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Blooming where I am planted
When we arrived at our housing for language school, a group of high school students came to our door and asked if we would help them with English. They were a close group of Muslim friends and took us along… Continue reading
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God Calling
My first week of college, I felt God’s gentle nudge, trying to tell me something. But I had just gotten settled in college, and I was afraid He was going to ask me to uproot again, so I ignored Him.… Continue reading
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Spiritual Warfare
One night, Samantha, my two-year-old, work up screaming. I wasn’t feeling very motherly, having just nursed Abby, our infant, an hour earlier. But I stumbled out of bed, and when I opened our heavy ironwood bedroom door, I immediately felt… Continue reading
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Strength
I distinctly remember three compliments I received, and I wouldn’t have put the things I did to earn them on my resume! The first was when an amazing woman named Martha became one of our first missionary supporters. As I… Continue reading
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Fitting In
As I was adding songs to my Spotify list I came across “Rocky Top” and laughed out loud. Tennessee was the first cultural experience for this Hoosier. In the first two hours after my parents dropped me off at Milligan… Continue reading
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The Church Body
My first trip home from college in Tennessee to southern Indiana I had a car wreck, hydroplaning right into a car stopped on the interstate in the first rain we had in six weeks. The air bag crushed the nerve… Continue reading
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Mantap
Jason loved his WWII Jeep we had in Indonesia. He was always fixing one last thing, and then he said it would be mantap, which means perfect or complete in Indonesian. But then he would notice the next smaller leak… Continue reading
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Who is in Charge Here?
Two times I was able to spend a whole day flying with Jason in Indonesia. The second time I was about four months pregnant with our youngest. We were following the normal Monday/Wednesday/Friday route of flying between three bases. At… Continue reading
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Abby the Hospitable
I would love it if hospitality came naturally to me. But I seem to have to plan it. When will I not be kicking another member of the family out of the space we will want? When will I clean?… Continue reading
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Platforms
I have been preparing for my first speaker/writer conference. Part of what they recommend is building a platform, something I enjoy much less than writing. I was stressing about this while working on a story during my daughter’s karate class.… Continue reading
