In any other situation, a nine hour layover in Chicago would have been absolutely agonizing; however, thanks to Lindsay’s dad, we were blessed with time to hang out in the Admirals Club until we boarded our plane for London at 9:00 p.m. that night. An eight hour plane ride put us safely on European grounds […]
The day I have been waiting for all year is now here, and it’s so hard to believe it’s real! I can’t fathom how much work the Lord has done in just the last year of my life! After my prayers and frustrations of wanting people to team with me to help these young women […]
I just realized I never actually posted about the biggest excitement of the year: Hosea’s Heart, Inc! An official non-profit organization to empower the abused and at-risk women in Swaziland, Africa! Chris Owen, co-founder or the organization and age old friend, worked hard behind the scenes all year long to help me legalize the non-profit. […]
February 25th, 2012… nearly 8 months after leaving Tenele and my children behind, I had the blessing of hearing my childrens’ voices over Skype (not video, but I’ll take what I can get)! I had been trying to get a hold of my children in Swazi for a long, long time, but I couldn’t get […]
On Wednesday, November 30th 2011, an absolutely beautiful baby girl entered the world, thus making me a “gogo” (grandmother). Ryan sent word that my Tenele-Bell had given birth to a stunning baby girl. I was so excited I could hardly contain myself! I called him early in the morning after receiving a text message that […]
It’s been quite the whirlwind of emotions and events since I’ve stepped back onto home soil. Now back for a little over two months, you’d think I’d be in routine and settled back into culture. But that’s the thing about a missions trip like this, we aren’t meant to “settle back” but to push forward. […]
Psalm 146:1-7 Praise the Lord my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life; sing praise to my God while I live. Put no trust in princes, in mere mortals POWERLESS to save. When their spirit departs, they return to the earth and their planning comes to nothing. Blessed are those whose help is […]
Other GREAT news is that God is giving me a TEAM!!!!!!!!!! I had been very frustrated with plans for the girls home and dreams of what I wanted to help do in Swazi, but didn’t have the help I needed. Throwing my hands up in disappointment, I said, “What do you want me to do, […]
Litsemba Lemphilo — Hope for Life Plans for the girls home are up and running! Though adjusting to life back home has been a longer process than I had hoped, working on the girls home has been exciting and healing for me, knowing there are still things we can be doing here to help. Litsemba […]
The hardest thing about being back is not necessarily how much I miss my kids (which is hard enough) but the worst part is not being able to BE there for them. I totally understand how you mothers feel (and now I totally get how hard it was for my own mother to see me […]
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