Quote from John Newton…
John Newton wrote "Amazing Grace" and some of his story, along with William Wilberforce who was a leader in abolishing slavery, can be seen in the movie Amazing Grace. In the movie John says: Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly. I'm a great...
14 Falls visit
While in Kenya in 2008 we had the privilege of visiting Pauline's parents home. (If you are here with us for the first time, Pauline is Gideon's wife and Gideon is the Director at Nice View Academy/Orphanage in Tala, Kenya.) Along the way we stopped here, 14 Falls,...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Ben Mwau (Child Number MC117) Ben’s father died and his mother remarried and moved away. He was living with his grandmother when his uncle brought him to Mercy Child Foundation. (this is not an unusual situation in Kenya) He doesn’t remember...
Tastes like Kenya!
I tried making tea (chai) like we have in Kenya - tea leaves boiled in a bit of water and milk with some tea masala (spices) mixed in, but it didn't turn out very well. As a matter of fact it was down-right yucky! It must be the special...
Wednesday’s song…
Sometimes I put my iPod on and just the right song comes up. This song came at the right time for me and is a reminder that all things in this world will be gone like the wind, but God is forever and ever - Amen! All I Want by Michael W. Smith The book of...
Snow storm!
We left chilly (to us) Arizona Friday, January 1st at 4am and only got colder as we traveled to Michigan. Our first stop was 8 degrees, then 3 then finally 0, with wind chill below 0. As we headed into Michigan we ran into a snow storm. Three lane highway was down...
Christmas ministry…
The Bagel Ministry was in full force Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! Approximately 800 cookies were baked by my youngest daughter, Amanda, then several volunteers came to the house to decorate them on Christmas Eve (with a few "test" cookies to make sure they tasted...
Quote from Abraham Lincoln…
“God must love the common man, he made so many of them” Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? (1 Corinthians 1 The...
Goodbye…hello
As we close out 2009 I thought I'd reminisce with some of the events (and links to read more about them) from past blog posts: January - Touring February - Birthday fundraiser (thanks Jim!) and Valentine mangoes. March - Another awareness tour, opportunity to speak at...
Wednesday’s song…
Yours by TobyMac reminds me of my son Mark and I've used it as his ring tone! He listens to "scream-o" music, I haven't the ear for that so this is as close as I get!