Written on July 19th, 2016. Livingstone, Zambia Living with 25 other people is hard. Flat out. We have 22 mazungu’s and 4 hosts. That is 26 different kinds of personalities, backgrounds, passions, quirks, pet peeves, sleeping habits, and everything in between. Let me tell you…it isn’t easy. In fact today, community is down right hard….
Read moreZambia Chronicles 3-Courage
20 seconds of Courage When Sanderson walked out into the living room and told us we would be going to a neighborhood and doing evangelism, I got slightly nervous. I’m a natural introvert so being dropped off in a neighborhood for straight up evangelism was terrifying. We prayed for boldness and courage and away we…
Read moreZambia Chronicles 2-God is an Artist
Written July 14th, 2016 Livingstone, Zambia Last night, I prayed that I would see God in my day. Just see him. It is so easy for me to get caught up in life that I just miss him. I prayed that I would be less blinded by my daily checklists and see HIM around me….
Read moreGetting Past Your Past
I’m only slightly over a quarter of a century old, yet, I know the harsh reality that life is not easy. For anybody. Like…its really really hard. Not many people have an easy ride. Everyone has suitcases full of baggage. I think that is how God intended it though. If life was super easy all…
Read moreWhat death taught me about life
Two years ago, I moved myself and my two dogs 1,000 away from Nebraska to Louisiana. My grandmother had colangio carcinoma and had been given months to live. She wanted to stay home, but my family needed help caring for her. The decision to pick up and leave wasn’t easy, but I have never regretted…
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