Moms in Touch International

Today's guest post is written by my friend, Becky Boggio. She is involved in a ministry called Moms in Touch International. She spoke about it at the Code Blue women's event at WFA and you could hear how passionate she was about this ministry during her talk. I had never heard about Moms in Touch before and figured a lot of you might not have either. Becky excitedly agreed to share with us today and fill us in on this amazing ministry.

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I am so excited that Jamie invited me to share information about a ministry called Moms in Touch International (MITI). MITI was started by a woman named Fern Nichols in 1984 when her two oldest children were entering junior high and Fern felt a burden on her heart about how different their lives would be at this age in school. Through prayer she asked God to give her another mom who shared her burden who she could pray with and God led her to such a woman. They began to meet together to pray and then invited other mothers to join them. As moms began to share how God was working in their lives during these prayer sessions other groups began as well. This all occurred while Fern and her family were residing in British Columbia. In 1985 the Nichols family moved to California and Fern continued to feel God’s calling for her to grow this ministry. Today the Moms in Touch Ministry have groups that meet in every state in the country and in 130 different countries around the world. The Moms in Touch International Booklet has been translated into more than 48 languages.
There are groups that meet at all school age levels from pre-school through college, there are career-aged groups, grandmothers, prison ministry, home schooled groups, and special needs groups.
Being part of this ministry has blessed me so much and telling my story is my favorite part of it. Two years ago, October 2009, I read an article about Moms in Touch International (www.momsintouch.org), a ministry of mothers that meet weekly to pray for their children, the issues the children face at school, and for the children’s schools (teachers, administration, etc).   I browsed their website and discovered that out of all the schools in the Waukesha School District there were only two that had a registered group of mothers praying for their schools (as of late September 2011 that number has increased to eight).  I immediately felt as though a darkness was covering Waukesha.  I emailed a couple of my friends and suggested that we informally send out prayer requests for our kids, as we have them, in an effort to try and change this but those requests came in few and far between.  At the time it just didn’t seem possible to find an extra hour in the week to commit to something. 
Fast forward to Christmas time, when I received a Christmas letter from a family friend, Marion.  She and my mother grew up together and I have known her and her children (who are about 8-10 years older than me) my whole life.  In Marion’s letter she mentioned that her daughter, Sherri, was still involved in Moms in Touch.  I assumed it was participating in prayer groups for her kids.  I went on the website again to see if Sherri’s name was on some sort of contact list so I could connect.  I clicked on the state of WI to narrow down my search and Sherri’s picture popped up as the Moms in Touch State Coordinator.  Wow!  I totally believe this was God at work. 
I contacted Sherri and she enthusiastically told me about the ministry and encouraged me to set up a group.  I started a group for my children’s school, Prairie Elementary, and while the number of participants is low we know God is at work. My connection with Sherri has allowed me the opportunity to participate in the Moms IN Touch annual Retreat the last two years. It is really a getaway for the Moms in Touch leadership of the state but others who pray or lead groups are invited as well. We spend our time trying to figure out how to spread the word of this ministry and share the incredible stories of how the prayers of us as mothers have been answered by God for our children! We serve an amazing God!
If you would like to learn more about this ministry please go to the Moms in Touch website and connect. Or ask Jamie for my contact info and I will be happy to discuss with you!

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Thank you, Becky!!