Crazy fun, crazy busy... April

First things first: Baby Updates
We are having a baby girl! And, as of now, her name will be Allie Joy Madrid (unless of course that changes for some reason between now and mid-August). We could not be more excited!

Other Fun Things...

We are heading home in May:
In May, we will be traveling to Oklahoma to connect with family and friends, refuel, and raise support. If you want to connect with us while we are there - shoot us an email or call us with some times that work for you!

Summer intern comes to Portland:
This summer we are going to have an intern at The Door! His name is Kyle, he is a college student, and we are so excited for him to come! He will stay with the Dorroh's for just a bit while we are in Oklahoma and will then move in with us for the rest of the summer. We are so excited to have a college student spend a couple of months with us!

Discovery Bible Studies - everywhere we turn:
We are now doing discovery Bible studies within the Door, outside of the Door, helping to train people to do them, and still looking for people of peace. It has been amazing to see these small groups of discovery based bible study take off within our city. We are seeing them happen with singles, marrieds, and even kids! So exciting! Believe with us for continued favor as we build relationships with community development leaders, pastors, university students, refugees, and people within the Door.

Blog upate

Hi everyone!

We are going to keep this update for more church/ministry related updates but I am going to start my own blog, www.laughterfull.blogspot.com. For whatever reason, trying to blog from both Christian and I's perspective - rather than just my own, has just been hard. I think I will feel more free to just be me if it is my own space rather than an update page for our life. You would think that blogging would not be that hard but I guess for some of us, it just is. We'll see how it goes with the new space and if I blog more than I have here but I think it will at least be a start. And, it will probably be more fun. So, join me at laughter-full and journey with me through my ponderings!

We will keep this one updated monthly - with very similar updates as our email updates so it will be a great place to keep in touch with updates with the Church, ministry, and work here in general.

Thanks for encouraging and loving us so well on this journey!