Missions work has gone from being a part of the Great Commission to the great omission.
I’ve lived in Africa since 1987, and this experience has challenged and transformed me. I have learned languages, customs, and cultural cues very different from mine. Initially, I resisted the…
“What am I doing here?” It’s a question all of us have, at one time or another, asked ourselves. As I wrote in my famous-in-my-mind story about Bollywood, I’ve wondered…
In early 2016, I stood with my husband and daughter at Blantyre, Malawi airport, waiting for our luggage. We had just landed after a long trip from the USA. It…
Stepping off the plane for the first time in Burundi, I wondered what we had gotten ourselves into. After our plane landed, I stood on the airport tarmac with my…
I said in a recent post that my husband and I are not good fundraisers. Learning how to fundraise should be taught as a class for misisonaries. Logic says that…
I mentioned in a recent post that in July last year (2024), we celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary. That's a lot of time to get to know someone and become…
When I was young, I had all the typical girl dreams. I wanted a handsome husband, a home, a career, and kids. Like anyone else, I dreamt of a beautiful…
I want to share a bit of my life as a missionary. This entry is from November 2023, after I returned from a community clinic we hosted in Malawi. It was a…
Growing up, I thought about my future. I wondered what I would do, where I would go, and who would be my husband. I had the usual dreams: to get…
"How did you know what you were supposed to do?" My 11th-grade daughter asked about my choice to be a missionary. What a loaded question. "You always seem to know…
