A few weeks ago, a woman who has been in our program for four years accepted Christ. What rejoicing! What joy there was in our program and in heaven that one who was lost has been found! That she finally was able to refute the lies she’d been believing in favor of the glorious truth God offers us.
This week, two women left our program suddenly and unexpectedly. What sorrow. What mourning that they heard and believed the lies of the enemy telling them that they are unworthy of love and healing.
When “M” accepted Christ, I was struck by overwhelming awe and…
Read more >>
For the last 20ish years of my life, I’ve been learning how to be a competent, productive member of society. And I feel like I’ve been pretty successful at that. So the question is, what do I do now that I’m in a place where 90% of my competency has been stripped away?
I moved to Quito, Ecuador just over a month ago and this has been one of my most humbling, difficult experiences of my life. When I got here, my level of communication was roughly that of a semi-literate toddler (or at least it felt that way to me!). I couldn’t get around on my own, go to the grocery…
Read more >>
Ever since I graduated two years ago and obtained my nursing license, I have found myself placing more of my identity in my role as a nurse. And yet, as I come close to ending my time at the hospital, God has been stirring within my soul the truth that my profession is not nursing. Yes, I am working as a nurse, but my true profession is, and always has been, that of a kingdom worker. I just happen to have done that through working in a hospital for the past two years.
Yes, I am a nurse, and a former gymnast, and an avid lover of books, but those things are all peripheral to…
Read more >>
Wow. Can I just say that real quick? Wow. I can’t believe that I’m really, truly on my way to my first international missions assignment.
Let me back up and explain who I am and why it’s so unbelievable that this is finally happening. My name is Julie. I grew up in a small town in New Hampshire and at somewhere around 6 years old, I decided I wanted to be a part of ministry. By the time I was in the 8th grade, that vague call to ministry had been clarified and solidified until I knew I wanted to…
Read more >>
