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www.etihad.com The Magdalene Home updates: • If you are out at the store, remember to grab a few extra items that you think can be used well in the Magdalene Home. Drop them off with someone on the Access team and we would be more than happy to get that to them. Thank you Access for being a part of this journey. The Magdalene Home is more than a maternity home. We provide a safe and nurturing environment for pregnant mothers as they are trained and equipped to fulfill God's purpose in their life. It’s an environment where women find loving support both emotionally and spiritually through their pregnancies. The girls at Magdalene Home are able to continue their education, receive medical care and counseling, and experience camaraderie with other girls in the house. Because our staff understands that choosing between parenting and adoption is such a difficult and personal decision, we offer support for either choice and help to lay a foundation for success for both the mother and her child. This home is open to those who genuinely desire to learn and to prepare for their future and for their baby’s future. The Magdalene Home is a real home with bedrooms, bathrooms, and living area. The house parents live in the home with the young moms. Traditional family living includes having meals as a “family,” attending church on Sunday morning, barbecues, fun outings, and more. Each mom also has a chance to grow emotionally, academically and spiritually through carefully planned programs. Wendi has lived in Tyler for over 11 years and has 4 children (2 natural born and 2 adopted) and 2 foster children. She was been blessed to run a successful mortgage business until 2007 when she then decided to home school her children. Four years later, God brought the first of two adoptions into her life and another just 19 months later. Wendi is a public speaker at youth camps, women’s conferences and lady’s retreats and ministers on the subject of sexual abuse. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse at the hand of her father, a Baptist preacher, Wendi has had a journey through a dark side of life and has found healing in her Savior, Jesus Christ.