One Shade of Red
I walked down the broad, dirty street of the Red Light District in a daze – my first time in the midst of such evil. Little boys and girls ran around, growing up beneath their mom’s beds. While I wore conservative Indian clothing, young Indian women dressed in...
The Conspiracy of the Appliances
On our way to C’s house for Thanksgiving, our car broke. We had to spend the night in a hotel waiting for the tow truck. Before the end of the year, our dishwasher breathed its last, a toilet broke, a sink broke, and a tub broke. Right after the New Year, while...
Forgotten, Broken, and Lost.
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 kids’...
Longing for the Whole Family
This week I have been at the Great Commission Mobilizer’s Summit in Thailand. I love these glimpses of heaven God gives me every now and then when I gather with people from multiple lands. To pray, worship and strategize with people from six different continents makes...
Battling Fear with Child-like Faith
When my daughter was around two or three she would say, “There’s a monster.” We would answer, “Ask Jesus to tell the monster to go away.” She would say with childlike faith, “Jesus, please send that monster away!” We would ask, “Is it gone?” She always answered, “Yep,...
