We live in a culture that is very protective of their yeses. There is an encouragement to say no to obligations and commitments so that we can better serve those that we already have. We are taught that our “yes” is much more powerful when preceded by a handful of “nos.” It is embedded throughout our whole culture, but especially…
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Our family has had an interesting journey of trying to define what ministry is over the past year and a half. Brad and I both spent years of our lives in Bible and ministry classes with the dream and intent of living on mission in Guatemala. When our little Gideon got sick, it forced us to redefine what ministry would…
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Last week was our Guateversary. We moved to Guatemala two years ago, and it has left me reflecting on our time there this week. I haven’t spoken much to our experience there because it has been clouded by the abrupt following of God back home, but our time in Guatemala truly changed the way that I view missionaries, and I…
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I was given a lot of advice while I was pregnant with my firstborn, but no one warned me about the initial time commitment and intensity of nursing a newborn. I was so totally unprepared when my oldest was born. I knew nothing of cluster feeds and the fourth trimester where the baby still constantly needs Mommy’s presence through nursing….
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I met a little boy named Marcos eight years ago. God used him to put a calling on my life that would be my daily driving force: to advocate for, fight for, and love orphaned and vulnerable children as my own. The calling that God put on my life on that fateful day at an orphanage in Guatemala has driven…
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