Dear friends, It’s been almost a month since I’ve been able to write a blog post… literally write a post, due to crazy internet connection in Africa. I have missed you. I have missed blogging. I have missed Wi-Fi. I have missed sharing my stories with you. I wanted to…
missions
Today I said goodbye again. I just ended the 14 day Visiting Orphans mission trip with the most amazing 23 mission-hearted people who rocked Ethiopia and Uganda loving big and serving even bigger!! Hannah and I left the team last night and at the last second realized we missed the…
I was having a really tough day about a week after sharing the “adventure” with our kids. This was so big, so new, so scary, so different: moving to Haiti and Ethiopia for a year! We promised Hannah and Michael the freedom to feel exactly what they were feeling, no…
I started writing this post and started crying. I hope I can get through this without making a fool out of myself sitting at Panera. This is the biggest blog announcement I’ve ever made and I’m crazy nervous to share with you. It’s not that I don’t think you’ll fall…
When we were on our adoption journey, we wanted to feel connected to Ethiopia during our wait. So, we got our hands on a Yezelalem Minch documentary. We heard that our adoption agency helps this orphan/widow care ministry in Ethiopia.
Alexandra won the Mission Trip Giveaway!! Back in January, my friend’s mother (whose church sponsors the Ludlati carepoint in Swaziland with Children’s HopeChest) posted about a trip to Swaziland that was going on this summer. I did some research on Swaziland and saw the high number of orphans and the…
God planted in my heart a deep compassion for lost children. It was the “pearl” He gave me from the loss of our son. There are days when my heart feels so broken … I want to just go.
What do you think it means to “Live Dead? “This is such a radical phrase with 2 very powerful words- Live & Dead combined together. I was instantly intrigued to learn more
I survived our 14 day Christmas road trip with my 18, 15, and 3 year old kids (that’s another post) and took advantage of the 20 hour drive home to write down a few things that are coming up in my life. My hubby and I got so excited about…
Somebody is going to GO on a Mission Trip free of charge. ENTER [HERE] TILL NOON *CT* ON FRIDAY 12/2