The Doll
I am amazed at how God works.
I helped with collecting items for our mission trip to Romania from the start. I saw all the items we collected go from our church foyer to my office, then to the gym for sorting, and lastly into bags to load onto the airplane to Romania.
A Small Gift of Affection
I met Borya in my second week during the Buckner summer internship program in St. Petersburg, Russia. My team spent the week at an orphanage camp, doing Bible programs and spending time with the children.
Password to my Heart
“HueHue 01-08” was the password for my computer at work. Traveling to a Spanish speaking country and doing mission work as the hands and feet of Christ was a life long dream of mine. But this password has so much more meaning now that I’ve returned.
Looking into our Future
Imagine getting on a plane in Dallas/Fort Worth headed to Frankfurt, Germany to meet 20 individuals you've never met and never laid eyes on, to spend 10 days– and I mean all day – in 25 degree weather in a country whose language you do not know and whose culture cannot be more different. Welcome to Russia.
Sunshine in Russia
They say Russia only gets 40 days of sunshine a year. I think they’re wrong.
Loaves and Fishes?
There are so many memories that come to my mind as I think about our time in Kenya. I remember the little school which was built on the former city dump where between 300,000 to 500,000 people live.
The Rainy Season
Isaiah left the game to sit along the wall of the auditorium. With alarming speed he had moved from joyful to sullen and unresponsive.
Serving orphans is nothing like ‘Annie’
My daily life is too easy. I live in a nice little neighborhood, in a nice little community. I drive a nice little car and wear nice little clothes. Everything is so nice and easy that I often forget about the world outside of my nice little life. Even scarier is the fact that I can forget where all of my blessings come from.
Learning to Love
All morning my team was having difficulties finding shoes for every child; it didn’t seem as if there were enough sizes for everyone.
“A Child of God. A Child of Ours. A Child Named Winnie”
It was an ordinary day on a Shoes for Orphan Souls trip in Kenya. That is what I thought anyway. What happened that day would change my vision, my heart and my life. A placed simply known as “Busia” wouldn’t seem so simple after that day. That was the day I met her. Her name was Winnie.
"Have you found me a Momma and Poppa?"
Felix
What a Missionary Looks Like
The Best Birthday Gift
Kenya: A Trip Back in Time
The Gift of Love
