“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 […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

Life here has becoming increasingly wearing lately. I’d be lying to you if I told you I fit in here, that my heart has settled here as to not miss my old life back home.  In fact, just this morning I wrote in my journal, “Maybe I can’t do this.  Maybe I just want my […]

“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 […]

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,” […]

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, […]

                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 […]

                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 […]

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 […]