My phone chirped. “She’s coding” it read. My body was flooded with emotions and I burst into tears while I balanced my fussing baby on my hip and ignored my four-year-olds questions. God please spare her! Don’t let her die! Please don’t let her die! I begged silently as I rushed around my house, feeding […]
For those of you who don’t know, our summer has been spent living in the basement at my (Stephen’s) parents’ house. While this was a good situation for us, and we weren’t dying to put any distance between us and our free babysitters, it was time for us to move on. The Lord has provided […]
As some of you know, being “Enroute” to my ministry with NTM does not mean that I haven’t started yet. There’s a lot going on in my department (Communications) at the NTM USA home office, and there’s even some work I can contribute to remotely. In the last two weeks, I’ve been able to be […]
So this post could have been up a month ago, but guess what! We’re members of NTM! On May 22nd, Rachel and I graduate from the Missionary Training Center and received our degrees (You’re reading something written by a guy with a bachelor’s!) On June 1st, Rachel and I were accepted as members of New […]
For those of you who were praying that we’d make it home to Colorado in one piece, THANKS! God saw fit to provide the finances, time and sanity we needed to make the journey a success. So now you can praise God with us that we made it to my childhood home and are still […]
When I got pregnant with our third child I knew I wanted everything to be different with this baby. I started doing things differently by not advertising my due date. I hoped that by not telling people I would be more relaxed about the whole thing if I went overdue. Another major thing we did […]
God is Faithful. We already knew that, but we’re being taught about it in many new ways. Read on for some examples of how God has shown us His faithfulness in the last year. The News in Brief Things are moving fast! We’re hardly able to keep up with all the major changes that are […]
The News in Brief Where are we? We’re in Missouri at the Missionary Training center. What are we doing? We’re training to be missionaries (about 45 hours per week of classes and homework) We’re involved in a church in Camdenton Stephen is teaching at a Juvenile Detention Center Rachel is ministering to the ladies at a domestic violence shelter […]