**My apologies for the extreme delay in this update…I’ve been very busy…busy cleaning up potty accidents, and putting out sibling rivalry fires, and cleaning more dishes and doing more laundry than one can keep track of. I wish I had something “more significant” as an excuse, but every load of laundry is a Kingdom investment […]

It was like they had all laid dormant. But then finally growth begins to emerge where simple seeds of prayer had lain buried in the soil of the will of God. You see, I had met Tahra, a Muslim Bangladeshi woman about my age,  last December, while I was trying to coordinate hosting international students […]

**Editor’s note: Posting this a bit late, but needed to get my Libyan friends’ clearance before posting. Ronnie Smith was called Libya’s friend. He loved the people. And so do I. My children actually have Libyan grandparents, you know. I have Libyan brothers and sisters and mother and pop and dear dear friends. Not by […]

This year we had every excuse in the book not to do it. We had tons of family coming into town for the holidays. We already would have a full house. I’m pregnant (and tired!) with baby #5. We have four little rascals running around. We already have one international student living with us. Money’s […]

Libyans from Africa. Saudi Arabians from the Middle East. Italians from Europe. Taiwanese from Asia.  The world was gathered in our home. And I am so thankful to be a part of it. I met Jesus in it. As a follow-up to my recent conviction about being moved by the Spirit, I put aside my […]

Last month a student from Libya moved into our “porch room”, which provides extra rent money AND an incredible opportunity to share the love and light of the Gospel with someone who would not otherwise hear of Him in his Muslim country. It has been a joy to get to share our culture, our language, […]