These “life along with us” posts are a tiny peek into our lives to see how we are being stretched and grown by our loving Lord. We don’t always stretch happily, but God always finds ways to teach us more about Himself through it by leading us back to the truth in His Word. So, […]
In March of this year, I got a new sister. She was almost 16 years old. And she radically changed my life. Fida has changed the way our family talks, the way we hang out, definitely the amount we know about Albania!… And she has given us such a beautiful picture of what God’s love […]
Babies, babies, babies! Benjamin and I don’t have any of our own, but we happen to have quite a few nieces and nephews, including a brand new baby nephew! Most of them are toddlers nowadays, but they were pretty cute babies once upon a time, and I had some fun going through some old pictures […]
One Sunday, I was in charge of teaching the three year olds. It was for “children’s church,” so it was during the main service, and after Sunday School, I shepherded all of them into my classroom (which took some doing). Finally, I managed to get them all into seats so that we could start the […]
I’m not sure I can count the number of times that Benjamin and I swore that we would never do something, right before God called us to do it. Maybe a hundred? There was the time we said we would never go to grad school. (Hello, Clarks Summit University!) And then there was the time […]