I love to be self-reliant. To a fault. I went away to a mission boarding school for the first time in seventh grade when I was twelve. In between me and my family were 600 miles and a dense jungle that could not be traversed except by airplane - a four hour trip through the clouds. A fellow MK from my area and I, because of our small size, would be squeezed into the back of the Caravan where … [Read more...] about A Beautiful Need
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The Struggle of Wanting to Be Someone Else
Have you ever wished you were someone else? I have struggled tremendously this year with wishing I was someone else as a speaker. If I am funny, it is not because humor just rolls of my tongue. I have agonized over wishing the Lord had not called me to such serious subjects like jealousy or forgiveness. Those subjects can be hard for women to face. I have wished that I was anyone but … [Read more...] about The Struggle of Wanting to Be Someone Else
What I Really Want
We celebrated my daughter's twelfth birthday this week. Her older sister and I ran around earlier in the day to pick up the last of her gifts. To surprise my birthday girl, I pulled her out of school early for a fun afternoon. We spent the time together doing what she liked before going to her favorite restaurant for dinner. As I tucked her into bed that night, she whispered in my ear, … [Read more...] about What I Really Want
My Unsung Hero
My dad, Jim, sitting on his father Laban's lap, 1947 What does the word hero mean to you? I don't think it should be given to someone who displays a talent in an athletic sport. I don't think a hero is a movie or pop star with flashy clothes and the ability to draw a crowd. Our American culture would disagree vehemently. We are told to scramble to get to the top of the mountain no … [Read more...] about My Unsung Hero
The Unsafe Path of Obedience
..."Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” Matthew 14:28 I love a great story. A great story is one in which I find a character that I can relate to and study throughout the pages of the book in front of me. When I was growing up in the DRCongo, we had a very limited supply of books for me to read. Without the distraction of television or an iPod, I would spend hours and … [Read more...] about The Unsafe Path of Obedience
Happy Mother’s Day to the Bravest Woman I Know
*My mom will be out of the country this Mother's Day as she and Dad will be in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I wanted to share this now before she leaves.* Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” Proverbs 31:28-29 My beautiful mother with my Jenna On a … [Read more...] about Happy Mother’s Day to the Bravest Woman I Know
