If you don’t go you’ll never know – Julie Ferwerda While packing and preparing to leave our life in the USA to begin our family mission adventure in Mexico, we were asked over and over again “Why were we going”? After we contemplated this question we finally came up with a simple yet challenging response [...]
Mom, “ I Think I’m about to get all emotional in a few minutes” were the words that came out of my sons mouth as we were preparing to go to bed on our first night in Mexico. For this mom packing up my most needed belongings, saying good-bye to the life I have known [...]
WHEW!!!! The countdown is here and we are 2 sleeps away(how my kids count) to the big day when we will pile into the car and back out of our driveway to begin our 5 month missions journey. Until then I am on a mission to the mission. My Daily life has gone from normal [...]
DEAL: Free Enter to Worship – Exit to Serve {Kindle version} This book is intended to help the local church realize its destiny. There has been a strong deterioation in our worship and the Church’s place in the world. These Biblical principles from the book of Nehemiah can help us grow into the people God [...]
Do your kids receive an allowance? Do they tithe from it? Have you wondered how do you teach them about the importance of giving tithes and offerings? Listen to John Piper of Desiring God organization as he describes how he and his wife Noël have taught their children about money and the importance of [...]
Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one. - Brad Paisley When I read this quote it occurred to me that a new year was like a book and each day is a new page in the story of my/your life. 2013 is here, a new year. Maybe [...]
Have you ever wondered can I really read the Bible in 90 days? I have! Last year a couple of my girlfriends began their 9o day journey of reading the bible through – at first I thought “are they crazy, 90 days” then it began to inspire me what a great challenge to set a [...]
2013 The year of Reckless living – It is my one little word for the year. Each year I choose one little word to keep myself , my goals, my family and that which God calls me to do that year in focus. This year I have chosen RECKLESS not the kind of reckless you [...]
A friend emails you with a prayer request, a family member calls you asking for prayer, your child looks you in the eyes asking you to pray for a special request they have, you sit in your mom group hearing each mothers heart and need for prayer but what do we do with all these [...]
This early morning as I sit here in the quiet of my home thinking about today’s celebration of Christmas I am reminded that it’s not about the beautifully decorated tree, the overfilled stockings, the gifts that await my children or the food we will consume today, it is about a tiny baby that arrived “One [...]
