Waller Family

The Waller family in summer of 2018

Family Name

Waller

Website

http://visionserve.org/

Location

Wisconsin

Number of Children

10 (2 deceased)

Number of Grandchildren

16

Family Members

Parents

Brian and Sue Waller

Children

Adam Waller, Isaac Waller, Derrick Waller, Rachelle Afarian, David Waller, Sarah Waller, Samuel Waller, Lydia Wolf, Rebecca Waller, Matthew Waller

Grandchildren

Serena Afarian, Nehemiah Afarian, Paul Waller, Abigail Waller, Davia Waller, Hannah Afarian, Timothy Waller, Adalynn Waller, Phillip Waller, Calia Waller, Joseph Afarian, Destiny Waller, Olivia Waller, Joanna Waller, Ruth Waller, Peter Waller

Religious Details

Denomination

Baptist IBLP

School Choice

Homeschool

The Waller family has 8 living children (2 deceased children) and 16 grandchildren from parents Brian and Sue Waller.

Family

Brian Kent Waller - born on April 15, 1946 ^[1]
Susan "Sue" Elizabeth Blom - born on February 26, 1955

Anniversary: November 16, 1974^[2]

Children

	Name	Date of Birth	Notes
1	Adam Kent Waller	April 11, 1980^[2]	married to Valerie Mueller with 4 children
2	Isaac Wallace Waller	April 11, 1980^[2]	passed away on November 4, 2005
3	Derrick John Waller	June 14, 1982^[2]	married to Jennifer Wilkes with 3 children
4	Rachelle Michelle Afarian	October 1, 1983^[3]	married to Joseph Afarian with 4 children
5	David William Waller	September 8, 1986^[4]	married to Priscilla Keller with 5 children
6	Sarah Elizabeth Waller	October 15, 1990^[5]
7	Samuel Waller	May 12, 1993
8	Lydia Wolf	May 1995	Married to Graeme Wolf
9	Rebecca "Becca" Christine Waller^[6]	January 4, 1997^[7]	passed away on October 2, 2019^[8]
10	Matthew Waller	March 31, 1998^[9]

Adam's Family

Valerie Mueller - born on September 17, 1981^[10]

Anniversary: March 3, 2012^[11]

	Name	Date of Birth
1	Abigail Renee Waller	September, 2013^[12]
2	Timothy Isaac Waller	July, 2016^[13]
	Baby Waller	about 2017 ^[14]	miscarriage
	Baby Waller	about 2018 ^[14]	miscarriage
3	Joanna Michele Waller	April 27, 2019^[15]	twin to Ruth
4	Ruth Susanna Waller	April 27, 2019^[16]	twin to Joanna

Derrick's Family

Jennifer Wilkes - born on October 3, 1986

Anniversary: June 27, 2015^[17]

	Name	Date of Birth
1	Adalynn Faith Waller	September, 2016^[18]
2	Calia Marie Waller	November 2017
3	Olivia Waller	2019 ^[19]

Rachelle's Family

Joseph Afarian

Anniversary: August 1, 2009^[20]

	Name	Date of Birth
1	Serena Grace Niaree Afarian	January, 2011^[21]
2	Nehemiah Andrew Veh Afarian	October, 2012^[22]
3	Hannah Evangeline Elizabeth Afarian	April, 2016^[13]
4	Josiah Joseph Afarian	Summer 2018 ^[23]

David's Family

Priscilla Lynn Keller - born on July 3, 1986^[24]

Anniversary: February 4, 2012^[25] (wedding featured on 19 Kids and Counting episode "Duggars Down the Aisle")

	Name	Date of Birth
1	Paul William Waller	March 16, 2013^[26]
2	Davia Lynn Waller	November 12, 2014^[27]
3	Phillip Andrew Waller	October 19, 2016^[28]
4	Destiny Faith Waller ^[29]	October 2, 2018
5	Peter David Waller	May 6, 2020^[30]

Lydia's Family

Graeme Wolf

Anniversary: July 19, 2020^[31]

Beliefs and Practices

Institute in Basic Life Principles

Two of the Waller daughters teaching in 2006

The Waller family is heavily involved with the Institute in Basic Life Principles. IBLP is mentioned in some of their earliest blog posts from 2005, at which time several of the older children had already begun teaching with the institute.^[32]

As of 2017, Adam, David, Samuel, and Rebecca are all working at the IBLP headquarters in Big Sandy, TX, and Sarah and Lydia are both working for affiliated ministries.^[33]

Homeschooling

Adam and Isaac Waller began kindergarten at a public school, but were pulled after their parents were unhappy with the negative influence the other children had on them. The Waller children were homeschooled from then on.^[34] They called their homeschooling Gloria Dei Academy.^[35]

Chores

The Wallers raised their children with chores. Unlike many of their friends, they did not allow gender roles to influence their chores, giving their children a more well-rounded knowledge of household tasks.^[34]

Courting

Although what is known about the relationships between adult children and romantic interests suggests that the family follows the same courtship model displayed my many of their friends (including limited physical contact and chaperoned dates), they have not officially stated any one set of rules.

