Originally published September 5, 2012 First blog post from the mission field. Yesterday was my travel day, which went better than I expected.  Goodbyes were emotional, along with the first leg of the trip. It was symbolic that as we took off from my home airport, I could see a family member’s workplace and as […]

Originally published July 27, 2012 I recently visited the beach that my family frequented when I was a child. I saw a house that I remember admiring as a little girl, which is now for sale. Part of me thinks how amazing it would be to live at the beach, in this beautiful home. Serene,

Originally published April 16, 2012 A parse error when working in computer science and code programming is basically when code, that is imported, does not translate to the receiving program. Just like when we, as Christians, try to witness to someone about the Gospel, about a mission trip, about a path God is leading us

Originally published April 8, 2012 One year. So much can change in one year. One year ago today I was three days away from leaving on my first mission trip. I feared the flight. I feared being in a third world country. I feared being out of my comfort zone. I could go on and

Originally published December 5, 2011 Thick fog. Driving this morning in the fog made me realize that is where I am at in many areas of my life. In some areas God has shown me what He wants the outcome to be but the path He is going to use to bring me to that

Originally published October 14, 2011 Part One Does true repentance lead to Lordship salvation, or making Jesus lord of your life? In other words, is it possible to come to a place of true repentance of your sins and a saving faith in Jesus without making Him Lord of your life? For clarification I do

Originally published October 9, 2011 It’s amazing that a tangible, inanimate item can sometimes carry such a negative connotation, how it can become a symbol of a difficult or unhappy time in your life. In my case it is a building. A building that, to look at it, now brings about a sense of relief

Originally published on October 6, 2011 Holding pattern. This has been my life recently. Several areas of my life were all placed in wait mode by God. I now realize that I do not function well in wait mode, as my typical response is to throw myself into another area to avoid thinking about what

Originally published July 8, 2011 Guest post on Blogging Theologically on August 19, 2011 I have encountered many times in the last several years the attitude of “Life is short…why be good”. Generally speaking when this is directed at me it is because the person is aware of my faith. One of the reasons I

Originally published May 30, 2011 I’ve done a lot of reflecting since returning home from a mission trip to a third world country. Reentering my reality was nothing like I expected. I expected relief to be home, happiness to be back to the lifestyle to which I am accustomed and a feeling of comfort and