Exploring Missionary Burnout, Pt. 1

May 15, 2016

According to the Webster’s dictionary, burnout is “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration”. Burnout among missionaries is real and it is also one reason for why some missionaries leave the field. Sometimes burnout itself is actually the main reason behind why someone leaves the […]

Family in the Mountains

February 24, 2016

Last week our family was privileged to spend time with a special group of people from among one of Mexico’s indigenous groups living their lives in the beautiful Mexican mountains, the most special thing about them being that they are our brothers and sisters in Christ. You can drive for hours across seemingly endless mountain […]

Return of the Pirate Princess

October 10, 2015

She is so sweet and cute but to be honest, we never wanted to see Iris with this “look” again. We had done our best to get her through a really difficult time in the past by helping her feel like her eye therapy was something fun and could be like she was dressing up […]

3 Lessons on Sovereignty, Forgiveness & Trust

October 10, 2015

Its been over a year since I returned from packing up our house in Papua New Guinea. A lot has happened since then. We raised support, bought a new van and moved to Mexico. A new family joined our old team in PNG, and are settling in nicely on the tiny island we used to […]

Orphans, Widows, the Poor & the Bible

September 5, 2015

Three years ago I began a journey through the Bible that would take me through its entirety in depth over the span of five years (which is now actually looking to be six). I came up with a plan of study that would ensure that I spent time all over the Bible instead of just […]

Sticking It Out in His Strength

May 16, 2015

There are many things I don’t understand about how the Lord works in my life and the things He allows. Among those many things, I do not understand why the Lord has seen fit to have me (us) go through this process of language and culture adjustment… AGAIN. Well, here we are, though- starting again […]

Consent to Be Loved

May 5, 2015

A number of years before moving down here to Mexico I served on a team at our home church to help set the direction for the adult Sunday morning classes. I remember one of our first meetings it became clear that while we all brought many different positive elements to the table, we also brought […]

Amazing Provision & Whirlwind Goodbyes

November 24, 2014

For many months it seemed like we might never actually be moving on to our next place of ministry down in Mexico. In spite of diligent efforts on our part to make the many preparations, communicate with our “senders” and others, the fact was: without the Lord’s miraculous provision of our needs to go to […]

Our Daunting Privilege

September 26, 2014

“Oh but Beth! Isn’t all this just daunting?!” I smiled as I heard a sweet friend’s genuine sentiment in response to discussing our family’s future in ministry and all that it has involved and will continue to involve. No one had expressed it in quite that way before and I appreciated the way she, a […]

Remembering in the Darkness

June 21, 2014

“Remember in the darkness what you have learned in the light.” I remember this little piece of wisdom being imparted to us when we were in Bible school. Just recently, our pastor challenged us with the same thing in regards to our feelings about the Lord’s trustworthiness, loving care and provision in light of our […]