Mission Work

Mongolia

The Waller family served as missionaries in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from June 23, 2005, to July 11, 2007. Much of their time there was spent teaching character training and English classes.^[34]

Korea

From mid-2010 to July, 2011, most of the family served as missionaries in Korea, where they helped teaching English classes.

Death of Isaac

Isaac with one of his sisters shortly before leaving for Seoul

On November 3, 2005, while the family was living in Mongolia, Isaac Waller had to be medically evacuated to Seoul, Korea, after a month of bed rest from an infection in his foot. He was unconscious by the time he and his parents arrived in Seoul, and once landing it was determined that he had a brain hemorrhage. He was pronounced dead at 1:30pm on November 4, 2005.^[36]^[37]^[38]

The Waller family with Isaac's grave in Mongolia

His funeral was held at the First Church of Ulaanbaatar in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on November 9, 2005, at which time he was buried. A memorial service was held for his friends and family back in the US at Summit Church in St. Paul, MN, a week later.^[38]^[39]

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References

[1] ttps://www.mylife.com/brian-waller/e913932337266

[:2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 http://davidlovespriscilla.com/about-us/david-story/

[3] ttp://visionserve.org/2005/10/phone-systems-in-mongolia/

[4] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/7Yn1ytAqav/?hl=en&taken-by=davidncil

[5] ttp://visionserve.org/2005/11/isaac-went-home/

[6] ttps://www.twincities.com/2019/10/02/state-patrol-investigating-fatal-crash-in-inver-grove-heights-wednesday-morning/

[7] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BAJErQrAqbg/?hl=en&taken-by=davidncil

[8] ttp://archive.is/I9G2r

[9] ttp://visionserve.org/2011/04/back-home-in-mongolia/

[10] ttp://muellermice.blogspot.com/2009/09/valeries-birthday.html

[11] ttp://muellermice.blogspot.com/2013/03/waller-wedding-anniversary.html

[12] ttp://muellermice.blogspot.com/2013/09/welcome-baby-waller.html

[:3-13] 13.0 ^13.1 http://visionserve.org/2016/12/christmas-update/

[:4-14] 14.0 ^14.1 http://joyfullservice.com/2019/05/a-double-blessing/

[15] ttps://www.babylist.com/baby-valerie-waller

[16] ttps://www.babylist.com/baby-valerie-waller

[17] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/4b34bMAqQE/?hl=en&taken-by=davidncil

[18] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BKJlZChA_M_/?hl=en&taken-by=davidncil

[19] ttps://www.davidlovespriscilla.com/2019/10/06/celebration-invitation/

[20] ttp://visionserve.org/2009/08/rachelle-and-josephs-wedding/

[21] ttp://visionserve.org/2011/02/a-first-grandchild/

[22] ttp://visionserve.org/2012/10/a-new-grandchild/

[23] ttps://www.davidlovespriscilla.com/2018/07/22/summer-fun/

[24] ttp://davidlovespriscilla.com/about-us/priscillas-story/

[25] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/yrpox-AqWi/?hl=en&taken-by=davidncil

[26] ttps://www.davidlovespriscilla.com/2013/03/17/paul-william-waller/

[27] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/vT1mzcgqeT/?hl=en&taken-by=davidncil

[28] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BLyxK8pgWYL/?hl=en&taken-by=davidncil

[29] ttps://www.davidlovespriscilla.com/2018/10/02/destiny-faith-is-here/

[30] ttps://www.davidlovespriscilla.com/hes-here/

[31] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/CC1KayAAcD6/

[32] ttp://visionserve.org/page/3/?s=IBLP

[33] ttp://visionserve.org/2016/12/christmas-update/

[:0-34] 34.0 ^34.1 ^34.2 http://davidlovespriscilla.com/about-us/david-story/

[35] ttp://visionserve.org/?s=gloria+dei

[36] ttp://visionserve.org/2005/10/phone-systems-in-mongolia/

[37] ttp://visionserve.org/2005/11/isaac-very-sick-evacuated-to-korea/

[:1-38] 38.0 ^38.1 http://visionserve.org/2005/11/isaac-went-home/

[39] ttp://visionserve.org/2005/11/to-god-be-the-glory/

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