We’re Mike & Jen Costanzo. Welcome to Our World.

This website is an archive of the blogs and writings of two very ordinary Christians. We’re not famous or important, and that’s ok. But if what we’ve written can be of help or encouragement to anyone, then the time and investment we’ve put into this site will have been worth it.

Please pray for our baby girl!

Please pray for our baby girl!

Introducing little Naomi Grace Costanzo Our fourth precious child, Naomi Grace Costanzo, was born yesterday, April 6th.Since she was born 2 months early, she is still very small, weighing 2 lbs 3 oz and is only 14 inches long. She cannot yet breathe on her own, and...

Pictures of Naomi

Pictures of Naomi

Dear little Naomi Grace is in her 3rd day of life. She is stable, but tiny & fragile, and there are still many unknowns. She will be having surgery Friday to place a tube in her stomach. This will help her to receive nourishment and enable the doctors to do...

Our Journey With Naomi Grace

In 2015, Jen gave birth to a baby girl with Trisomy 18. She was with us for 44 days. This is her story—and ours.

Poop Is Good!

Great news--one of our prayer requests has been answered in a big way! Yesterday Naomi had some special fluid put into her feeding tube to test and see if her intestines are fully connected. Both Jen and I were feeling some anxiety about the results, since we hadn't...

Naomi’s Two Week Update

Everyone, Thank you so much for your continued prayers! Naomi has been doing well overall, so much so that I (Mike) was able to attend a Christian Men's Retreat this weekend. It was hard being away, but incredibly encouraging and a much-needed recharge. Naomi's doses...

Some Bad News, But Some Really Good News

Some Bad News, But Some Really Good News

Time for another Naomi Grace update! There is some bad news, but some really good news as well: The bad news (which really isn't news to us) is that further DNA testing has revealed that Naomi does indeed have "full" Trisomy 18. There are 2 other varieties of trisomy...

Reflections/Devotionals

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

This morning in church my pastor said something profound: Why don't Christians make more of Easter? He didn't mean it in a guilt-inducing, shame-on-you sort of way; that doesn't help anybody. But he had a good point: on Christmas we give gifts and eat rich food and...

Moses and the Promised Land

Moses and the Promised Land

Oftentimes when God says, "No," to something we really want, it's hard to believe that His heart toward us is tender and loving and that He delights to give us good things (Psalm 107:9). But He has been teaching me recently that sometimes when He says "No," He is...

This only shall not pass…

This only shall not pass…

I'm reminded tonight that of all the things I put my time and energy into, only two will remain: people and the Bible. People last forever. Whether in Heaven or in Hell, I believe we all have a permanent, everlasting existence. Thus, my time spent with people is an...

Our Time In Japan

Update on Giving and Our Team’s Safety

Our dear family and friends, First of all, thank you for your patience as we got our fund-raising details taken care of! Our team has arranged two ways to donate to helping our brothers and sisters in Japan (electronically or by check). Gifts by check are tax...

Please Pray For Our Beloved Japan

Please Pray For Our Beloved Japan

Our hearts break for Japan. Never in all our years have we ever imagined that this kind of apocalyptic destruction could happen again in our hearts' country. Japan has always been the safest, most disaster-prepared country we have ever known. And in one day, we saw...

Japan and the Water of Life

Japan and the Water of Life

May the floods that they so much dread make blessings break upon their head. -John Piper On March 11, 2011, the dreaded tsunamis swept away hope and life, leaving death and ruin in its wake. The water that swept them forward was dirty and dark, and carried the...