Tag: Emma

Lit Matches Under Our Nails

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The other day the kids good friend  Connor texted me to ask if he could come over and bring some things that the kids could ‘work on’ to send to  our favorite girl? Such intense concentration needed…. And a ton of loved is packed in it all… for our all-time favorite faraway girl.  And soon it…

This Girl

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As the time here is drawing to a close, it is with a true pain in my heart  that I think of leaving. After the team left there was a night I  just couldn’t sleep, much was on my mind. Maybe I was groggy,  but every few minutes I would count  how many days remained…

Gettin’ *It* All Ready…

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Remember a few months back? A call was put out to help build an orphanage {click here to read it} for the treasures who are part of IVO’s Frontlines+ feeding  program because one of the little treasures had had his  bandaged finger eaten off by a rat as he slept? After the need was made known, many, many, …

20 Years Ago Today…

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Twenty years ago today started out to be an average Thursday in  August.  We were pastoring in Virginia, living on 21 acres of rolling countryside in a home we had just built.  Abi was 10, Tyler was 7, Autumn nearly 4 and Emma was just 5-1/2 weeks old. I remember as I showered that morning,…

Has it Really Been a Year, Mr. Nehemiah?

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There’s this crazy thing about how God works…. Ask almost anyone who has brought home a treasure through disruption and they will confirm this truth… The treasure that arrived broken, grieving, fearful, and often angry….. whose anxious eyes peered from an expressionless face… those pensive eyes, the terrified heart  and the fearful face – they…

“Well-Rounded”??

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I was thinking about the words “well rounded”  lately. Over the years I’ve often heard people say, “We want our children to be ‘well-rounded’.”  But what in the world does that even really mean?   So glad you asked…   The definition of  “well-rounded”:   someone who is skilled, capable or knowledgeable  in a lot of…

A Beautiful Glimpse

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I often wonder how moms ever survived when their children  went off to serve in foreign countries in years past. Before there was internet, cell phones Skype and Face time. Having read dozens of missionary biographies over the years, I always stood amazed at the courage of missionary’s moms. How grateful I am that I live…

Solid

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Knowing that many of you enjoyed hearing Dw speak from time to time when we used to pastor, I thought I should mention that the bossman of our home is back in the saddle again! Dw has been speaking from time to time on Wednesday evenings at our church, Phoenix First. Dw has recently been…