Adventures in Missions

    The girls, Noah and I left Colorado and headed north to say goodbye to beloved friends and family, before we left to join our men in Swaziland.  It had been years since we had visited.  The girls wanted to…

I have to be honest; my first night here was not pretty.   My last 4 days of travel with Alexis, Emily, and Noah was, well…a nightmare. Cancelled flights, long lay overs, lost luggage, and standing in lines for hours…

Tyler returned home from Africa today…I picked him up at the airport at noon , I swear he was taller. He learned how to say “you are beautiful” in SiSwati, and it was the first thing he said to me.…

Driving today, I was struck by majesty…the sun is shining brightly this afternoon on the Rocky Mountains .   The mountain range that frames our city literally glistened with fresh snow, and unspeakable beauty…and they are the FEET of Him…our…

This week has been exhausting, house guests, events, and persecution.   What more could a girl want?   This week I stood and looked into the face of evil, people that are set on harassing my family, and stopping us…

  I have always felt the phrase “choosing joy”, has not been turned around and used as an excuse for phoniness or denial.   It makes me think of a plastic smile on a young mothers’ face, her children screaming…

  This has been a hard winter in Colorado , the hardest I can remember, and the longest too.   Cold, windy, too much snow, too many days inside.   The sky has been much darker, more clouds than we…

I was thrilled to spend time in London with my husband and precious in-laws… I love history, and I love historic buildings, I love beauty of all kinds.  I was excited about the art; I was most excited to see…

my mother and me, 1970, I am 6 weeks old…see why I thought she was a Star? …I just realized a few years ago that she wasn’t perfect, you can not believe how relieved I was…this takes a great deal…