I shared earlier that the church we have come to visit sent us out on the town for two days for our Anniversary. Best day everrrrrrr!!!!!! I'll try to document as best I can in pictures but pictures don't even do it justice. Napier is a beautiful little town on the North Island of New Zealand. After a wonderful breakfast at a cafe in town we headed to the Pier to catch these ... Read More »
New Zealand: Our God moves Mountains
Our God moves MountainsMany of you have been praying and I want you to know that your prayers have covered us and carried us. From the very beginning we got off to a rough start with us missing the most crucial flight of all – the direct flight from Houston to Aukland. That led to an overnight stay and putting our travels now a full day later. Little did we know that at that ... Read More »
New Zealand Update – Landed in Los Angeles LAX
I'm glad to report that we are now proud owners of a carry on bag. It has been a life saver. So glad we have it. Randy and I spent lunch together in the Houston airport packing our new carry on. We were beaming with hope and joy. Now we are official world travelers. We arrived in Los Angeles and this airport is awesome! And the people watching has been fantastic. I love ... Read More »
On Mission – in New Zealand!
Randy and I have the privilege of traveling to New Zealand to be with long term Missionaries, Joel and Beverly Shoaf. Joel is the pastor of Bay Baptist Church in Napier, New Zealand. We're super excited to come alongside them in serving teens, women and their church body. Randy will be speaking at a Teen conference as well as preaching in their church and I'll be speaking at a ... Read More »
Umbrella Prayers Leader’s Kit
The Umbrella Prayers Leader Guide is designed for you to lead an Umbrella Prayers event in your own home or in a large group setting. While I personally love leading Umbrella Prayers at various women’s events there’s nothing more satisfying than leading Umbrella Prayers in my own home. And even more satisfying than that is teaching others how to lead Umbrella Prayers in their ... Read More »
What the church can learn from the community of AA
Alcoholics Anonymous or AA is the name of a group of men and women who acknowledge that addiction to alcohol is ruining their lives. Their purpose in coming together is to give it up and help others do the same. They realize they can't pull this off by themselves. They believe they need each other, and they believe they need God. Some people don't believe in God ... Read More »
China Soup Bowls and Plastic Spoons – Hospitality gone wrong
Our sweet, elderly neighbor passed away two years ago and her children are in the process of selling her house. In their cleaning out and packing things up the daughter asked me if I would like her Mother's china. I was so honored and thrilled to be gifted with this beautiful 12 piece place setting of china. Did you notice the totally adorable soup bowls? They have two ... Read More »
Pushing through the Awkward in Friendship
Our small group met at a Pizza place for discussion over the book Messy Beautiful Friendship last night. Ya'll we do book clubs all wrong. We meet every few weeks and discuss about 64 chapters at a time. It's ridiculous but somehow it works for us and we like it. Last night we discussed hospitality. Christine Hoover talks about "back door" friends. You know - the kind that ... Read More »