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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…
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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…
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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…
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Step Out of the Traffic
Here I was in Kauai, Hawaii, one of the most peaceful places on earth and there was traffic in my soul. I tried to disguise my unrest, but of…
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The Language of Play
I love kids!!! They are my tutors of how to live life in the Kingdom of God. In Matthew 18:4, Jesus says, “Whoever becomes simple and elemental again, like…
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Randy, Boone, Bethany, Hannah, Josiah, Brandi and me – FAMILY!
My family!! From the minute Randy and I married I prayed that God would use our family as a battle ax in His Kingdom against the gates of hell….
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Get Out of the Way
GET OUT OF THE WAY. When our 3 kids were younger we took a trip to Waco to attend World Mandate, an intensely radical missions conference. Josiah was 15,…
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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…
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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…
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Gathering Stones – before the first step
I will be posting a series of blogs that I wrote this past 6 months. I am changing my blogsite to the PI site. This series is…
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Get Out Of The Way
When our 3 kids were younger we took a trip to Waco to attend World Mandate, an intensely radical missions conference. Josiah was 15, Bethany – 12 and…
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Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary
Randy and I lead Prepare International, a mission organization that now serves in 20 nations. But when people are around me they are amazed that God can work…