Category Transparently Human

I am new to the whole missionary thing.  I am the first missionary in my family; the first missionary of my close friends.  Before coming to Gainesville, I was the only missionary I ever really knew.  I’ve read stories.  I’ve…

Yesterday, I celebrated the year anniversary of landing in Georgia.    It was impractical because I wasn’t sure where I would land.   Yet, I was compelled.   It was risky because I left without a contingency plan.  Yet, I…

Last night, three of my friends in Iowa called me to pray with me before my team heads out tomorrow from Georgia on a five-week tour.  These are the kind of friends who have cried with me when I’ve been…

I’ve been up til the wee hours of the morning watching a boat load of Doctor Who episodes lately.  I’m hooked.  I’m officially a Whovian all over again.      I’ve also been saying a lot of good-bye’s lately.  …

I just read this blog from Seth Barnes about messiness.  It stoked up some “stuff” – so be forewarned! Life is messy.  We are imperfect beings trying to live in an imperfect world and being true to both.  Yet most…

Wow.  It’s been a long time since I wrote.  Probably one of the longest stretches I’ve gone without writing a blog in three years.     Frankly, I haven’t missed it.  Strange because writing has always been such a great…

“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.”Colossians 3:16 So this is going…

I remember the first time I realized God actually speaks to us.  I was scrubbing the floor and praying.  (I was practicing the “pray without ceasing” thing.)  I didn’t hear a audible voice with my ears, but I did distinctly…

Woke up with a start in the wee hours this morning; no heat.  My propane must have run out.  Guess it gets eaten quite quickly when you run your heat every night. It took 5 months to go through the…