Having a daily prayer for difficult days when you don’t know what to pray is so important. On difficult days, in difficult times, your thoughts, feelings and emotions can be hard to put into words. Sometimes I need to write them down. Sometimes I need to read them. Sometimes I just need to lay down,…
I’m finding that one of the bigger challenges we face in our work overseas is the constant need to look far ahead yet still live in the present. We must plan in advance and be ready for the next thing all while continuing our daily lives. Planning a transition, wading through the details of another…
We were dating. Trying to find out everything we could about each other. Asking questions and probing for information. What sports did you play? Did you play any instruments? What is your favorite food? What is your favorite flower? “Daisy,” I answered. “I love daisies.” To which Jeremy replied, “Daisies? Like just plain, normal, yellow…
Oh, the incredible task of learning how to be patient, of learning lessons of waiting, patience, endurance, and perseverance. I’ve never been good at those amazing characteristics. As a young girl, I remember that waiting for Christmas or going to grandma’s house or a Friday night sleepover was tough stuff. I remember counting the days,…
There was a phrase that I needed but it was not coming to me. Don’t you hate that feeling? A phrase had been running through my head for days and I could NOT remember where it was from… a movie? a song? Instead of being able to match it with something solid, the phrase seemed…
Oh, the process of learning how to let go. That has been a big part of my year. Letting my heart rest in seasons of change, high stress and challenges. I’ve been in this year of mending. You have been walking it with me. Maybe you are walking your own year of mending. Your own…
Over the past years, we’ve taken you along on a journey. This is a journey past the five minute window at your church, behind the prayer card in your Bible and directly into the life of workers overseas. The real life. Not just the cut and paste happy moments that make their way into a…
I really could stop at that title. God loves me. But there is a story, as always, behind the title that is unfolding in this year of mending. I’m certainly not through learning from this story nor is God finished writing it. In keeping with sharing my journey, connecting you with missionary life… this story…
I don’t know what I was thinking. Last Wednesday, I just stood up, put my running shoes on and ran a 5k. I hadn’t run a 5k since we lived in France almost a year ago. I hadn’t run more than a mile at one time in 5 solid months. And I up and decided…
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