Thursday, May 17, 2012
Travel Day
We never saw Wednesday's night sky! Early in the morning I left the house traveling east, but in Dallas we turned back to the west and followed the sun across the Pacific Ocean into Thursday!
As our family enjoys the last dark hours of sleep this morning, we sit in the Seoul, Korea airport watching the sun set on Thursday evening! It's sometimes difficult to know where the day went when we are home, but this day really slipped past me! We will soon board yet another six hour flight and cross back over two time zones to arrive in Phnom Penh at 10:00 this evening...all before you have lunch on Thursday.
Needless to say, my sleep pattern is a bit confused! I will definitely appreciate the bed this evening!
We enjoyed a King's March through the airport here as we trekked to our transit gate. Then Joe gave Garrett pointers on using the iPhone overseas.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The Word on the Street
Today I am waiting in the Midland airport for the first leg of a twenty-four hour journey to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Joe and Garrett Crabtree will meet me at the DFW airport to launch our international flight and mission to share God's Word on the streets of Cambodia. We will be guests in the home of Sokhom and Phaline Hun, survivors of the Killing Fields. There we will work with Bible students teaching scripture, English and computer skills. I will study with women in the mornings and teach Bible/English to children in the afternoons. Join us as we share God's love through the gifts you have sent with us. May God's richest blessings fall on you today.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Pepperdine
Today I have arrived at Pepperdine. I am praying that there will be many opportunities to learn, to draw closer to the Lord, to worship, to fellowship with close friends and to meet new family members!
Last night I had an amazing opportunity back home to testify to the leadership of the Holy Spirit through the paths and over the years. Oh, what an amazing tapestry He weaves!
Last night I had an amazing opportunity back home to testify to the leadership of the Holy Spirit through the paths and over the years. Oh, what an amazing tapestry He weaves!
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Christian Chronicle » continuing coverage » global south » Life, death and rebirth in The Killing Fields
Christian Chronicle » continuing coverage » global south » Life, death and rebirth in The Killing Fields
This article tells about the Cambodian, Sokhom Hun, with whom we will be working in May.
This article tells about the Cambodian, Sokhom Hun, with whom we will be working in May.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Cambodia, Here We Come!
Tonight we are attending an informational dinner on the work in Cambodia. Four of us will be heading to Cambodia in May for three weeks. I'll be working with women and children as well as teaching computer skills and English to the Bible students there. 
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Come before Winter UKRAINE 2012
Crowned with God's steadfast love, the week together in Ukraine melted our hearts, refined our lives, annointed our souls and wove us together into a beautiful cloak of His amazing benefits in human form. May His hesed cover you as you are sheltered within His loving care.
Monday through Friday God's cloak-passed from renewal to renewal by the tender hands of the missionary liaisons-served as a physical symbol of God's arms of compassion. Outside the snow covered the ground and the chill penetrated the skin, but inside the mantel of God's benefits warmed us in comfort, strength and joy. We felt the unity of the women who have experienced Come before Winter renewals in so many corners of our world since the first one in Brazil in 2001. We stroked the emblems they placed on the cloak and lifted them in prayer as their lives united with ours.
Throughout the week we emersed ourselves in the 103rd Psalm. Sinking into its verses--pulling them over us as a cloak of revelation--delving into their meaning through the structure of the poetry--seeking His meaning for our lives through meditation--opening God's plan for humanity through a theological exegesis of the chapter--submitting to the Father's hesed in prayer--we approached the Kingdom's throneroom to draw closer to The One who through eternity has drawn us into His loving shelter.
Each step of the renewal has been intentionally planned to honor both God and women called to serve Him in diverse settings and programs. From the greeting at the door to the farewells all over the building, the Lord's name is lifted up and each woman is affirmed. We literally begin and end each day in prayer and worship as a community. Times of informal sharing around the dining tables, out on a walk in the snow, in the swimming pool or gathering in a common area created bonds of friendship. Scheduled appointments with small groups and with individuals for prayer forged lives together over miles and into eternity. "The whole of life without any exception can be an act of worship if we choose for it to be." Come before Winter reflects that truth in every way.
The week was bathed in prayer and tears...tears of sorrow, of pain, of frustration and of pure joy. Some of those tears poured freely in worship as we considered the verses and wonders unveiled in Psalm 103 through song and scripture. Hearts turned upward as truths penetrated our innermost being. Other tears were shared with small clusters in times of sharing our goals and desires to be more fully dedicated to following His guidance in our lives. Sometimes the tears were shared one on one with a precious sister in intement prayer appointments. Always the tears were shed in the presence of our loving Father whose compassion wraps His children in His arms and renews their youth as an eagle!
Thank you for touching my life in this amazing week of renewal...whether your touch was physically there in Kiev, Ukraine, as a team member or a participant or one who served us through the sanitorium or a sweet young life who offered flowers along our path or a spiritual touch over the miles--over the waves--as a prayer warrior or a support through cards or notes or finances. Your touch, my friends, was felt each and every day as we united in service. God's hesed flows over and through you!
Monday through Friday God's cloak-passed from renewal to renewal by the tender hands of the missionary liaisons-served as a physical symbol of God's arms of compassion. Outside the snow covered the ground and the chill penetrated the skin, but inside the mantel of God's benefits warmed us in comfort, strength and joy. We felt the unity of the women who have experienced Come before Winter renewals in so many corners of our world since the first one in Brazil in 2001. We stroked the emblems they placed on the cloak and lifted them in prayer as their lives united with ours.
Throughout the week we emersed ourselves in the 103rd Psalm. Sinking into its verses--pulling them over us as a cloak of revelation--delving into their meaning through the structure of the poetry--seeking His meaning for our lives through meditation--opening God's plan for humanity through a theological exegesis of the chapter--submitting to the Father's hesed in prayer--we approached the Kingdom's throneroom to draw closer to The One who through eternity has drawn us into His loving shelter.
Each step of the renewal has been intentionally planned to honor both God and women called to serve Him in diverse settings and programs. From the greeting at the door to the farewells all over the building, the Lord's name is lifted up and each woman is affirmed. We literally begin and end each day in prayer and worship as a community. Times of informal sharing around the dining tables, out on a walk in the snow, in the swimming pool or gathering in a common area created bonds of friendship. Scheduled appointments with small groups and with individuals for prayer forged lives together over miles and into eternity. "The whole of life without any exception can be an act of worship if we choose for it to be." Come before Winter reflects that truth in every way.
The week was bathed in prayer and tears...tears of sorrow, of pain, of frustration and of pure joy. Some of those tears poured freely in worship as we considered the verses and wonders unveiled in Psalm 103 through song and scripture. Hearts turned upward as truths penetrated our innermost being. Other tears were shared with small clusters in times of sharing our goals and desires to be more fully dedicated to following His guidance in our lives. Sometimes the tears were shared one on one with a precious sister in intement prayer appointments. Always the tears were shed in the presence of our loving Father whose compassion wraps His children in His arms and renews their youth as an eagle!
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| Crowned with Everlasting Love |
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
CbW TUESDAY
What an incredible journey! The entire experience with Come before Winter has been one of introspection, growth and renewal. Today has been Holy. we literally begin and end each day with worship...sandwich in a little quiet introspection between studies, prayer and sharing.
These women have had so many wonderful experiences to share with each other and with us. They are coming from varied ministries, and yet they are united in one faith and one purpose...to spread the kingdom! Love abounds!!!
These women have had so many wonderful experiences to share with each other and with us. They are coming from varied ministries, and yet they are united in one faith and one purpose...to spread the kingdom! Love abounds!!!
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