I finally got around to washing the hiking shoes I wore the entire time we were in Mathare Valley slum. I brought them home from Kenya in a sealed plastic bag because they were so filthy and smelly that I couldn’t put them in my suitcase unguarded. They have been in the garage since our…
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Surrendering the Map
As we journey this path toward overseas missions, twin themes have emerged (which I’m positive will be joined by many more!): surrender and humility. We are finding that even though God has stripped away numerous layers from our well-guarded souls, He continues to demand even more in drawing us closer to Him and the…
Silence
I typically start a post when I feel inspired about something, whether it be a word God has given me or wisdom conveyed by a friend or loved one that occupies my thoughts. It’s more difficult for me to write my thoughts in the moments of silence that invariably come in this journey as a…
Animation
“God’s Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, who breathes life into earth’s people, makes them alive with his own life: ‘I am God. I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you…
Spiritual Sychronicity
I love when I am contemplating a thought, and then I read, hear, and/or visualize the same thought in a book or song or movie, or usually through a conversation with a close friend. That has been happening to me A LOT lately. On our Nairobi trip, Giles and I began joking about how many…
A Life Called to Love 