Ever feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, caught up in a whirlwind of business? I step on the soil in Dominic Republic. Off the grid; no running water, only a short time each day on a generator with electricity; dust and dirt everywhere. Still, somehow I settle into a peace I have desperately needed. […]
We pass him along the gravel road in the middle of Dominican Republic. “He is going to kill me,” he says walking fast in the opposite direction. His eyes fixed. Not darting to look at anyone. But I knew he was talking to us. “I am going to kill him first.” He mutters. Robotic. Long strides […]
I shared this over at my private Facebook page and thought I’d post it here too! If anything, I just really want YOU to know…it doesn’t matter how broken, or lost, or dysfunctional your life may seem to you… God can use YOU…. As a little girl I was drawn to the missionaries who came from around the […]
“We are all only as great as the least of these among us.” I first see her face; Mocha skin, pony-tails reaching, big cheeks, walking un-supervised around the construction site where we touch shoulders with her people. Passing concrete along, for hours. A few other children gather, but she draws me like a tsunami where I […]
I trim off the dangling threads from my well-worn Bill Blass carry-on. The ones still reaching to grip China, from the last time I left it… But couldn’t hold on. I bow my head, taking scissors, cutting the airline tag saying, Hong Kong. And the bars keeping aching eyes back, whip through my head…still piercing my […]
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 […]