direction in Ministry
Thank you so much for your support of Dillard Family Ministries through your prayers and financial resources. It has been a joy and blessing to see how our Lord has worked in Central America, and your generous giving has been a huge part of making that possible! During our time working with SOS Ministries over
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Samuel Says Hello!
Samuel is growing quickly and we love being a family of four! Israel is a wonderful big brother and Sam is a happy, healthy, cuddly little boy. We can’t get enough of our little guys! 🙂
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Samuel’s First Photos!
We are so in love with baby Sam! Thank you for all of your prayers, and for sharing our excitement in welcoming our second son. We are so happy to be together as a family of four!
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Welcome to the family, Samuel Scott!
We are excited to finally announce the arrival of Samuel Scott Dillard! The newest addition to our family arrived on Saturday, July 8, 2017 at 1:02pm. He weighs 9lb 10oz and is 22” long. After 40 hours of labor, he was delivered via C-section at the hospital. Thank you for your continued prayers and support!
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