the heart of God

I love snow. I just cannot help it...there is something incredibly peaceful about how silently it falls. How pure and white it is...how perfect, yet individually unique. I am literally giddy when I see perfect snowflakes and all of their points. And the world is so quiet when snow falls, especially when it falls at … Continue reading the heart of God

reality

Yesterday I realized that I am struggling with reality. Probably due to the fact that some teammates talked me into watching Inception on our long Russia flight. Excellent movie with some great out of the box thoughts, and ironically really pertinent to what someone goes through after being on an international mission trip…which is the … Continue reading reality

a gift…

Gifts come in many forms...birthdays, Christmas, time, people...2 days ago, in Russia, God gave me a gift of presence. I am in Russia...we left on Nov 2 and we return Nov 12 (just in case you feel a need to come welcome us home :)). For the last several years I have sponsored a young … Continue reading a gift…

reminiscing

Wow! It’s been a long couple of weeks! We leave for Russia in only 17 days! Getting that close makes me reminisce on the last 8 years. This trip will be…a lot of trips for me…but it is not me I travel for. I travel for the kids that I have friendships with and love, … Continue reading reminiscing