Between writing lesson plans and researching for my dissertation, I have found little time to blog recently. However, I want to share with you about an experience I had in Africa. I was going hut-to-hut sharing the gospel with my friend, Robert. It was time for lunch and we were walking back to the church to meet the rest of the team for lunch. On…
Going to Africa with my family was a dream come true. I was a little concerned that Jorjanne would get irritable and that this might infect the team. Before we left I told her, “You will be tired. You will be hot, and you will be hungry…but you will NOT complain!!!!” I am so proud to say that I never heard her complain once throughout…
I am so grateful for family. I don’t live near my family so anytime I am able to spend with them is a blessing. A couple of months ago I visited my aunt and uncle, and in the middle of the night I woke up and went to the bathroom. When I went back into my room, I could hear their dog breathing and wagging…
Several years ago, I went to Sonic with friends and ordered an ice cream cone. Imagine my shock when the server brought me exactly what I asked for – an ice cream cone – but without ice cream. I tilted my head and questioned, “Um, can I have some ice cream with that?” His face turned red and he looked down and mumbled, “Uh, yeah….
(IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) 1. I have learned to love God for who He is and not for what he gives me. 2. I have learned that when I am weak, He is strong. 3. I have learned that it is not only OK to need others, but God planned it this way. In Genesis, God said, “It is not good for man to be…
For many years, a coke bottle from the 1998 Nagano Olympics sat on my mantle. In a curio cabinet I kept a bottle of water from the Jordan River. I didn’t keep these in my home because I was an avid bottle collector, nor for the value of the contents inside. I kept the bottles because of the memories associated with them. A dear friend…