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Multiplication
These people might feel like they’re caring for one small team, but their care and preparation are undoubtedly having a wider effect that we may never see or comprehend.
Looking My Demons In The Eye
Do you know what’s worse than looking demons in the eye? Looking at the darkness and realizing that it’s just my own fallen state. That’s a tough one to come back from.
Eyes On The Prize
The thrill that I felt when I was finally walking off of the plane into Budapest was crazy high. The work that we had done for 3 years had led us to this moment, and it gave me the ultimate sense of achievement.
Fat Missionary
I’m sure this isn’t going to be a new and strange story for you. It’s a fairly common struggle for western women these days.
When It’s on the Child
It’s one thing having to lie in the bed we made, but every morning Minna comes bounding out of her room toward ours for a quick snuggle in that bed, literally and figuratively.
The Comparison Trap
If I can take the time to understand why things work a certain way here in Budapest, and if I can be open to seeing the good in it, perhaps I will settle in more wholesomely.
First Week Of The Rest Of Our Lives
Not gonna lie it’s been hard. Which serves me right, because I was warned multiple times not to underestimate how difficult it was going to be.
Finding the Common Denominator in our Denominations
Somehow, we Christians have fewer gods than the Hindus but more ways of dividing ourselves as followers. Typical.
The Great Unsettling
Unsettling is hard. But I promise you it will be the best thing you ever do.
The Holy Common
Sometimes, when I’m sharing my story of how God is calling me to overseas missions, some of my friends start to feel ‘lesser-than’ or beneath me because they still have regular vocations, and that’s simply not true.
Four Reasons Why Missionaries Aren't Super Christians
We can be guilty of letting honour and opinion become more important than the actual truth of the calling.
Lay Your Stones in a Pile
Maybe distraction is the modern-day good person’s crack cocaine.
The God of my Friends
Sometimes I feel like an absolute failure. And missionaries aren’t really supposed to be the failing type.
Friday Favorites: Recent Podcast Recommends
I find myself making better life choices when I’m in the audio binge phase.
Four Myths of Missions Preparation
Preparation for the journey has not been all I thought it would be.
To Budapest or not to Budapest?
It's been six weeks of waiting and now we finally have our answer.
Feeling my way towards him
The dust is starting to settle a little, on my internal search for God.