Hold on to Your Fork

One of the things I miss about living in Texas is being around my family for Sunday lunch.  My parents, grandparents, sister and brother-in-law, and aunt and uncle used to live next to one another.  We would come home from church, change clothes, and head up the hill to Papa and Mama’s house.  Typically the [...]

Enjoy the Ride

As I fulfill one of the greatest roles in life, I am rewarded time and again. Motherhood comes with great responsibility and many challenges, yet many times I find myself on the receiving side of a life lesson. Today happened to hand me a lesson through the heart and voice of my three year old, [...]

The Ten Commandments are NOT essential!

Disclaimer:  The title is false even though my actions agree with it.  Let me explain. A few weeks ago, my Bible passage for the day was Exodus 20.  While reading the scriptures, something stuck out to me in a different light than before.  What I begin to realize was that my life agrees with most, [...]

Living the “Big Easy”

I want to begin this blog by asking you quite an uncomfortable question. Get ready. Buckle your mental seatbelt. Dig deep inside of your heart and ask yourself this: What is the darkest, most sinful, most ugly temptation that you deal with on a daily basis? You know, the thing that you won’t tell anybody [...]

Stand Out Kind

Believe it or not, I am a rather shy person. Yes, I know what you are thinking. “You get up there in front of hundreds of people and do your thing…” My shyness comes in the one on one format. I can speak to a group with almost no nervousness (speak, not sing, unless the [...]

Day 6 (Sunday) – El Salvador Mission Trip

It’s Sunday, and what an incredible day that the Lord has made here in El Salvador. After four full days of serving through painting, laying tile, pouring concrete, cleaning, and other minor construction projects, we were very excited to join with the body of Christ for a time of worship. And worship we did. We [...]

El Salvador Mission Trip – Day 5

There is one word to describe today: Completion. In our fifth day in El Salvador and our fourth day to work on the Bible School (and future orphanage), God has allowed us to completely paint the Bible School as well as lay tile, clean the rooms, lay concrete, and inspire the next generation of leaders [...]

Day 4 in El Salvador!

Greetings Blog World!  It’s hard to believe that we arrived in San Salvador on Tuesday. But in other ways, it feels like we’ve been here a month! As Bro. Jay mentioned this morning in his devotion, today is like our missions trip “hump day.” Usually that’s Wednesday for us during the week when we’re not [...]

Day 3 of Missions in El Salvador

“And whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” ~ Mark 10:44-45 On our second full day of serving in El Salvador, we are weary in our bodies [...]

El Salvador Missions Trip – Day 2

Our first full day in El Salvador started off with a great local breakfast at our hotel – and, yes, it included beans. I have a feeling that we’re going to have a ton of beans this week. And, yes, we had beans again at lunch and for a snack! Today we went to the [...]