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  • Jill Duggar, Derick Dillard Offering Refunds to Those Who Donated to Their Work as Missionaries

    Jill Duggar and hubby Derick Dillard have come under fire in recent months since leaving to serve as missionaries in Central America. Answering a request for donations on their blog page, some who donated have started questioning exactly what they were helping to fund.

    Questions first arose when Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard returned home for the wedding of a member of the Bates family–another large Christian family with a reality TV show. They then returned just weeks later for cousin Amy Duggar’s wedding.

    Lately, some have wondered if the Dillard Family Ministries–i.e. Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard–are soliciting funds to simply live in a foreign country. Instead of taking Spanish lessons prior to leaving for El Salvador, they have studied while away–leaving many to question the validity of their donations.

    Apparently lots of people have complained, because Jill and Derick now offer an option for refunds on their website’s donation page.

    In Touch Weekly reported a while back that Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard’s home church in Arkansas didn’t feel their work was sufficient enough to deem them missionaries by their own church’s standards.

    While a refund option has appeared on the Dillard Family Ministries site, Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard are still soliciting donations for their work as missionaries.

    What do you suppose is going on with the former 19 Kids and Counting star and her husband? Is their work in Central America legitimate?

    Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard are presently home in Arkansas at this time. Just three days ago she posted a photo of their son Israel in the company of some of the younger 19 Kids and Counting siblings.

    “Check out our website for recent pics and a new blog update! www.dillardfamily.com,” Jill Duggar Dillard posted.

    A photo posted by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on

    Do you think Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard are legitimately soliciting donations for their work as missionaries? Or are people funding a missions trip the two simply hope to take some day?

  • Jill Duggar Dillard: She and Derick Dillard Share Update on Mission Trip in Wake of ’19 Kids and Counting’ Cancellation

    Jill Duggar Dillard and her husband Derick Dillard updated their blog post on Saturday, keeping their family members, friends, and fans apprised of their mission trip in Central America. While Jill and Derick still haven’t announced where they are serving as missionaries, many reports claim the family–the couple and their infant son Israel–are in El Salvador.

    In their latest blog post, the couple shares updates on themselves, their baby, and even on an elderly woman they converted to Christianity.

    “We are so excited to announce that we have safely arrived on the mission field and we can now tell you that we are in Central America! Israel seems to be adjusting to the new climate, culture, food (via mom’s milk), and language faster than Jill and I are. In fact, he has been the talk of the town. Everywhere we go, people here about and want to see and hold the, “big blue-eyed, white baby” LOL. Israel is definitely growing and developing fast. It has also been wonderful to make contact and talk briefly with family back in the US to share updates.

    Above all, thank you to God and all our prayer and financial partners. We cannot express enough gratitude for the ways God has been working through so many of you to make this transition for our family as smooth as possible. God has used you all to bless us and to make our vision a reality for those who have yet to put their faith in Jesus Christ, who is our only hope for salvation.

    It is encouraging to already see some of the ways God is changing the hearts of the people here. Just 7 days ago, I had the joy of witnessing one elderly woman give lordship of her life to Christ. This transpired just one day after her Christian son was restored to fellowship in his local church. We were at the man’s house ministering to him with encouragement from God’s Word when the opportunity was presented to share the hope of the Gospel with his mother. It’s our prayer, and we ask you to please pray with us, that many more would repent of their ways and turn to God’s way for their life.

    “Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!” -Psalm 106:1

    Love,

    Derick & Jill”

    A photo posted by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on

    Jill Duggar Dillard didn’t mention anything about the cancellation of her family’s reality show. TLC announced earlier this week that they were canceling 19 Kids and Counting. They also announced that they are working with two organizations–RAINN and Darkness to Light–to create a documentary special on sexual abuse, and that it will feature both Jill Duggar Dillard and Jessa Duggar Seewald. Both girls admit they are victims of their brother–Josh Duggar–and his sexual molestations from many years ago.

    Both Jessa Duggar Seewald and Jill Duggar Dillard appeared on Fox and spoke with Megyn Kelly about what their brother did. Jill Duggar explained that the revictimization on behalf of the media was far worse than what Josh Duggar did when he was a teenager.

    It’s uncertain how long Derick and Jill will be serving as missionaries in Central America before they return to the United States. If Jill Duggar is to be a part of this TLC special, however, it doesn’t seem they’ll be gone as long as they previously stated. When first sharing word of an upcoming mission trip with their followers, the couple indicated they could be away for a year or more.

