Author: Adventures

Maureen.   She is a beautiful older woman here in Malawi. Our first week of being here, her daughter was in the hospital and we prayed for her, she was healed.    The other day she came up to us because she wanted prayer to be closer and stronger in her relationship with Christ. We prayed for her. She went stiff. Something inside of her didn’t want us touching her.    Her arms were locked and completely stiff, her hands were bent in an unnatural position. She was not in control. We didn’t let go. Everything inside of me was telling me to...

    We were bumping down the dusty village road to the widows’ ministry when our contact, Moses, asked who was  giving the word of exhortation….   cricket   cricket   cricket.   Then God told me I was…so I was like, “Oh! Yeah! I am!”   My response to God’s leading was this:   Really God? What the heck am I supposed to talk about? We are literally five minutes from being there. You think this is funny don’t you? Well. You’ve got five minutes to give me something to talk...

A picture. A snapshot. A perfect moment caught forever in a photograph. I wasn’t even aware it was being taken. Me, surrounded by kids, being embraced. An innocent, perfect picture that breaks my heart. I love these kids. I love these kids more than words can describe. I’ve only known them for 2 weeks. Brief encounters. They’ve stolen my heart.   This photo moves me to tears. I’m not ready to leave them. I still have 3 weeks, but it doesn’t feel like enough time. I knew when I signed up for this that I was signing up for...