I Don’t Have Any Idea What I’m Doing.
“I don’t think I’m going to make it to the village I may need to go back to UB to get our tickets changed due to this emergency.”
To which he faithfully responded, “You have no other option but to go to the village. This is what you’ve been waiting for, praying for.”
I Think God Likes It That Way
The how we were called there, and how we were called home is not the story for today, although it is one I do love to tell.
Today’s story is about the going back.
Holy Spaces
When people hear about the work I do they imagine that I’m carrying heavy stories of trauma and hearing a lot of pain. But actually I rarely have deep conversations with the kids. And except for bits and pieces I don’t hear the details of their trauma Instead the
That is all.
How would I filter a candidate who was telling me, he had felt called to be a “preacher” just a few days after he became a Christian? Would I smile patiently, understanding his new found passion, wondering how long it would last? Would I advise him to take a few years to learn the Word of God before he applied again?
Probably.
The Art Of Being
Here I was trained with a master’s degree in counseling yet in that moment felt quite helpless.
All I could do was be with her.
I held her and cried with her.
I empathized with her saying, “You’re right. It’s so difficult.”
Witnesses To The Work of God
For my whole life I have shuddered at the tales of sex trafficking. I used to cover my ears and leave the room when someone would retell a horror story they heard about a girl being stolen and forced into prostitution. Now I find myself in the middle of it all - and I am strong and brave.
The change of heart came when God called me to the streets of Tijuana and said,
What If Elijah Came To Dinner?
Staring at this powerful woman of God who sat around my campfire the most random though came to me…..
What if Elijah came to dinner?
Heather’s Relationship
We are still working out the details, but we are thinking the wedding will be sometime between late summer and early fall. In some ways, it feels like we are starting our relationship from scratch as we have both grown and changed much in the past four years. And yet,
In the Shadows
“What a gift it is to be a reflection of the light of Jesus and get to walk into these dark places knowing that where the light enters, the darkness must flee.”
Lie #7
“We’re Getting Married!” These three words should bring joy. However, as a missions mobilizer, these are the three words that have killed the mission more times than I care to acknowledge. The announcement is usually followed up by, “We are planning to go to the mission field together one day.” I wish that were true. I really do. But I’ve been at this for long enough to know…
Lie #3
The phone rang only minutes before midnight. Even though we were sitting right there waiting for this important call, my husband Troy and I allowed another ring before answering, an attempt to not appear as desperate as we felt. I went to reach for it and felt my stomach turn on second thought. What if it was the news we would rather not hear? What if the decision to send our family overseas had been a firm no?
“Hello.” Troy answered
Lies, Lies and More Lies
I quickly got to work telling the story of missions and attempting to speak with various Church leaders and missions committees. What I didn’t expect were the closed doors, the blank looks, the lack of luster or passion to SEND. It seemed these days, sending had become old fashioned, out dated, misunderstood and dare I say…weird.