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Not Your Savior
After certain episodes from specific girls in the home, I realized that I had to make something very clear to everyone. “I am not your savior. We (including Rachel and Kiley) are not your saviors. There is only One Savior, and trust me, it’s not me.” We explained this to the girls during bible study
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No Such Thing as Typical
It’s Tuesday. If this were a normal day, I wouldn’t know how to describe it, because here there is no such thing as a typical day. But I wanted to give you a glance into what a single day of life might look like. So here’s a peak into a not so typical Tuesday.
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Nothing Lost
With the burden of Tenele and taking on the mothering role of her two kids, I had felt my energy depleting. Negativity had taken over me; certain things about Swazi that I once appreciated started irritating me more and more, and I was even getting aggressive in my slight hint of road rage (I like
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When Love Fails
I’ve been told, “Love always wins.” I’ve read over and over 1 Corinthians 13, “Love is patient, love is kind…love never fails.” But what happens if it does? Or when it does? What happens when love really isn’t enough? Living alongside these girls in their daily joys and struggles is truly an incredible experience. Obviously,
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Can I Love Until It Hurts?
“If you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” -Mother Teresa I’m at the point where I’m in need of the latter: more love. Love certainly hurts. When I left La Crescent to move here, I cried for obvious reasons. I needed to grieve the life I was leaving
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New Creation
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” -2 Corinthians 5:17 It’s a Friday night, and that means movie time! The girls giggle in excitement as we momentarily argue about which movie to watch; since we’ve made it through my narrow-themed DVD selection
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Give Your Best Anyway
“Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.” –Mother Teresa On Sept. 2nd, I wrote in my journal, “It seems like the problems are so large, how do you even help these girls without hurting in the process?” For the past two weeks, I feel like
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Top Ten Weekly Highs
“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” -1 Thessalonians 5:18 Because it’s hard to put daily life into words, here are the top ten highlights of the past two weeks: 1) One weekend I was home alone with the girls–no Gogo, Titi, or Rachel/Kiley. So
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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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The Gift I Never Asked For
As I reflect on this year of 2013, I can’t fathom how much has happened. My dream became a reality in February when we raised enough money to open and operate Hope for Life home in Swaziland. My heart was overflowing when my family–Mom, Garret, and Laura– experienced my second home for themselves over the
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Rebuilding the Ruins
Proof that God’s plan is far greater than our own. The parallels between Hosea’s Heart and Awakening Coffee are astounding, and the point at which we have crossed paths could be dictated by no one but God. Partnering with Awakening Coffee seemed to come from far out of left field, but to God, it was
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Praying for a Reason to Stay
“Lord, I don’t need anymore reasons to go; I am completely ready. Just say the word, and I’ll move to Swazi. But if you want me here, I need you to give me a reason to stay.” Although I’d like to think that I was ready to live in Swazi at any moment the last
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Abnormal
I found out my life wasn’t normal… When I realized that not every family has a sock basket, filled with all the unmatched socks from the laundry. And that not every mother pays her children one cent for every pair of socks that they match. And that not every child thinks that’s a brilliant way
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