Grace Poured Out

In the previous post, it was difficult to find positives, but in the days that followed, God’s blessings and faithfulness poured out over me through many people He put in my path.  My friend Marcia encouraged me to continue to love Tenele and not be so discouraged.  “It’s for God’s glory and not our own,” […]

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When Positives Aren’t Always Positives

I always try to see the positives to any situation, or at least to understand it.  I preach to all my students Atticus’ Finch quote to “climb into someone’s skin and walk around in it.”  But there’s one positive I never wanted to see, and that’s the two-line positive of a pregnancy test. “It’s positive, […]

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From Battles to Blessings

                This life is a battlefield.  Battles are won not by our own hands but when we’re on our knees lifting hands in prayer.  I am so thankful for my prayer warriors back home because I would be a wreck already otherwise.  I even have children at an orphanage […]

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This Daily Life

                I left America two weeks ago today, but it feels like I’ve been in Swaziland for months now.  Much  has happened, yet it feels like nothing significant to report (other than the event of the previous post).  After all, how do you put into words what has become […]

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Set Free

Disclaimer: If you do not believe in the Holy Spirit or casting out of evil spirits, then no need to read any further; this post is not for you. On Sunday, June 29th, I experienced something I will never forget.  The morning started like any other one.  I picked up the Ambassador team and brought […]

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