This week I found myself nominated twice for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. If you search Twitter and Facebook with the hashtag ALSIceChallenge you will find a variety of videos, nominations, and opinions on this campaign. I, for one, find it wonderful. According to a Huffington Post article the challenge […]
The whole point of this blog is now a real live thing. It has been like the Yellow Brick Road from the Wizard of Oz in some ways. A little over one year ago I visited the Youth Encounter website and made the impulse decision to begin – for the third time […]
I was doing really well as I approached departing for Youth Encounter. I haven’t found myself overly nervous or anxious about the journey until just recently. I was on the way to Minnesota, riding in the car. About midway through the Iowa portion of the drive while listening to our Team […]
For today’s Fab Five Friday, I decided to post links to 5 songs I’ve been listening to on repeat this week. Check out these fantastic songs and have a great Friday! (5) Holy Spirit by Bryan and Katie Torwalt (4) Worthy of it All by David Brymer (3) It Is Well […]
A man’s heart plans his way: but the LORD directs his steps. -Proverbs 16:9 I am not a huge fan of airplanes and flying. I know so many people who are. Who absolutely love airplanes, who want to enjoy flying, and who have to do it regularly for their careers. […]
Before departing for my year on Captive Free, I chose to spend about two and a half weeks visiting my sister, J, and niece, Scribber in Colorado. Last Friday you heard about our board game joy, but today I thought I’d share a few other things I happened to learn […]
For just a moment, I want to express the utmost of appreciation! Through the loving and amazing support of family, friends, and faith communities, I have nearly reached 95% of my Sponsorship Goal for Captive Free! Just typing the words moves me enough to tear up. When I embarked on […]
Staying with my sister, J, and her daughter, Scribber, has been full of fun and excitement! Scribber loves board games! Not to mention that she’s really good at them! So we played a lot of games together and I spent most of my time losing, but it’s definitely okay. It’s okay […]