Count Your Blessings One by One
Do I have enough support coming in this month? Will I survive the next 214 days until home assignment? Will these people interested in becoming a disciple continue to follow, and will they multiply? Will this be the year of a dream fulfilled, our family grows, or two become one? Our hearts can be consumed […]
The Enneagram and Me
The room was dark when I scooped up the scattered shoes and sprinkled them into the bench by the back door. The host of the podcast I was listening to asked the guest what her enneagram number is. With the precise measure of self-deprecation that charms, she answered that she is a Three. There it […]
12 Days of Expat Life
The first week of January, I gave my kids the option of putting the Christmas tree away with me or leaving it up 2 more days, then I would put it away when they go back to school. They chose to put it away with me. It’s official: Christmas is over. As we move on […]
This Week’s Theme: Numbers
What are you counting these days? The numbers in your newsletter to help supporters understand your work? The amount in your bank account? The times you are in up in the night to help a sick child, or the days until your next break? The creatures that have wandered through your yard in the last […]