As many readers know, last summer I left my regular church job to serve the forgotten children in rural Haiti. I’ve tried to journal some of that experience on my family blog, but it’s hard to capture the whole story in simple words. Today, I want to share this video from our latest mission trip. Basically, it was a lesson in patience from the Lord. We had just enjoyed a wonderful devotional time talking about patience and
For the last 10 years, I’ve served as the children’s pastor at Calvary Baptist Church– but Sunday is my last day. In short, I’m quitting my ministry job. This has been the best job I’ve ever had – God has blessed us beyond my imagination in these short years. There’s no scandal. I’m not taking a new job. And I’m not leaving for a bigger church. In fact, we’re staying right here in same town, at the same
After our posts about Haiti over the last few weeks, many readers have responded with their own stories of how God is working in that country. One such reader was Trish Moneyhon. After talking and exchanging emails, we asked her to share a little of her story here to encourage other readers. My husband, Dennis, and I made our first journey to Haiti in 2008. God really broke our hearts and deeply implanted a love for our
This post describes how our Haiti mission team used the Canon Selphy CP910 to print digital photographs using only batteries and a smartphone camera. This same project would be super easy for any outreach event at church. If it works in Haiti, it could work anywhere. I’d love to hear your feedback, especially if you have done something similar. Just leave me a comment. Your questions are welcome too! Printing Demonstration (back home) Here’s the equipment we used.
I don’t know what to write about my experience in Haiti last week, but I need to share something here with the readers. This post is far from complete and I have so many stories to tell. God has opened a door for our church to work in a rural community near Jacmel over the last eight years. Each time we stay on the guest floor of a Haitian orphanage. This was my first trip and never expected how deeply it
