My materialistic, but with a purpose, dream right now is to own a beautiful, long farmhouse table that seats at least ten and a dining space to hold said table. Yes, I think they are one of the prettiest pieces of furniture a home can have, but I want a table that long so that I can fill it. Now don’t get me wrong, I feel humbled and blessed to have carried our two boys and given birth to them. And who knows, maybe one day far into the future we will consider Baby Roberts the Encore, but I ... Read More about Let’s Build Longer Tables
Expectant
Expectant. That is the word that God put on my heart as 2018 began. It was the word that I prayed over our little tribe as the value I wanted to embody our lives. Not only were we quite literally expecting our sweet Gideon to make his debut in a few short months, but we also were expecting so much more in terms of our ministry and the fulfillment of our dreams. I wanted to wake up each day expectant for what God would do, and how He would use us in His great work. That sense of expectancy ... Read More about Expectant
Seek His Heart
Some of the best advice we have been given in this season of unexpected transition came from a friend and leader that had once walked the season we have recently found ourselves in. Having also been on a foreign mission field, and having to return to the States due to the needs of a child, he was familiar with much of what we have been struggling with. Sitting down and discussing all of our options with Brad, he left us with a piece of priceless advice, “Stop trying to read God’s mind, and just ... Read More about Seek His Heart
When Following God Doesn’t Turn Out the Way You Planned
When I was a senior in high school, I went to Romania and saw world missions in action. From that moment on, I had one life goal: to be a missionary. After spending two months in Guatemala in college the dream became more focused to the orphans of Guatemala. In full pursuit of this dream and calling, every decision was filtered through this lens: where I would go to college, who I would date (and eventually marry), what I would major in, what jobs Brad & I would take, when we would have ... Read More about When Following God Doesn’t Turn Out the Way You Planned
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