God is faithful – even when we don’t understand. In nearly eighteen years of working with various ministries overseas, I have never once had to cancel or postpone a trip once the planning was fully underway—until this spring. Now, I face that decision for the second time in a month and a half. I have …
How Would Job Celebrate Father’s Day
I shouldn’t be writing this. It’s eleven p.m. and I have a busy day tomorrow. There’s a good chance that I’ll wake up in the morning and scratch the whole thing because it’s not likely I’ll make much sense at this hour…But I can’t not write it. Sunday is Father’s Day. We all know that. …
Trip Update
Our second deadline for the Kenya trip has come and gone. Some of you already know that the funds for the trip did not come with it. Because of the other things going on for the remainder of the year*, I do not feel that we can simply reschedule it or push it back a …
Decision Day
Yesterday was decision day. It was the make or break moment for the trip to Kenya, one of many actually. As I’ve mentioned before, this trip is very unexpected. There were no plans or funds set aside for it when the need arose. Originally the plan had been to try to be in Kenya by …
The Unexpected
Sometimes the unexpected happens. Just when you think you know where you’re going, God switches on the turn signal. At the start of this year, the Lord opened the door to begin preparing materials for a Bible Institute course on reaching the Fatherless. Much of what you have seen in the “What the Bible Says …
What’s Going On In 2013
Okay. I know it’s already February, so this might seem a little late, but here goes anyway! I have spent much time in prayer about the Lord’s direction for this year. In fact, when I came home from Kenya, I took an entire day to go out, hike along the river and find a quiet …
Green Bean Project Report
Four times, Psalm 107 says to praise the Lord for His wonderful works among the children of men. So, here goes! About a month ago I was starting to get a little panicked about the outcome of the Green Bean Project. We had about 22 days left in the project and I realized that the …
On the Menu
Someone recently asked me about the diet in Kenya. I was about half way through my response email when I realized that others might be interested, and might even want to give it a try. So, I’ve decided to pull together the best list that I can based on what we generally eat while at …
Prayer Update October 2012
The last few months have been absolutely full of unexpected craziness (like seven weeks of house repairs). I told someone the other day, “I got back to the States in July, but I still haven’t landed!” I am grateful that we have just a couple more weeks of really big projects and deadlines and then …
Take Time To Be Holy
This weekend was our church’s annual Ladies Retreat Day. Our theme was “It’s All About Time!” Every lesson was an enormous blessing, at least to me, whether I was listening or teaching it! We normally have 4 speakers, but this year we only had three people in our church who were available to speak and …
