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, 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…
Discipleship, Kindgom, Perspective, PI Blog
Gathering & Celebrating the PRICELESS Stone of 50 years with God
This month 50 years ago, as a six year old, tagged as shy, I gave my life to Jesus. I asked Him to clean my heart and to make…
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…
Kindgom, Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning
Gathering the Slippery Stone of Time
Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping . . . (a line in an old song). During transition time is critical and time seems to always be slipping, slipping away….
Discipleship, Family, Kindgom, Kingdom Kids, Parenting, Perspective, PI Blog
On the Edge But Still Tying Up Loose Ends
We once had a friend who was a world champion in speedwings. He would jump off cliffs with a kite strapped to his back! Beautiful, amazing, scary! I am…
Family, Kindgom, Perspective, PI Blog, Transitioning
Gathering Stones: It’s a Diamond
There are so many other stones that I have collected for the Alter of Remembrance. A friend told me that she saw the makings of a book in the…
PI Blog, Transitioning
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…
PI Blog
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…
PI Blog
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…
PI Blog
We all matter
I speak with people everywhere with this simple message, “Don’t play it safe or live just for your own happiness. Live to touch your world.” The answer I so…
PI Blog
Restoring the work of a Blacksmith
It dawned on me the other day, that I have been leading this ministry into Europe (and now Africa and Latin America) for right at 20 years. As time…