It’s Not You, It’s Me

Confession #1: I hate rural living. I don’t enjoy anything about having to drive 30 minutes to get groceries. Or when the only option for eating out is the hot food section of the deli at the local grocery store. Or when there are more pickled and fried things at the grocery store than produce.…

Just Suffering for Jesus

Someone commented recently that our life was inconvenient. I want to take a moment to dispell the myth that the missionary life, whether abroad or stateside, is all just suffering for Jesus. Are there sacrifices involved in our life? Yes. Do we have to empty our water and sewage tanks? Yes. (Okay, okay, Scott does that…

Gulf Coast Living

We have spent the last three weeks on the Gulf Coast between a week of family time, ten days of support raising, and then a long weekend visiting my dad. This is the part of the country where Scott and I first met, so it is a very fitting place for the next phase of…