The Encore My Soul Desperately Needs
She would always sit a few rows back from the stage in her usual aisle seat. With her cane firmly planted in the ground in front of her, she’d tap her able foot to the beat of the drums. You just could see it on her face. Her bashful smile was a dead giveaway of […]
The God Who Sees Me
As I unpacked my desk for another school year in August, I realized I had truly become the“hedgehog lady”. Hedgehogs have always been one of my favorite animals, even to the point oflooking into getting one as a pet after college. In introducing myself to my students each year, I tell them that hedgehogs are […]
More Than Enough
Can you imagine what it must have been like that day? There was Abraham, aged, back bent with the burden he was carrying. Pale-faced and tight-lipped, sweat dripping down his brow. Thoughts racing. None of this made sense, and yet… Even as he tried to reason, to understand, his mind was set. He knew what […]
Our WayMaker
I call it my “sacred ground” moment. God kissed my cheek through a bullet-proof glass window and whispered, “I will do it. Do not fear. I am making the way.” It was 2008, and while our visas were being processed at the US Consulate in a major city in Asia, my husband and I sat […]
This Month’s Theme: Provision
We cry out to Jehovah Jireh, The Lord will Provide, to move in and do the impossible. Perhaps you are down on your knees, heart desperate for His answers. Or you are looking back over this year and marveling that there was always enough. The Lord WILL provide. How has God met you when you […]
When Provision Doesn’t Seem Good
As overseas workers, we understand the desperate, overwhelming need to experience the provision of God. We live our lives in a way that requires his help, his care and his protection. Especially this year. From budget raising to visa applying to family traveling to frantic packing, we know how important it is for God to […]
Waiting With Expectation + Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
We recently changed organizations we serve with on the field. With that switch came the big change of losing my husband’s teaching salary. For the past 9 years, it had been nice to have a cushion to fall back on when support would dip. However, joining this new org, we have no such income. 100% […]
More Will Come
“When you go, more will come.” These words brushed against my spirit as I gazed out my bathroom window over three years ago. My posture seemed outwardly relaxed. It should have been an average moment of reflection as I finished washing my hands. But my heart was in turmoil, my thoughts running through scenarios and […]
This Week’s Theme: Provision
Support raising in the midst of a pandemic. Rain when everything is dry and barren. Hope when everything feels overwhelming. We cry out to Jehovah Jireh, The Lord will Provide, to move in and do the impossible. Perhaps you are down on your knees, heart desperate for His answers. Or you are looking back over […]
Our Big Audacious Birthday News
Can I tell you a story? Yesterday, in honor of Velvet Ashes 2nd birthday, I shared the story of how Velvet Ashes began. We looked back in wonder at how God has done more with this community than any of our small minds could have imagined two years ago. But there’s more to the story, […]