Prayer Circles

When preparing for  a mission trip, I start praying the day I know that I am supposed to go. My list of prayers covers a variety of topics from safe travel, to providing enough funding, to bringing the right team together, to being used by God. There are so many details that need to be in place before one steps foot out the door. The one of the biggest prayer circles I present before the Father is to accomplish His work in my heart. I don't...

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The Broken Road

When preparing for a mission, if you seek God, He will prepare you for what is ahead.  Sometimes though I don't know that anything could really prepare me for what His real is. I have been reading some blogs lately of missionaries on the ground in Swaziland.  There have been heart wrenching stories that have come out of that small country.  It makes me pause.  It makes me broken. I pray for the broken lives there and for those...

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This is the team shirt for our mission to Swaziland.  The words in the center mean a lot to me. Be.   Be who God called you to be.  You are special, unique and He has given you gifts to share with others. Go. Jesus met people with compassion right where they were and showed them the truth.  He went with a heart loaded with mercy and grace.  If we don't go, sharing the same, who will? Love. The reason for our being,...

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Something I Can't Get Past...

I can't get past this story.  But God can.  He is bigger than the pain and the scars leftover from such a violent act.  I am thankful that we have a God who cares, and knows.  And the end of the day, and at the end of this story, God is still God.  And that is enough. Of course this story brings up the age old question of, why God?  Why did you allow this young precious girl be violated in such a way?  Because...

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Heavy Heart

When God calls you to something, it's interesting that He also plants a passion in your heart that can't be quenched.  It's like he backs up your dreams with his.  Sometimes the fire burning inside my heart is so strong... that I can't see past stepping off the plane and hugging kids.   that I wonder if I could ever learn the language.   that the return trip home will be twice as long and what about the "what-happens-next?" Today...

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Missions Horizon

God continues to deepen the impact of missions daily in the folds of my heart.  He is filling crevices that I didn't know existed.  I see this as a good thing.  I think about the mission trip to Swaziland, Africa everyday.  I also think about the days after I return home. How will I make a difference then? Just in time for your summer reading list.  Mission of Mercy, an awesome organization, has posted two of my blogs on...

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