We have officially wrapped up our Fall and Christmas season--it was a great one! We wanted to say thanks for your support and that we look forward to seeing you next year! For this season, we want to leave you with these thoughts: Excerpt from Ann Voskamp's book, "The Greatest Gift": "Mordecai--he was in sackcloth outside the palace gate. He sent word to his niece, chosen queen to the ...
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India 2016--Part 3 of 3 Her jaw is set as she looks out across the field onto the small village in the rural region of Murshidibad in eastern India. “M” is a small woman, no more than 5 feet tall with her dark hair pulled up into a tight bun and her petite frame wrapped in a golden sari. But her strength of character, her unwavering vision are towering. “There was a family in this village,” ...
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India-Part 2 of 3 Eight flights of stairs took us to the top of our building. Walled. Private. Above the crowds, seeing the city from a broader perspective. On the streets, necessity required us to stay focused. Watch our every step to avoid garage, potholes, dogs, people, feces. Be on guard against the unfamiliar,the crowds, the harried traffic, the leering ...
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  India--Part 1 of 3 From hearing of crushing family betrayal to the family of God restoring, seeing the devastation wreaked by freedom stealers and the healing of freedom fighters, from being a witness to trust shattered to the promise of hope renewed; much of our experience in India was filled with contrasts. By far, our favorite contrast was seeing that which was broken and cast ...
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We have prayed for almost 2 years for the Lord to open another trip to visit some of our partners. We prayed over China, thinking that was it. On the very day that we spent time in prayer, the three of us together, the Lord very firmly closed it with our contact letting us know it was not the right time. We prayed over Jordan and then the bombings started. We knew we were to go---but where was ...
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I had the opportunity to participate in a favorite activity this weekend--camping. I love being surrounded by nature, cooking over a fire and getting “away from it all.” Throughout the weekend, I couldn’t help but compare the daily lives of women around the world with what was my time of recreation. Here are a few of my observations from the weekend: Firewood was easy to find. If it ...
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