I stepped out of my room and pulled my coat tighter around me. Sitting on the ground, I leaned back and gazed up at the sky. I had the strange sensation of disorientation that is not common to me during my usual star gazing sessions. Trying to get my bearings, I found my eyes scanning … Continue reading My Un-comfort Zone
World Race
Adventures in Ecuador
Our trip to Ecuador is likely to lead to several more serious blogs...but first a fun story! I have heard stories of foreign travel from all my world traveling friends, but now I have my own story. A week of jumping in cabs and catching buses with 37 people seemed relatively normal for being in … Continue reading Adventures in Ecuador
Dearest P Squad
I have spent the last few nights, up late reading your blogs about the earthquake and subsequent days. Wow. No words can describe the history you have been a part of in that country. I cannot even comprehend the myriad of feelings you must have felt and continue to feel. I would think sorting it … Continue reading Dearest P Squad
Once a WR Parent…
I began this blog after the first earthquake in Nepal and couldn’t quite get it finished…until today after the second one. Once a World Race parent, always a World Race parent…at least that is how it seems to me. My daughter has been home for a year and so you would think that my time … Continue reading Once a WR Parent…
Nepal
A year ago I didn’t even know where Nepal was, but then my daughter when on a mission trip around the world called the World Race. Eleven countries in eleven months. Originally, Nepal was not on her list of countries so when her team got rerouted there, I admit I had to look it up … Continue reading Nepal
Minnie Mattered
Last year when I was in Thailand with Hannah, we worked with a ministry named Lighthouse in Action. Their primary calling is to show the love of God to those in the red light district in Chang Mai. They do this by building relationships with those who work in the sex trade by helping those … Continue reading Minnie Mattered
NOW is the Time
I was at a retreat this weekend and during worship I heard the Lord speak to my heart. It was for the parents in the room, and several requested a copy. As I was writing it up, I thought it might also be for other World Race parents…but then I thought it might be for … Continue reading NOW is the Time
Dear Paul
I got to thinking the other day about the Apostle Paul’s mother. I wondered if she was fearful of his missionary journey, and so I decided to write a fictitious letter from her to Paul and then his reply. It started out as a humorous idea, but then as I wrote, I found myself relating … Continue reading Dear Paul
Life Outside My Window
I sit in my recliner today smelling of cherry eucalyptus and vapor rub. My hair is matted in the back from napping on and off all day. My red nose rivals that of Rudolph, and my chair-side table is overflowing with tissue, cough drops, and all other flu related items. I have my kindle, my … Continue reading Life Outside My Window
2nd Act
I have been thinking and it seems to me that the WR is a door. For the racers, it is a door to service and humbling themselves. To living life in adventurous pursuit of Christ and all the terrible and wonderful ways that expresses itself. But it is also a door for the parents, not … Continue reading 2nd Act
Michelle's Mosaic 