I really like people. Correction. I love people. I am energized by being with them, I am encouraged by talking with them. I am refreshed by listening to them. But, do you know what my favorite thing about people is? It's moments when you meet someone new, or get to know someone you've already met and you are able to breathe. You are able to breathe because something about them puts you at ease. Something about them lets you know that they appreciate you. Something about them lets you know that, … [Read more...] about Don’t Hold Your Breath

We’re here. All 6 of us in a new country with a new language, new climate, new culture, new home, new foods, new friends and it has been hard. It has been raw and real and altogether messy. We are not perfect. We’re messy, broken and struggling to find familiarity amidst newness and uncertainty. We’ve fallen apart on more than one occasion - glimpses or bursts of our sinful selves on display for our 40+ new friends to see as we live in this close community, side by side, all of us dealing with … [Read more...] about On Losing Rights and Gaining Freedom

​We are here, well, almost here. We have travelled across the world and I”m not going to sugar coat it, at times, it was rough. But, do you want to know something else? Amidst all of the running, sweating, child managing, luggage carrying, infant snuggling and vomit bag holding, there was peace. There was doubt too, a definite moment of doubt that I’ll share with you but it was brief and the longest reigning feeling on our 21 hour journey was peace. An indescribable, inexplicable peace that I … [Read more...] about Abiding.

​We are here, well, almost here. We have travelled across the world and I”m not going to sugar coat it, at times, it was rough. But, do you want to know something else? Amidst all of the running, sweating, child managing, luggage carrying, infant snuggling and vomit bag holding, there was peace. There was doubt too, a definite moment of doubt that I’ll share with you but it was brief and the longest reigning feeling on our 21 hour journey was peace. An indescribable, inexplicable peace that I … [Read more...] about Abiding

I am a task oriented, detail oriented individual and God has made me this way on purpose. He made me to think linearly, to express myself frequently and to operate on all cylinders at all times. It can be exhausting but it’s what I know and it has also been used for such good. My attention to detail can, at different times, both consume me and free me to use every ounce of capacity God has given me for His glory. And, as I set out on each and every one of the dozens of tiny tasks that make up my … [Read more...] about Meeting God in the Periphery