Faith

The Ultimate Sacrifice

April 10, 2020April 9, 2020

Who Do We Serve?

When I sit back and think about ministry, there is a lot to think about. I sit back and think wow, God chose US to be in youth ministry? It’s really a humbling concept. Dan and I will be sitting on the couch and think wow, this is our life – this is the life…

When We Wonder If He’s Listening

This is a picture from 4 years ago. I often find myself looking back at that time of life, due to the significant impact it continues to have on our life, to this day. My face sunken in, scars scabbed over, strength minimal, with an inability to hold my then 2 1/2 year old daughter…

Looking Out

Often when I hear the words “LOOK OUT”, I automatically get into defense mode. Harm is coming (I don’t know in what form), but right away my body tenses up, my mind goes into survival mode, and I’m ready to attack. I can think of one incident in particular, where “looking out” maybe didn’t end…

How I Have Changed

Changes. Changes are never easy. Changes are sometimes not welcomed. Sometimes I can be an ole fuddy-duddy Dutch girl who just wants things to always be the same – like sitting in the same pew every Sunday (no we actually don’t do that). As much as I don’t like change sometimes, I realize I’ve gone…

Wonders

Today I just started to wonder. I wonder what our life will look like in 1 year? 5 years? 10? The rest of our life? I worked at the bookstore all day and there was a lady with about a 3 year old yelling mama and thought – I hope that mom really thinks about…

God’s Way Of Restoring Our Hope

This is a post I wrote on Thursday – the day God chose to drastically change our life. We have hesitated sharing this with you, as we are waiting for one test result (which you will read about at the end), but we know that this is all God and we felt we wanted to…