The Hero of My Heart - A Thanksgiving Memory 10/27/2019 The holiday buzz was in the air. The Thanksgiving party was about to begin. My large extended family would be arriving soon. The house was about to be filled with laughter, kids playing and music blaring from our old stereo. My aunt, the hostess, was scrambling to finish the last minute details when I excitedly skipped into the kitchen and chimed, “Can I help?” She sighed as she looked down at my eager smiling face. She thought, “What can this 6-year old do to keep her busy and out of my
The holiday buzz was in the air. The Thanksgiving party was about to begin. My large extended family would be arriving soon. The house was about to be filled with laughter, kids playing and music blaring from our old stereo. My aunt, the hostess, was scrambling to finish the last minute details when I excitedly skipped into the kitchen and chimed, “Can I help?” She sighed as she looked down at my eager smiling face. She thought, “What can this 6-year old do to keep her busy and out of my
Love and Heartbreak in Service of The King 09/20/2019 Buzz, buzz, buzz, the phone rang and my call screen read ‘Department of Children and Families.’ My heart stopped. Am I ready for this? I took a deep breath and sat up straight. Yes, I’m ready. I nervously answered the phone and after listening to all of the details, I said ‘yes’ to their request. There was a newborn baby girl in the hospital. The baby girl was sick and would need a high level of care. The placement worker told me that the baby girl had relatives in the vicinity and that the baby
Buzz, buzz, buzz, the phone rang and my call screen read ‘Department of Children and Families.’ My heart stopped. Am I ready for this? I took a deep breath and sat up straight. Yes, I’m ready. I nervously answered the phone and after listening to all of the details, I said ‘yes’ to their request. There was a newborn baby girl in the hospital. The baby girl was sick and would need a high level of care. The placement worker told me that the baby girl had relatives in the vicinity and that the baby
Family on a Mission in Cardon Pata, Peru 04/24/2019 When my husband first brought up the idea of going on a missions trip as a family, I thought, “No way am I going to take our two-year old son all the way to Peru." Just thinking about the long travel days gave me a headache. We would need to take a 6-hour fight to Lima, stay overnight, and then take another 2-hour flight to Cusco, followed by a 1-hour van ride. It seemed like an overwhelming task. My husband, however, had his heart set on us going on this trip as a family. He deeply felt that
When my husband first brought up the idea of going on a missions trip as a family, I thought, “No way am I going to take our two-year old son all the way to Peru." Just thinking about the long travel days gave me a headache. We would need to take a 6-hour fight to Lima, stay overnight, and then take another 2-hour flight to Cusco, followed by a 1-hour van ride. It seemed like an overwhelming task. My husband, however, had his heart set on us going on this trip as a family. He deeply felt that