Today we welcomed Isaiah into our lives, our hearts and our family.  We met him just a week ago at a babies’ home in Jinja, where the...

Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength… I have been quiet. In a waiting. In a season of loss—loss of another home, another...

oh, don’t you just want to kiss this face?!?! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVIE BEAR!!! What a delight you are!! This year has marked a LOT of...

Behold… And then, there YOU are …right here in the midst of all of this mess. There you are, quietly, consistently, beautifully, lovingly...

4 years in Africa. “Never once did we ever walk along. Never once did you leave us on our own. YOU are faithful, God you are faithful.”...

One day…she went into labor.  She laid eggs ALL. DAY. LONG.  Poor girl. 18 eggs…Then she died. So we are holding her eggs carefully and...

My darling Selah…my “pause”…my “song”…my unexpected gift from Ethiopia… How have you brought SO much FULLNESS to our lives? How have you...

Beauty, Joy, Leadership, FUN, Giggles, Imagination, Smart, Funny, Discerning… Maija, HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! We can hardly believe that...

A friend wrote this week with this encouragement…”Keep the SON in your eyes…” We love that.  May we FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS in all of this....

This sweet girl has brought so much JOY and GRACE into our lives…HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RIAH!!! We celebrate you today, Riah!! Look at how...

Here we go again…It’s been a LOT of transition…a lot of hard…a lot of loss…but GOD–HE is in it all–redeeming, healing, moving,...

NEW THINGS… Beginning Piano lessons with an amazing young man from the Congo…the girls are learning to play by ear!! This mama is super...

Jinja…a new start. This week marks 4 months in Jinja, Uganda. A place I never imagined living or even setting my feet. The beauty of this...

These two men, sat over this map–and the Father looked down and was pleased. “Ask and I’ll give the Nations to you…” He whispered… “It’s...

my baby is off…for her first bus ride, her first day of school outside of the Ayer Academy!! I DID wave, I DID run out and take pictures...

“You called me out from the shore and into the waves… You take me Deeper and Deeper…” We have this HOPE as an ANCHOR for our souls…and we...

THIS HOLY WEEK… I walk into the Garden of Grace this Good Friday in a new posture… I walked this week in a place of suffering and fear,...