There are a lot of things that have stood in the way of our work in Nepal. Now we can add emergency surgery. Already out…
The unexpected
My Sunday was supposed to look like this: wake up, lunch in crockpot, write, kids up, make breakfast, dress, shower, dinner in roaster, church, fellowship…
4 months and change
Jude is four and a half months now, cruising precariously towards five. He’s got loads of personality (I always forget how quickly that kicks in!),…
The first last
Mary Hannah, It’s been a few weeks now since you left. And while I can’t say that I miss you any less than I did…
Let there be ART
This post contains affiliate links. Purchases made through these links support our family’s ministry efforts around the world. Thank you! We celebrated Christopher’s birthday with a…
A moment
“Was I as cute as Jude when you got me?” “Oh, yes. A hundred times yes.” “Was I this old?” “You were five months. So……
If I knew then
This week, we’re all struggling. Much of it is just the accumulated transition of now. Mary Hannah has been gone nearly a month, and we…
A different birthday {10 years of missions}
It’s been 10 years since we went all in. A whole decade since we made tangible our family’s mission statement to follow God, not man.…
Pied Piper
In the economy of a large family, a 13 year-old brother is just short of legend. He has knives and multipurpose tools and a host…
Seven is five
We called her Seven, in the incredulous days and weeks following the positive pregnancy test. Years of longing unfulfilled had helped us realize that pregnancy…