I WILL FOLLOW

[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0l8fd1nEkE[/youtube]   I know it is likely that the vast majority of you have heard this song and perhaps even sung it many times, but still wanted to share it with you anyway. It is a song that I still struggle singing and often find myself holding back the tears as it plays. […]

HE IS SOVEREIGN

I do apologize for the site being temporarily down, but it was necessary to do a few security related concerns. I am hopeful that these problems will not occur again, but if so, wisdom may dictate me password protecting this site. If this is the case, I will do my best to distribute the password […]

TWO THOUSAND AND FOURTEEN

There were countless moments when I doubted, innumerable moments when I lacked faith, and far too many moments where my trust was lacking, but… He was still faithful in the preparations leading up to the Romania trip. He was still faithful when my nephew, William, was born. He was still faithful in the approval of my leave of absence. He was still faithful through […]

A GYPSY CHRISTMAS

Although it seemed we were running a full-length marathon leading up to the first ever Gypsy Christmas party, every ounce of energy exerted was well worth it. For over a week leading up to the party, and now in the days following, I have been fighting sickness, but miraculously, I experienced much relief the day […]

SLEEPOVER PICTURES

Here are a few shots from our sleepover in one of the Gypsy villages.  I thought I captured a few shots from when I was learning how to cook with the girls, but unfortunately I did not!  Shortly, I will have a bigger selection of pictures on my Flickr account.  The internet connection is weak at […]

THE SLEEPOVER

A couple of weeks ago our team of five accepted the invitation to sleepover at a Gypsy village, which was located a couple of hours outside the city. I had not been to this particular village before, but the leader of our team had been, and spoke of there being an unusual softness and openness with them. […]

A TREASURE

Today is a very special day.  It is a special day because it is the birthday of someone very near and dear to my heart. Someone whom I love more than my words can adequately express. Someone who I am so incredibly thankful for, not because of all the things they do for me, but […]

MERRY CHRISTMAS VIDEO MESSAGE

As the next few days are scheduled to be a quieter on this end, I am hoping to post an update from the past couple of weeks.  It has been an exciting, yet challenging, time, and I look forward to sharing a few stories with you very soon.   I will be including details from our sleepover in the Gypsy […]

GOOD NEWS OF GREAT JOY

As I write this, I assume most of you back in North American are sleeping soundly.  I just read a Christmas card that my parents sent me, and in it, my mom referred to a reading from one of John Pipers advent books, “Good News of Great Joy.”  I’ve attached the reading from December 18th, as it […]

WANTING MORE.

[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U7SI02pAhA&list=PLaV88gJTk491Ar4QuNdmcWK4uNV92r0hh[/youtube]   This song is a few years old, but I have not been able to get it out of my head over the last couple of weeks. During our most recent visits to the Gypsy village, we had the opportunity to share a couple bible stories leading to fruitful discussions and a hunger […]