Great News in France

Mind if I share a few praises? Julia got the BEST grades in her class in Math. She came home SO proud of her report card. Her teacher wrote glowing things about her. Yesterday, I found this piece of paper: It seems Julia figured out the futur tense on her own and has...

Path to Publication Day 3

In college, I was pretty messed up emotionally. Still scarred from things in my childhood, I was a walking trainwreck. I’d cry often–full force. Sobs defined me. I had friends who told me that 2 Corinthians 5:17 about everything being new in Christ was...

Riots and Demonstrations and a Car burning, oh my

All is well in our little corner of Southern France. Although we were affected by the greve (strike), it was not inconvenient since we knew about it beforehand. Thankfully, Sophie’s bus was running and all three kids had school. But a strange thing happened the...

Great Visit with the Glahns

We had a wonderful visit with our friends Gary, Sandi and Alexandra Glahn this last week. My only regret is that we didn’t have more time or that I wasn’t so scattered. Missionary and writing life has its shares of turbulence and time-taking. Wow. The view...

A Week in Pictures

We had a great week in Lisbon at Christian Associate’s Leadership Summit. I’ll post a few pictures of the week as well as some fun pictures of the great folks who came out from Texas to watch our kids for the week. Enjoy! Cyndi, her daughter Bethany, and...