Tag: faith

• The Ill-Fated Feast – Mom’s perspective

  As I recalled the account of a fateful holiday meal, posted yesterday on Communicating Across Boundaries, I asked my mom to recount the event from her perspective: That Thanksgiving is a bit of a blurr.  Of course, I wanted it to be perfect.  Dad had gone to Malawi, by train, to get our beloved students.…

  willtravelwithkids

  December 24, 2013

  Africa, Children, Christian Life, Christmas, Faith, Family, Mozambique, Parenting, Travel

  boarding school, Christianity, faith, holiday meal, missionary, TCK, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving dinner

• When Fear is Your Currency [aka ‘Is it Safe?’]

  Originally posted on Marilyn R. Gardner: “But is it safe?” My friend stopped drinking her Skinny Vanilla Latte ala Starbucks. She was truly concerned. It was back in late August and I had just told her about the trip I was going on to India in September. I had described what I would be doing, spoken with…

  willtravelwithkids

  December 16, 2013

  Children, Family, Travel

  faith, safety, security

• Moving to a country in civil war – a letter to my small children

  Today I have the very distinct honor of posting a journal entry my mom wrote in 1988 before our family of six moved to Mozambique, a country in the midst of a brutal civil war.  Over the course of this last month my mom has shared some personal details from her journals about the challenges…

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  April 4, 2013

  Children, Christian Life, Faith, Family, Mozambique, Parenting, Travel

  Christ, faith, God, Jesus, journal, missionary, MK, Mozambique, obedience, parenting, sacrifice, TCK

• Up and moved to Bucharest, Romania – with four young children

  Today meet Jake and Jessie in Bucharest.  I am so encouraged by their story, up and moving to Romania because they knew that’s what they needed to do.  One of my favorite quotes – “People of all cultures love kids, so they’ve opened a lot of conversations and softened a lot of people to us. …

  willtravelwithkids

  January 15, 2013

  Children, Europe, Faith, Family, Parenting, Travel

  Bucharest, children, culture, faith, family, fear, missionary, Romania, TCK

• Raising boys in Melut, South Sudan

  When I read the Fader’s blog from South Sudan I am always encouraged by the joy and vivacity which marks their lives.   They live in the new South Sudan, a place most people would refuse to take their family simply because all they know about Sudan is what they’ve heard on the news.  If…

  willtravelwithkids

  January 14, 2013

  Africa, Children, Christian Life, Faith, Family, Parenting, Travel

  Africa, boys, faith, God, missionary, South Sudan, Sudan, TCK

• Wrecked: A Series of Interviews

  We’ve all heard that it doesn’t matter what you do as much as how you do it.  That God can use you anywhere.  That you never know what seeds you are planting in people’s lives, even when you can’t see the fruit.  All this is true, but only if you’re not using these statements to…

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  January 10, 2013

  Christian Life, Faith, Family, Travel

  challenge, faith, God, Jeff Goins, Moody Publishers, Wrecked