After a busy and adventuresome Monday, we boarded the busses for home. None of us were really ready to leave, but knowing we would return in the morning kept the pep in our step. The trip home was filled with jubilant renditions of everything from B-I-N-G-O to Read More
The Malnutrition Center
Our first day at the center has come to a close and a great day it was. Being here with the babies puts me completely in my element. While I’m here, they are all mine. I love snuggling with them, kissing on the them, cooing over them and lying on the floor playing with them. Read More
Guatemala Day 1
Well, I’m here in Antigua, Guatemala. I am happy to report a fairly uneventful trip. Making my connection at DFW and exiting the airport in Guatemala City were somewhat stressful, but everything worked out. The team is huge, 60 members!! I’ve not been part of such a large group on any of my previous trips. Read More
Broken
Strength wanes, resolve fades Hope extinguished Emptiness swims behind haunted eyes Fighter instincts make hasty retreat Beaten. Weary. Lost. Failure, once held at bay now leaves destructive carnage Searches for meaning, discovers blank pages Comfort; no words can bring Barbed wire, broken glass, hazardous trail Darkened sky; no navigational compass, no stars for light Forward Read More
Turmoil
Silence explodes, deafening in it’s eerie quiet Invisible shackles bind her to this place Coyly taunting, Freedom taps at the windowpane Writhing, twisting, she struggles to break the bonds Strong. Determined. Vice-like. They hold. Spent, she crumbles, still bound, no escape Precious sleep brings momentary respite She awakens to hope, but it is fleeting Heavy Read More
When God Calls: A Walk of Faith
God created four seasons; Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Theoretically, each season lasts about three months, except, of course, places like Texas. Texas basically has two seasons, Hot and Slightly Less Hot. The seasons of my life seem to progress much like the seasons in Texas – – they are long, often dry and sometimes Read More