"I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!" Philippians 3:10-11 (NLT)A little girl was born in the 1920s whose mother's heart beat with God's own. Geneva watched her mother, Mrs. Haller, devote her life to the care of Congo's … [Read more...] about Seeing The One Who Is Invisible
Encouragement
End of the Famine
"To you I call, O LORD my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who have gone down to the pit." Psalm 28:1 (NIV) (Mail day at Nkara-Ewa, courtesy of the MAF airplane) We were starved for news from the United States in Congo. Nothing was more precious to us than a letter from a beloved friend or relative. Our favorite days were those when we … [Read more...] about End of the Famine
You Know
"In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, 'Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.'Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, … [Read more...] about You Know
The Obscure for the Obscure
(Shawn, Nicol, and Todd, Christmas 1979)"All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. 'Isn't this Joseph's son?' they asked." Luke 4:22 (NIV) I will never forget our first Christmas that we celebrated at Nkara-Ewa in December 1979. Evergreen trees do not grow in Congo, so Dad came up with the ingenious idea of sticking cut palm fronds from the nearest palm … [Read more...] about The Obscure for the Obscure
Favorite Quotes from C.S. Lewis
Just some food for thought from one of the most brilliant minds that ever lived (in my opinion):“Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.”“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.”"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our … [Read more...] about Favorite Quotes from C.S. Lewis
Sticky Fingers
"Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him." Psalm 127:3 (NLT)In my once or twice a year effort to turn this house into a place even Mr. Clean would find acceptable, I can often bemoan and get frustrated over the never-ending dirt I find everywhere. Just when I think I have cleaned the last smudge on the wall and done the last load of laundry, I realize a new spot or … [Read more...] about Sticky Fingers