  • Duggar Family Pregnancy Updates: Jessa Duggar Seewald and Anna Duggar Compare Burgeoning Bellies

    The Duggar family will soon have two new grandchildren to add to their list of loved ones. 19 Kids and Counting stars Jessa Duggar Seewald and Anna Duggar are expecting, with Anna Duggar’s baby due a few days ago.

    The two members of the Duggar family posed for fun pictures on Sunday, showing off their burgeoning bellies for all to see.

    It was via the Duggar family’s official Facebook page that Michelle Duggar (presumably) posted a photo of daughter Jessa Duggar and daughter-in-law Anna Duggar. Anna is, of course, the wife of Josh Duggar, whose sexual molestation scandal has wreaked havoc upon the Duggar family in recent weeks.

    “Well, sweet Anna is now past her due date! First time she has ever gone “late” instead of early! Here she is with our Jessa. Be praying for these girls. Pretty soon we will get to kiss the sweet face of another Duggar grandbaby!!!”

    Well, sweet Anna is now past her due date! First time she has ever gone "late" instead of early! Here she is with our…

    Posted by Duggar Family Official on Sunday, July 12, 2015

    Anna Duggar is pregnant with her fourth child. She and Josh Duggar have one daughter and two sons. In a gender reveal just prior to Josh’s sexual molestation scandal hitting the media, it was announced that this baby is a girl.

    Jessa Duggar and her husband Ben Seewald are expecting their first baby on their first wedding anniversary–November 1st. That’s a lot of firsts for this Duggar family member. They haven’t let on what the gender of their baby is–or if they even know themselves.

    Hopefully the addition of these precious grandchildren will be a welcome distraction to all the members of the Duggar family. They have all come under significant fire in the past couple of months.

    Meanwhile new grandson Israel Dillard left with mom Jill Duggar Dillard and dad Derick Dillard to serve as missionaries overseas. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will presumably visit them some time in the coming months.

    Grandchildren are huge blessings to all families. Hopefully they can instill new hope in the 19 Kids and Counting family members.

  • ’19 Kids and Counting’ Family Bids Tearful Goodbye to Jill Duggar Dillard, Husband Derick, and Baby Israel

    The 19 Kids and Counting family bid a tearful goodbye to daughter Jill Duggar Dillard, along with her husband Derick and son Israel, as the family left on Sunday for a mission trip overseas.

    Lots of tears were shed and sobs were audible in a video clip of the 19 Kids and Counting gang as they wished Jill and Derick well and prayed together as a family before Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar packed them up and drove them to the airport.

    Michelle Duggar posted the video to the Duggar family website.

    It wasn’t too long ago that Derick Dillard shared that he and Jill were called to be missionaries overseas. Though the 19 Kids and Counting family hasn’t said where overseas the family will serve, sources believe it may be Nepal.

    “God has put a desire in our hearts to serve Him internationally for longer than the typical short-term mission trip, but we didn’t know yet how God would fulfill that desire in us. We were prepared for the possibility of it being years before our family would be able to make a move of that magnitude. It’s something we’ve prayed about together in an effort to seek God’s plan for our lives in His service. Earlier this year God brought about an opportunity much earlier than either of us was expecting. Several months ago a new opportunity arose for us to serve God on the mission field. Before us we had a choice to make that would undoubtedly change the trajectory of our lives forever,” Derick wrote on his and Jill Duggar’s blog.

    It’s plain to see in the video that Jessa Duggar Seewald had an especially hard time letting go of sister Jill Duggar as the two hugged after the family prayed together. She is no doubt sad that Jill won’t be on hand when she and hubby Ben Seewald welcome their baby into the world in November.

    The 19 Kids and Counting patriarch Jim Bob Duggar had a hard time saying goodbye to Jill and Derick’s baby boy Israel. The baby will likely change a lot before the family sees him again. Jim Bob did say that he and Michelle will likely travel to visit them overseas in the coming months.

    This mission trip comes at a good time for Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard. Jill is admittedly one of brother Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation victims. She appeared to be taking the reliving of the incident in the media much harder than sister Jessa Duggar when the two appeared on TV for an interview with Fox’s Megyn Kelly a few weeks ago. Perhaps getting out of the U.S where most everyone recognizes her will be helpful to Jill.

    The 19 Kids and Counting family will undergo a huge adjustment having Jill Duggar living so far away. Up until now the only member of the family to leave Arkansas was Josh Duggar. In light of the media’s coverage of his sexual molestation scandal, he and wife Anna Duggar and their children have now moved back to Arkansas.

    It will be interesting to see if TLC resumes airing 19 Kids and Counting episodes this fall. If so, do you think they might send a camera crew overseas to film at least some of what Jill and Derick are doing as missionaries?