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 »
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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 »
Summer Is…..Camp!!!
It's all about Woodlands Camp on the blog today because it's a pretty amazing camp. Every year I post about Woodlands because it's a special place to our family. My husband has been speaking at this camp for 19 years. Director, Jon Estes, left his career in banking and has grown and expanded this camp with prayer, wise vision and hard work over the last 20 years. It has grown ... Read More »
When I think of my Mom….
I have two Moms really - my Mom Mom and my Mother-in-law. I love them both. God has used them both in my life and I am grateful for what they mean. Today I'm blogging about my Mom Mom because well, it's Mother's Day. Growing up this is how I would see my Mom often times. Stretched back in laughter with at least three or four other people. Usually family and neighbors. ... Read More »