On the plane coming to the Philippines, I was journaling my volunteer experience thus far. I had just cried so much saying goodbye to my parents and in my journal speaking to God I said, “…but it’s just me and You for a little…I wouldn’t mind if You let me know in some small way that…
I will be going to Ethiopia to teach at the Adventist college, as well as doing missionary work, but I wanted to share how God has been good to me. Several years ago, before I retired from teaching at a local university, there was a downsizing process being carried out. Several professors were being terminated…
I tried to sleep–after all it was 1:30 a.m., but the roar of the wind and the thought of the Super Typhoon raging outside made that task virtually impossible. Just as I was about to doze off there was a loud crash! Dany Goris, our P.E. teacher, and I walked out into the hallway of…
Hello from Ebeye! Now that I am in the full swing of teaching and being a student missionary (seeing as I have been here almost 2 months), I have decided to tell you today basically a ‘Day in the Life of me in Ebeye.’ I thought it was would be very interesting for you to…
“Then the Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand’ ‘A staff,’ he replied. Exodus 4:2 I imagine the room was cold and dark as she was trying to hide her two sons from the debtors. Her husband had just passed away leaving her alone in a patriarchal society where women were just…
An accomplished architect was ready to build his dream home. He found and bought a beautiful piece of property with a creek and a mountain view. He drew up the plans and handed them over to contractors to make his dream home a reality. Then he left to wrap up things at his current residence…
I was in California a couple of weeks ago for a wedding, and on Saturday morning I got to hear my friend Tim, a pastor in northern California, give a sermon, the basis of which gives me my topic for this devotional. This pastor is the type of person who can find a song…
