Yesterday we spent the morning at the park. We had a great time playing with the littles and also we got to meet a woman named Nadezhda (means “hope” in Russian). You can read more about this special God-moment in our newsletter by clicking here.
Wouldn’t it be easier if every morning I got a navigation link sent to my phone and I just had to accept the file, open it up, and see the detailed turn-by-turn directions for the day? Week? Month? Year? I mean, it would be easier for me and even God, too, right?
We went to our first wedding in Ukraine yesterday. We left the house about 2:00 for the 3:00 start. We pulled into our driveway at 12:40 a.m. You might think we broke down somewhere and had to wait hours for help.
We don’t know for sure or exactly, but we see places where is IS working and we know He’s inviting us to join Him in that work.
Focus. I am really trying to reorient our focus right now. As I have said many times before, we came with great plans to serve God. We even put it into a bullet list and once it’s written down and people have seen it, you have to stick to the list, right? As I was …
For most of my life, I thought of this Scripture as a good anecdote to life—specifically about my future. But now, it’s our lifeline.
God is always at work around us!
[dropcap style=”1″ size=”4″]G[/dropcap]od is always at work around you. One of my favorite principles from the Henry Blackaby study, “Experiencing God.” We’ve been through this study several times. The 4th or 5th time was right before we adopted Matthew and Micah. When we surrendered to God on a deeper level during that study we …
Last night, we got the call we had been waiting for. We were told to appear at the office that handles Permanent Residency documentation this morning to receive our documents. We had just been there on Tuesday (3 days ago) because we thought we were going to get the documents then. But what they …
International Women’s Day is BIG in Ukraine. When I say it’s big here, I mean it’s HUGE. It’s a day to celebrate women. And celebrate we do. The actual holiday is today, March 8. Lots of businesses closed early yesterday to gear up for the big day today. Most businesses were …