Blog
Staff Spotlight: Mike Spell
Posted by Janet Mendenhall on June 28, 2010 at 7:53 am
When Mike Spell was born, Christian Homes & Family Services had been going strong for nearly 15 years. And while he was learning to multiply and divide and write in cursive, several of his coworkers were launching their careers here.
Mike joined the Christian Homes team in January as the foster care caseworker. He is quick to say that he was drawn here because of the richness of its heritage and the long-term commitment of the social work staff. In Mike’s opinion, that is unusual for this line of work and speaks volumes about an agency.
As the foster care caseworker, Mike Spell is responsible for supervising the foster children entrusted to our care, working with the existing foster families and recruiting and training new families to join Christian Homes in this ministry he is passionate about. Mike believes every child should have a safe place to call home and at least one adult in their life they can trust. Foster care for too many children is their only hope to see and experience a healthy family. The catastrophic number of children lacking that safety and trust in the state of Texas alone, fuels Mike’s passion for his work at Christian Homes.
“Interacting with people who want to make a difference in the life of a child — that’s my favorite part of my job,” Mike said. Encouraging people who share his dream for a healthy family for all children and planting that seed and watching it grow in the hearts of new families are the joys of his job.
When Mike is not working with foster families, he is busy playing with his family. Mike is married to Amanda and they have two children, Jacob, 5 and Sydney, 4. The Spells attend church at Highland Church of Christ where Amanda serves in the children’s ministry.
In 25 years if Mike Spell’s dream of every child living in a healthy family comes true, Christian Homes won’t need a foster care caseworker. But even if Mike works himself out of a job in foster care, Christian Homes will still be loving and supporting children and families and we hope he will still be here doing just that.
Perhaps somewhere out there is a young one learning to multiply and divide and write in cursive who will one day be amazed by Mike Spell’s tireless commitment to the ministry and be thrilled to join him.
Page 1 of 1 pages
