When we were serving in Indonesia, we met a mini missionary! She was tiny physically, 4’7” tall, but huge in heart. Not only was she very small, she was severely crippled by polio since childhood. What was a crippled, single woman doing in a remote, steeply mountainous stone age village? Against all odds, she…
Unexpected
This week marked the 56th anniversary of my mother’s death. My parents had been separated off and on during my growing up years and when my mother died, my father was living out of state. For some reason, no one felt it was a good idea for me as a high schooler to live alone!…
For Love’s Sake
They were being unreasonable. Illogical. Wasteful. Why spend a lot of money doing something that was already done? Why jump into a project that was ill-planned? One of them was so emotional that two extra-terrestrial beings didn’t get her attention. She even made an outlandish offer to singlehandedly carry a grown man’s dead body plus…
Tender Care
The tenderness of Jesus even under the worst circumstances is astounding. This is the account by an eyewitness of what happened as Jesus was nearing death. The interchange between Jesus hanging on the cross and his mother, and Jesus and his best friend was recorded by the one spoken to – John. “Near the cross of…
Goodbye
The table was piled with delicious food. Our friends were gathered around it. The feeling of camaraderie was matched only by the heaviness of impending goodbyes. Finally, we each prepared to leave, knowing it was the last time we would all be together. Some were headed for the other side of the ocean, some for…
Unexpected
She had chosen a beautiful wedding gown, the lovely venue was reserved, she had studied her Biblical premarital workbook, and her family was happily anticipating the big day. Then unexpectedly, she broke her engagement. One day she told her parents she was leaving for a weekend camping trip with a girlfriend. She didn’t return home. …