I officially started my masters classes this week after finishing my prerequisite work and my first course is “Biblical Foundations for Leadership”. Our studies and discussion this week have centered around Jesus as a model for leadership paying special attention to the importance of having a vision. The textbooks are excellent and I’m finding myself spiritually challenged to apply what I am learning. More than ever I am convinced that no ministry can ever be effective without a clearly defined mission (where we are going) and vision (how we are going to get there). The other thing that has struck […]

Ahh the joy of packing up stuff. We are moving a load to our new house tomorrow even though we won’t be officially moved for five months. I’m packing up things I won’t need for five months but I’m starting to think, if I don’t need it for five months, do I really need it at all? Makes me wonder about thinning out some more stuff. I’m such a packrat. I have to laugh at the “furniture” that we are bringing. We are going to use a folding banquet table or the patio table as our dining table on weekends […]

Wow. It was hard to get back into a routine today. And then it felt like a Monday. I’ve been feeling kind of blue and then on the news tonight they mentioned that it has been 12 days since we have seen the sun. That could explain it! Now that I think about it, I do miss the sun. Had one of those treasured mom’s moments tonight when my son scored a goal at the basketball game and did his usual glance into the stands follwed by his “I’m trying not to grin” grin. I gave him the mom smile […]

Farewell 2005. It has been a year to remember. A year of hello’s. We said hello to a new adventure and accepted a ministry position at Arrowhead Bible Camp and began our support raising. We embraced new challenges with God’s grace. I became a full-time student all over again and said hello to deadlines, assignments and grade point averages. We said said hello to the unknown and learned to accept that some things we just don’t fully understand until God is ready for us to see clearly. It was also a year of goodbye’s. We said our final goodbye to […]