We got up early this morning and had breakfast at our guest house and then we left to go to a care area where about 350 children are fed every day. When we first arrived the cooks (called MaMas) started singing (a very common greeting to guests in Africa). I started smiling and clapping and…
Suddenly South Africa seems like a picnic.
We made it to South Africa in good shape. Well, you might think differently if you actually saw us after our 19 hours in the air, but we’re alive at least. As is happened, on our flight from Minneapolis to Amsterdam we were accompanied by Justin Mack, the missions and small group pastor from our…
Africa here we come!
Tomorrow afternoon John and I board the plane for the long flight to South Africa. People keep asking me if I’m excited about our trip. I guess you could say a part of me is excited but a huge part of me is scared to death. You see, I’m not a roughing it type of…
Coincidence? I think not.
Tonight I was taking a few minutes to read some of my favorite blogs. One of those blogs belongs to a woman I’ve never met but she has motivated me many times. Her name is Beth Lambdin and she lives in California. She is high up in Creative Memories which is where I first heard…
Don’t be the ONE
We live in a small town. A very small town. Well, there are smaller towns, but by comparison to the city of 60,000 where I grew up, this is an itty bitty town. So, of course we get the small town newspaper and the headline in last Thursday’s paper really caught my eye. It said…