Quote from William Booth…
"'Not called!' did you say? 'Not heard the call,' I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for...
Are you sitting on your hands?
Class 8 graduates are receiving their "acceptance letters" from various secondary schools and they, their parents or guardians are coming to the Academy with many questions, the main one being who's going to pay for my education? I talked with one student recently...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Moreen Nzilani (Child No. 177) Moreen lives with her mother, Agnes, and her father, Phillip. Her father does not work and her mother sells fruits in Nairobi. Her mother stays in Nairobi for the week and visits the family on the weekend. She was born in Kitunduni,...
Is it really simple?
Feed the hungry, help the orphans, guide the widows... How easy those phrases roll off the tongue while sitting in a comfortable home - perhaps traveling around the world, meeting friends or sitting in a Bible study. I know they did for me while living in the...
Happy….sad?
How can such a small thing make one so happy? I was recently looking through photos of my kids' trip to Michigan they took this past Christmas. At first I didn't think I would be able to look at them, afraid I'd miss them way too much. But instead it created a very...
Perseverance
"The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away." Matthew 13:20-21 That...
No quote today…
well, maybe a quote from me to my son, Justin... Happy Birthday son 🙂 There's so much more I would love to say but I don't want to embarrass him, so I pray he already knows how much I love him, miss him, am proud of him. And someone please mention this to him because...
Monday
I was actually looking forward to this past Monday because I was going to the Academy to update the student database for Nice View. You know, promote those who were promoted to the next grade level, add new students and such. It started out well enough until...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Mukaria Bariu (Child No. MC121) Mukaria was living with his mother until she remarried and moved away. At that time he lived with his grandmother until she was unable to take care of him. His uncle brought him to Mercy Child Foundation. He was born in 1998 in...
Doesn’t seem logical
In Matthew 13:8 "...where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." I never understood the number sequence. Why start at the top and work down? That's not the point of this post but I would love to hear your comments on this one! This...