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Holidays and Summer

For those of us who live in the southern hemisphere, when Christmas comes it means summer is here, too.  Our past month has been great.  We have had several visitors come through Lima.  One of our interns, Chelsey, got engaged the week after Christmas!  We are super excited for her and are so thankful for [...]

She’ll be smiling next time I see her.

Some stories are meant to be told, so I’m not going to hold this one out on you.  This morning I found out that my dear friend and mentor, Marilyn, has gone home to be with Jesus.  We knew the time was coming soon, and for the last couple of weeks we have been praying [...]

a journey of faith

Thank you again to all of you who joined us for the prayer vigil for Marilyn last Saturday night.  Please read Kimberly’s blog post, From the Fire.  Kim is one of my dear friends and Marilyn’s daughter.  She says it so well, so I don’t want you to miss her words.  As so many of [...]

Pray for Marilyn. 9 PM Eastern Time. November 12th.

I was in high school–17 or 18 years old, I think.  It was summertime in June, the last week of June to be exact.  I know, because for 10 straight years I spent the last week of June at the same place every year.  Camp Bandina.  A camp on a hillside with the Medina River [...]