"To be loved by God and to be a part of His powerful kingdom is an incredible privilege. Not to trust God with my life or to doubt His wisdom in the affairs of this world is to presume that He is not truly the almighty God. In a sense, I have a choice of living as a secure, beloved child of the King, or living as an anxious, frustrated child whose God is not all-powerful or compassionate. When tragic, unexplainable circumstances enter my life, I must be willing to wrestle with my Sovereign, to … [Read more...] about Secure, Beloved and Unnecessarily Anxious
In Need of My Village
You’re moving your entire family across the world? When do you leave? You’re still working until two weeks before you leave? I don’t know how you do it? How do you fit it all in? You have 4 kids? When do you find the time? The questions are frequent, legitimate, somewhat stress-inducing (only because I don’t feel like we are doing it well) and my answer is always the same. I don’t do it alone. I am not as capable as you all might think for, behind every single thing that we do (and we recognize … [Read more...] about In Need of My Village
What Have We Been Up To In 2017?
2017 has already been full and we'd love to share a small snapshot of life with you so you can rejoice, praise and pray with us in this journey. Loving God. Loving youth. We have had a busy few months. From teaching at Ukarumpa International Secondary School, to serving as youth sponsors, to volunteering at a local house for kids and continuing to help our kids as they transition to this new country, it has been busy! We are very thankful for the ways we see God working, taking … [Read more...] about What Have We Been Up To In 2017?
Thursdays
Thursday was youth small group. On the day of our ridiculous wind storm and crazy school commutes, the power was out at our dinner hosts house and just before 5 pm, we were given the option to cancel or have pizza by candlelight.I can tell you with all honesty that we DID NOT hesitate. Of course we would go ahead. Of course we would eat whatever was accessible (because who doesn’t like pizza) and of course we wouldn't cancel. Because we love Jesus and we love these youth. You see, yes, we’re … [Read more...] about Thursdays
Tentative
Tentative.2 years ago when we started feeling the stirrings towards missions, we started feeling tentative about the things in our lives. Tentative about the goals we were setting for ourselves, the priorities we were focusing on, the identities we were entrenched in. We started feeling tentative about some things and more certain of others. More certain of God’s word. More certain of His kingdom. More certain that we didn’t want to spend our whole lives living good, comfortable lives and … [Read more...] about Tentative
