Posted in 1, tagged Life in Christ on April 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Are you feeling down or looking for a little bit of perspective? Follow this link to a message I listened to a couple of days back. I’m still smiling deep in my heart from the echoing truth of these words! You can read the message, listen to it, watch the video, or download it as [...]
Posted in 1, tagged Life in Christ, Life in Togo, Personal Tidbits on April 2, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Any of those who live around me can tell you that for the past few weeks I have been fighting a difficult battle with depression. I call it battle because I have been fighting against a dark heaviness that seems to overwhelm me without warning and works tirelessly to crush my will to take joy in much of anything. [...]
Posted in 1, tagged Life in Christ, Life in Togo, Ministry on February 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I don’t remember ever feeling here in Togo like I did this past Thursday preparing and waiting for women to come to the ladies’ Bible study I’m beginning at our house. I was nervous, unsure, felt very vulnerable and I wanted so badly for so many of those I had invited to come. As I was [...]
Posted in 1, tagged Life in Christ, Ministry on February 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have been challenged lately as I think about prayer. I have had seasons in my life where I have talked to God almost constantly throughout the day. I have also had seasons where I struggle to get out any words to the Lord and still others where the last thing on my mind is praying [...]
Posted in 1, tagged Friends, Life in Christ, Personal Tidbits on December 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I thought I would make this list in my gifts series to include mentors and those who have gone before me who have blessed my life. (In other words, people older than me who have taught me truths about walking with Christ.) I am not including individuals I have already mentioned in earlier “Gifts” posts like my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Life in Christ, Life in Togo, Ministry on December 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This past weekend marked the first annual Area-Wide Kabiye Ladies Retreat for the Christians in our movement. The Christian Ladies of Lassa Tchou hosted the event and it was attended by representatives from 7 different churches in the region. There were about 20 women who participated in all. I had the great pleasure of being able to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, Life in Christ, Marriage, Personal Tidbits on December 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Cheryl Cashrecently did a post on her blog beginning her own list of 1,000 gifts that the Lord has given her. She asked any of her readers to join in making their own lists and I’m excited to embark on this challenge! As far as “To Do” lists go, I am not a list maker by habit, unless I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Friends, Life in Christ, Life in Togo on November 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We’ve had a wonderful visit from our former teammates and dear friends Don and Jane Neal and their children Mary Claire, Peter, Rachel, and Honor. Their children, also, are among our children’s best friends in the world and their reunions were equally as sweet as ours. We have missed this part of our extended family [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Life in Christ, Life in Togo on October 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 This verse has become a bedrock verse for me. I know that I will have troubles in this world, both small and great. Jesus didn’t tell me that following him meant a physical life of ease and everything happening just the way I think it should. [...]
Posted in 1, tagged Life in Christ, Life in Togo, Ministry on October 9, 2007 | 5 Comments »
outside of marriage, that is.
I spent the afternoon out in the village of Lassa Tchou today and taught my first lesson in years that was exclusively for women. When my teammates Jane and Andrea and I began teaching women’s lessons for evangelism, or with church maturation, more than 5 years ago we used to ask the men to leave and we [...]
