“Well done good and faithful servant.” These are the words that I am sure my friend Harold and his co-worker Randy heard from Christ over the weekend. On Saturday, Harold Nichols and Randy Hentzel,…
Read moreLooking Back….Looking Ahead
It has been three years since I last held Hannah in my arms. Three years since her home going. Three years since I crawled into bed with her and released her back to her…
Read moreCounting the Cost
What do you say in the face of devastating loss? How do you respond when your world is falling down around you? How do you make sense of the death of yet another missionary…
Read moreWhen the Answer is “No”
I think “no” may be the answer I received the most when I was growing up. “No you can’t have matches.” “No you can’t climb onto the roof.” “No you can’t hang your sisters…
Read moreHappy Birthday Princess
Happy birthday Hannah! It doesn’t seem possible that this is the third birthday we’ve had to celebrate without you here. I can still vividly…
Read moreA Season of Reconnecting
I was looking over my calendar trying to figure out how it is almost Thanksgiving already. In doing so I realized that I have been away on six of the past seven weekends. I…
Read moreShadows of Remembrance
I heard Hannah laugh the other day. I was in the kitchen getting something and I heard a belly laugh that had to be her. When I turned around, I saw Levi holding Joshua…
Read moreAnd It Begins
It seems like we’ve been waiting for quite a while to get ourselves organized and to get everything in order so we could begin support raising. I don’t think that I would say that we…
Read moreBumps Ahead
The conversation went something like this. Steph is driving and I am learning how to use my new phone/handheld super computer.
Steph: “There was a bump.”
Me: “There was??”
Steph: “Yup. There was a sign for it…
Read moreMountaintop Experience – Our Hike Up Kilimanjaro
Our time at Tenwek is rapidly drawing to a close. Several months ago some of the guys had an idea to go on some type of an adventure before our time here ended. A…
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