Meeting Our Sponsor Child Face to Face

“How do we pick among all the faces?” Pages of “Food for the Hungry” children line up in front of our church office. She must have seen my frustration.  For, “Sometimes God can work through random selection.” is all our Mission’s pastor wisely tells us. We shuffle children. I close my eyes and pick one like lots in […]

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7 Ways to Reach the World, Without Ever Leaving Home.

I used to think that I had to sell my house, put my children in boarding school, and walk around in homeless poverty, to impact the nations. I had a heart for missions.  But, with a baby tied around my hip, a toddler, or a school age kid begging for attention….I didn’t see how to implement the […]

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Revolutionizing Missions With Compassion.

Ever since I sat still. Quiet. For one full minute. With that twenty-year-old Saint. In middle school.  I heard the call…. “Missions.” And I used to think. Know. I would pack my bags and live overseas, in answer to that call. But I didn’t. And missionaries were a common sight.  In our old church. Growing up […]

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Why My Daughter Insists She is NEVER Coming Home!

I get her text. “I am never, ever, ever, never coming home.” And I knew she was hooked. Full blown.  Undone.  In love. Only sixteen. From a family who doesn’t practice dating…..But, I knew when she saw him, her heart would be mush melting.  And all logic.  Useless. After all, she is my daughter. And go […]

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