Category Archives: Our Family
We took a break at the park…All the kids were sharing what they were excited about. Maija, “I’m excited about God.” Me, “Mai-mai..why are you so excited about God?” She moves her hands out in her beautifully dramatic way as if introducing me to creation and says, “Momma, just look at all this!” That’s what…
2 month countdown!! 2 months from today, we’ll stepping onto a plane to Ethiopia…entrusting more than we ever have before to the Father. The Sedar at our church was a precious way to begin this week…focusing on the BREAD of LIFE…how he PASSED over my sin today, yesterday…all my days…Ella said after the Sedar, “Momma,…
My BABY GIRL IS NINE!! 9 years ago…in deep labor pains, I read, “Weeping (pain!) may last for a night, but JOY comes in the morning!” It was a promise that was so true, my baby–full of DEEP JOY came into the world wanting all to know a new Life–a new Joy. This promise has…
Today was a day of opening our hands…and letting go. Dave worked his last day at the Army Hospital. What a mix of emotions…joy and sadness…excitement and freaking out!! We’ve loved all that God has done in and through us in our time in the Army…what a surprising and fulfilling 11 years it has been…we…