Family, Parenting, Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning
Gathering Stones: Kids All Grown – They are Solid Stones
This May marked the year that our youngest, our baby girl, graduated from the university. She graduated from Dallas Baptist University, Suma Cum Laude in a degree of Elementary…
Family, Kindgom, Perspective, PI Blog
Gathering That Little But Very Heavy Stone
How can God use something straight from the pit of hell? Alzheimer’s or Dementia affects people in various ways. Some revert to a child and gentle, some become the…
Family, Kindgom, Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning
Gathering the 1st Stone – My Mom
The early part of this past May, my mom died, went to be in the arms of Jesus, after a bout of Alzheimers! The 1st stone I am gathering…
Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning
Gathering Stones —- God’s Presence Makes a Way
So as I was asking God about how to ‘survive’ all the transitioning in my life right now. I felt like He took me again to Joshua as they…
Perspective, PI Blog
Bringing the Waves of Hawaii Home to the Desert of Texas for 2017!
Kauai met Randy and me with 18-23 foot waves on the North Shore. These waves boasted of unrelenting crashing of ominous power, beauty, and deafening rolls of thunder. We…
Family, Missons, Perspective, PI Blog
Same Song (Empty Arms), Second Verse (His Kindness Leads to Repentance)
DISCLAIMER: This is ‘my’ testimony about the loss of ‘our’ baby and what God said to ‘me’. I believe that God uses what happened to me as a clear picture of…
Family, Missons, Perspective, PI Blog
From Empty Arms to Making God Smile
Soon after Randy and I were married, I became pregnant. Due to some wrong responses from us to some events at the church that we were on staff at…
PI Blog
Helmets Are Always A Good Idea!
Take risks. Live life, don’t let life live you. These all sound so noble, but when you are so ‘anointed’ in the ability of goofiness, goofy things happen just…
Missons, PI Blog
Missions – Prepare International
Life is definitely not boring, but can be a blur. We want to take time to connect with Him every morning so that we can consciously see Him in…
Discipleship, Family, Kingdom Kids, Missons, Parenting, Perspective, PI Blog
Tag You’re It – No Touch Backs
Kids playing tag in the yard just makes me smile. Often you hear a voice rise above the laughter, “Tag your it! No touch backs.” That phrase “No touch…
Family, Kingdom Kids, Missons, Parenting, PI Blog
A Trip of Nostalgia – Little Seeds Grow Bigger Than Life
Randy and I just arrived in the Czech Republic (Czechia). This is the place where missions was planted in the heart of our whole family. This is where we…
Discipleship, Parenting, Perspective, PI Blog
Gathering Stones —- before the first step
My feet are unsure, the river is swift and the stones slippery! How do I get across these rivers without falling, getting soaked, scraped up or swept away in…