Stories Along The Path catalogs stories of how people are living out the mission of Pantano Christian Church. Every one of us has a story to tell about our journey on the Pathway. These are stories that demonstrate how God has used the people of Pantano to make our world different. These stories inspire us to passionately embrace our faith to love people to Jesus and in turn discover how we ourselves can make a difference in the world.

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Mikayla's mom
Carla Perez

My hero is my mom. She hardly ever thinks about herself. She does so much for others as well as putting them first. She has so much faith in everything, that sometimes I wonder how. She continues to pray for everyone and everything, and even prays for those who dislike…

Carla Perez
Elijah Sharp
Elijah Sharp

My hero comes in a small but mighty package.

In December of 2005, God brought my sweet Elijah into this world two months earlier than he was expected. To put it simply, Elijah had a rough start at life. In his five years on this earth, he has faced more hurdles…

Elijah Sharp
Mikayla Perez
Mikayla Perez

My hero is my daughter Mikayla. From the day she was born, Mikayla has endured many physical complications. She was born blind and the Lord healed her. At 3 months she contacted RSV and spent a week in ICU, but unlike all the other babies in ICU who were on…

Mikayla Perez
Peggy Tate
Peggy Tate

What do you call a single mom that raises two fantastic God fearing children? Who served her community as a police officer putting her life on the line putting bad guys in jail? Who constantly fought against the organizational stereo-typing of female police officers? Who shared her faith with those…

Peggy Tate
Martha Baker & Michele Leeder – Godly women
Martha Baker and Michele Leeder

My hero has always been my Mom...a strong Godly woman, and a woman not afraid to tell you how it is. She taught me many things throughout the years, and truly loved me with all of her heart. I never realized how much she was there for me until I…

Martha Baker and Michele Leeder
Brian Delfs – A Community Hero
Brian Delfs

My Dad, Brian Delfs, is not only a hero to my family and I- but to the entire community. My dad is a firefighter. He is a captain and a chief. He is an example of courage, a man of great ability provided by his trust in Jesus Christ, his…

Brian Delfs
Carl & Denise Cherry
Carl & Denise Cherry

The year 2002 was the awakening of sorts...we decided that God was trying to tell us something.

However, our story begins a few years before. Most of our friends were blessed with children. It felt to us that every few months someone we knew was having or going to have a…

Carl & Denise Cherry
Herbert & Ericka Balli
Herbert & Ericka Balli

Our Foster-Parent Journey…

Although we didn’t know it at the time, our journey to become foster parents started 6 ½ years agowhen our triplet daughters, Samantha, Lisa and Christina were born extremely premature. What shouldhave been the happiest time in our lives turned to the worst when our daughter Lisa died…

Herbert & Ericka Balli
Tom & Heather Haberman
Tom & Heather Haberman

We have adopted three children. Each one of our children has such a unique and amazing story. Our oldest, a daughter, was born in March 2000. She was a very fast adoption- everything went smoothly (from the time we were certified to adopt until we brought her home from the…

Tom & Heather Haberman
Shawn & Andrea Duerkop
Shawn & Andrea Duerkop

We adopted our two boys, currently ages 5 & 3, from birth. After a few years of marriage, we were ready to begin a family. Though we knew little of adoption, we felt God nudging us to adopt. So we did. Looking back, at the time we didn't fully understand…

Shawn & Andrea Duerkop
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