Post Theme: Christmas in July It’s shortly after mid-night. My alarm will go off in four hours and fifty-five minutes. I should be asleep. Instead, I’ve been lying awake, staring at the ceiling with weeping heart and racing mind. Things have been busy the past few weeks. But tonight the chaos dissolved into background noise. …
In 2015, God miraculously provided a home for FTN. We are so grateful for this amazing little space in which and through which so much has happened. It has housed Bible studies, backpacks and school supplies, prayer meetings, and has been the planning grounds for multiple Green Bean Projects. It has seen happy tears, sad …
As 2018, grows smaller in the rearview mirror and 2019 rushes on, we rejoice at God’s amazing works! We never really know where a year might take us, but God does! A Year of Growing Last year, was a year of growing in ways we weren’t expecting. We started the year with many unexpected, time-consuming …
Post Theme: Learning and Praying Together – Ministry Update, March 2018 “And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said… And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. …Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I …
Over the last two weeks, we’ve focused primarily on how God has called us to reach into our own community to reach the fatherless, but Acts 1:8 doesn’t stop at our doorstep. In fact, it reaches far beyond. Christ commanded His disciples to go not only to Jerusalem but also to Judea and Samaria: The …
Thanksgiving was just around the corner, and for the first time ever I was standing in line at the food bank. I wasn’t there for myself. I was just the driver. Beside me, stood a single mom and her four-year-old son. She had contacted me days earlier in a panic. “I’m wondering if your church …
I grew up in a missionary’s home, so it’s no surprise that the verses often referred to as the Great Commission are very familiar. I grew up hearing the importance of reaching our Jerusalem, our Judea, and yes, even the uttermost parts of the earth. But that is such an enormous task! How could we …
Over the years, I’ve had many people ask me, “Just what is the Green Bean Project?” To be honest, I know when I share about the project everything in my heart tends to well up and a TON of information pours out. To me, it seems simple and straight forward, but sometimes I leave people …
Today is the big day! Today launches this year’s Green Bean Project. Some of you may be very familiar with the GBP, while for others this is entirely new. For those of you who are just learning about the project, the GBP started as a result of one woman’s kindness in the midst of holiday …
It had been a stressful morning at the orphanage—like most that school year. One of the children was doing her best to make life miserable for everyone around her. She was pushing all the buttons. She was testing every puddle to see if she could create a storm. By the time lunch came around, I …
