A few months after being married, I boarded a plane to a training camp in Georgia and ultimately the mountains of Guatemala. I was again co-leading a team of college students on a summer mission. The previous summer I co-led a similar team to Zambia for five weeks and that was incredibly life changing and…
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Have you ever seen a miracle? Not just luck or good circumstances, but an event that can only be explained by God’s power. Have you ever prayed for a miracle to happen? I have. Have you ever prayed for a miracle and it didn’t happen? I have done that too. I think a really good…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 12/1/24-Anxiety, India, and alot of other words
When I was 18, I didn’t want to get a summer job. So, I spent the whole summer in the slums of India with a group of strangers. We ate together, served our neighbors together, prayed together, laughed together, and just did life together. When you don’t have air conditioning, wifi, or consistent electricity in…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 11/1/24-It Has Always Been You
It has always been you It was you who braved the monsters under your bed when you were fiveAnd you who laid awake at night while everyone else was asleepAnd it was you who conquered your fear of the dark It was you who looked at yourself in the bathroom mirror in your elementary schoolWhile…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 10/13/24-A Love that Lasts
John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” In John 13, Jesus gathers with his disciples in…
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