There is something about stepping out of your comfort zone, exploring new areas, building relationships, and most of all, growing closer to God – all things that encompass a mission trip. This past week, we headed to Alaska for our youth group mission trip, that was intergenerational too. The group of 30 embarked on the…
Last full week of January already? Hard to believe, isn’t it? Time flies when you are having fun though, right? I must say that going to rehab 3x a week has definitely made things a bit more busy, but all in a good way! I am feeling more and more like myself every week. Definitely…
Proverbs 3:5-6: 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. I can’t help but think of this verse, as I reflect on that fact that we have now been back in Michigan for a month! To look back…
Have you ever felt that you can’t escape the trap you have put yourself in? The trap that our culture has us in? The trap that the Enemy has us in? I recently read a book called The Turquoise Table, which was gifted to me by a dear, dear friend. She knew the timing of…
I was sitting at my desk at school (I am a part-time elementary secretary), glancing up at the pictures I have pinned up on the cork board. Pictures of Mazy’s big blue eyes staring right back at me, pictures of her when she was but just a few months old, and candid pictures of life…
Now being a mom, I am realizing that our home is filled with things that I never even knew existed, but have proved to be complete life savers! So this month’s “Favorite Things” post consists of those types of items – the “don’t know what I would do without” items. Another item that our family…
