“You prepare a table before me…” The Good Shepherd knows what we need, how much we need, when we need it, and why. Our youngest child’s speech issues caused us great concern as we thought about moving to Thailand. Will she learn to speak? Could we find what she needs?...
Our family starts our journey to Thailand mere hours from now. Our bags are packed. We’ve moved boxes, stored treasures, donated items, rented our home to a Japanese company in our city, acquired visas, and just today mere hours before departure we sold two cars (so...
A friend called me Tuesday night and said, “I need your take on the Syrian refugee crisis and the governors’ responses across the country. I got on Facebook purposefully today to see if you had posted anything. I saw you hadn’t so I figured you were thinking and...
Has God ever interrupted your plans? You know, just when you think you are about to reach your goal, something happens and your entire direction changes. You end up with a completely different result than what you expected. The famous story of the Apostle Paul’s...
“Take a wreath. Face a tomb as you walk towards it. Place a wreath at the tombstone. Back away two steps with your face facing the marker. Salute for a few seconds of silence.” My six year old participated in laying wreaths at the tombs at the National Cemetery in our...
Forgotten. Standing in the Chiang Mai airport, Chad looks at me, “Leslie, did you remember their old passports?” I answered, “Their old passports? No. Why?…. Oh no! Did you remember them?” Blood drained from both of our faces as we realized we didn’t have the...
