“Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy.” — William Blake What do you see with each new day? Problems to solve, People to criticize, Places to Avoid, or Life slipping away? What do you think God sees each day? People who will learn to […]
What Specific events have helped inspire you to participate in this mission trip? Previous mission trips. The greatest growth in my understanding of God’s global mission of healing and reconciliation of humanity has come through my journeys to Haiti and my support of a small boy’s orphanage on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Working in community, […]
I am incredibly excited about our trip to Haiti! The ironic thing is that when I attended our first “missions team” meeting about six months ago I had no intentions of being anything more than a supporting member of the group who helped from behind the scenes. In fact, had it not been for Erin’s interest […]
Describe what you hope to gain from this international mission experiences 1. Finding a lost soul and giving them Christ 2. Blessing the children with our presence and prayers. 3. Work with the boys to bring them some sunshine (Sonshine) in their lives. 4. Heeding the call of going into the whole world (even though […]
What Specific events have helped inspire you to participate in this mission trip? When Steve came back from Haiti last year and told his story, I immediately felt connected to the boys! I know it sounds crazy, considering I’ve never met them, but I really feel like the Lord is leading me on a new […]
Most of our lives are governed by our expectations of what we looking for. If we expect to succeed, we’re optimistic, positive and hardworking, if we expect to fail we don’t. But what about our expectations of others or of God. Think about the expectations people had of Jesus prior to the Transfiguration as recorded […]
This will be the third journey to Haiti in as many years. I’ve made this journey each year to reconnect with my spiritual roots, feel something spiritual and to see life from a completely different perspective I can’t find around here. So I travel to a place that is about as different from my ‘normal’ […]
There are just some things about Christmas that drive me Crazy! What drives you crazy about your Christmas traditions? Here’s my top 10. (10) Re-gifting. (giving the gift nobody wants to people we don’t like) (9) The need for bigger, better, faster gadits. (I still love them anyway!) (8) Unrealistic commercials (How many people do […]
Regardless of what anyone says, life is messy and we all have messes in our lives. Anyone that tells you otherwise is either in denial and/or a liar. Sometimes the mess is one of our own making through something we did or didn’t do, said or didn’t say. Other times we are thrust into the […]