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United States

West Coast

Developmental disabilities

In a Goldensun Ministries home in Phoenix, Ariz., Anna Klitzke and her housemates prepare dinner together. They talk about how their day went and watch movies.

These cozy acts of domesticity are tremendous milestones for residents who are developmentally disabled.

Anna, 26, lived with her parents before moving in. Her mother Donna worried what would happen when she and her husband could no longer care for their daughter a fear common to parents whose children have developmental disabilities.

Donna wanted her daughter to be in a Christian setting. She and her husband considered moving to California, where MCC had helped to start a Christian home. Then, in 2005, MCC support led to the opening of the first Goldensun house in Phoenix.

Today, Anna talks about cooking for housemates on Thursday nights. She is glad she moved in, she says.

Donna nearly breaks into tears talking about how her youngest daughter had her over for dinner a moment that signified leaps in growth she could scarcely have imagined. "It’s something I thought would never happen on this side of heaven," she said.

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