“Ugh. Firnsdhip. (Yes. Apparently that is how you type friendship after an EXHAUSTING week of preparing mentally for a conversation with a friend that you just don’t see eye to eye with. But you want to. But you just can’t.) I’ve been prepping all day to say it well. To cover it with grace andContinue reading “When Light Breaks Through”
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These Demons are Pretty
“Go watch Elliott,” Richard said to me very seriously. I stepped into the kitchen in our tiny wooden jungle home and looked out onto the back patio where Elliott liked to play in the big water basin. He was three and a half and full of imagination and wonder at all the things the worldContinue reading “These Demons are Pretty”
A Slave Set Free
I hopped off the back of the mototaxi and peeked my head in the door of Grace House to surprise her. She hugged me tight and kissed my neck, smiling that wide open smile that I remember from three years ago when I first met her. I hugged her right back and told her howContinue reading “A Slave Set Free”
Dear Ashley From Two Years Ago…
Dear Ashley From Two Years Ago, Hey, it’s me. (Or you, rather.) It is two years today that you have been here in Brazil (a year and a half in the Jungle) and I wanted to let you know a few things about this journey you are about to embark on. Go ahead and sitContinue reading “Dear Ashley From Two Years Ago…”
Glimpse at the Good
In the midst of the hard, like little beams of light breaking through the clouds, God gives us little glimpses of what He’s doing here to keep us going. Here’s a list of some of the great things God has and is doing in our part of the world. —We are facilitating the start ofContinue reading “Glimpse at the Good”
Pray We Won\’t Be Moved
We\’re all just tired today. I\’m up with the sunrise to feed a hungry baby girl for the second or third time since I fell into my light sleep last night around 11pm. I can\’t remember if it was two or three times that she woke me up, announcing her empty belly. Now I sitContinue reading “Pray We Won\’t Be Moved”
So What or So That
I went to a women\’s conference last night with a new friend of mine from here at JAARS, the ministry Richard\’s training with. The message title was \”Sometimes He Whispers, Sometimes He Roars\”. I was particularly interested in this because my prayer life has been…. well…. lacking severely in recent days. I thought, \”Maybe thisContinue reading “So What or So That”
S T R E A M S + T H O R N S 