Our Family

We are the Burns Family!

Sam has always loved flying, traveling, coming up with entrepreneurial ideas to solve problems in the world, and communicating God’s love for people. Alyx loves dancing, mentoring, traveling, and opening up our home to share God’s love for people. We both love our little girls, and find that if we do nothing else on a given day but play with them and show them love, it will have been a great day.

Selah Burns burst onto the scene in May, 2017. The word Selah is a Hebrew word that means: to pause and reflect. Arriving a week early and not waiting until we made it to the hospital to pop out, she has rarely lived up to her name. Selah speeds through life at 100 MPH and the more time we spend with her, the more we are convinced that God gave us that name for Selah so that for her whole life she would be reminded to take a few moments here and there to pause and reflect.

In April 2022, Isabella Burns came into the world and joined our little family. It has been a joy to watch her grow and to see our family grow into a family a four.

We believe the Christian life is lived best when we are being taught and cared for by our elders, as well as teaching and caring for those younger than us. At a young age, we both felt a calling to engage diverse cultures and to live on mission. One thing we have found in our handful of years together is that no matter where you live, there are diverse cultures all around us and a mission from God to be lived out each day.

Whether it’s flying a plane into the jungle, dancing through a Zumba class, or playing horse rides in the living room with Selah, each moment offers an opportunity to engage people with love. We are very thankful that you are engaging with us, and we would very much value your support!