Sharing all that God has done on a mission trip is hard to do, even in a few posts. God shows Himself in ways we never expected, but that is also why we try to not go into mission trips WITH expectations. We try to walk into them with open hearts and minds. One of…
Love God. Love people. What blessings and beauty that can come out of that saying. That is what our week was about. We made the 4-5 hour drive to near Hayward, Wisconsin, to the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation. We all had never worked with the Native American population (also known as traditional), so for us…
Mornings can be one of the most stressful times in the day. The good ole alarm goes off (and lets be honest, that is the LAST thing you want to hear in the morning). The minute you turn it off, your day begins. What do your mornings typically look like? Do they look anything like…
Every night, do you battle the question with your kids: “Have you finished this?” knowing full well, they have not accomplished everything they have to before bedtime? Helping kids organize their time and teaching time management skills at a young age CAN happen and IS feasible! Believe it or not, organizing is a LEARNED skill….
Consider me odd, but I LOVE to paint. In our old home, I painted every single room – not just once, but sometimes twice. Sometimes I didn’t like the shade of tan, so I would repaint. Sometimes the color was too bold. Then I wanted to create a tuscan color montage, so I repainted yet…
You sit down at a restaurant and get 4x the amount of food that you normally eat. Feeling full comes after eating half of it, but you say “Just a little bit more…” Walking through the mall, you see all these sales plastering the windows of your favorite stores. You spent your budget or the…
