Drinking Poison

Yesterday I asked you all to join us for a day of prayer and fasting on Tuesday.  Perhaps many bloggy friends have never fasted before.  Over the years I have received many emails from folks who have begun to make fasting a regular discipline in their lives and they are so grateful for how the…

Celebrate!! He’s FREE!

Many of you will remember back in February when we shared about Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani in Ir*n.  A pastor, imprisoned for {now} three years in Ir*n and sentenced to death for refusing to renounce his faith. Many, many of you prayed for him and signed the petition asking for intervention in his death sentence. There…

$12.32 Total for All Three

When Dw resigned from senior pastoring to move to Phoenix for Ruby’s medical needs, we knew that God would faithfully provide.   The Lord had gone before us in such a mighty way to know that it was finally time to launch International Voice of the Orphan.  He will faithfully provide for each of our…

An Update: Sol and Christine

This morning their blog said that in the midst of the literal prison they found themselves in, a pastor passed Sol a Bible and opening it,  Sol’s eyes fell on the words of Psalm 31. Isn’t it just like the Lord to do that?  Providing just what we need at just the exact moment. Their…

Update Again

Sol and Christine have been released from prison on bail.  Their biological children have also been released.   Their bio children were released to the US Embassy custody, but at least they are together. Please pray for their emotional healing from the last 40 hours of trauma. This has only happened because of Almighty God’s…

The Rest of The Story…

This past week was a week that we will never forget. Just a few days ago I was beyond giddy because I had done something out-of-the-box-crazy by putting an offer in on a house without Dw even seeing pictures of it.   {All your guesses made the time even more giggly!}   I didn’t wait…

Wait No More….

Your guesses made Emmy and I giggle and laugh all evening and morning.   Tons of you thought I got a tattoo. I know we are not ever supposed to say “never”… {ya’ know “never say never”} but if I ever got a tattoo you would know that I was drugged, dragged off  and forced…