Dawn of Valor

002: I Met Our Home’s New Owner… and Other God-Stories (Three Weeks Out From the Move)

• Mikayla Dawn Chaparro

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In this week’s real-time “audio vlog,” I share the big and small moments marking our final weeks in Texas before uprooting our family and moving to Pennsylvania. It’s not pre-planned or polished — I jotted a few bullet points, but otherwise, consider it a coffee date with me… only I’m the one doing all the talking.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • How I got to meet the new owner of our home in person — and why it felt like such a personal kindness from the Lord.
  • A wild, God-orchestrated story connecting us to our future landlord in Pennsylvania — a story so specific it could only be His doing.
  • The childhood Bible I found while cleaning and packing from my 7th birthday, complete with a note from my dad — and how it reminded me that seeds we plant in our children’s lives matter, even if the harvest takes decades.
  • The old Kia Telluride key I stumbled across — a symbol of one of the first quiet surrenders God asked of me before Valor’s death, and how He was already pruning and preparing me for bigger surrenders ahead.
  • A short reflection on Acts, where Paul’s testimony didn’t convince the leaders… but the centurions and soldiers within earshot believed — a reminder that God may use us to reach people we never expected.
  • My honest wrestle with the overwhelm, fear, sadness, and spiritual warfare that have surfaced as we walk in obedience.
  • Church notes on Luke 9:23–27 about what it truly means to follow Jesus.- a scrappy version of what I learned from the sermon on Sunday.

If you’re in a season of surrender, wondering what God is doing with the seeds you’ve sown or the losses you’ve endured, I pray this episode encourages you to trust the One who goes before you.

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