Several years ago, I used to visit terribly poor Gypsy-peasant homes in Romania. These ‘homes’ would have been condemned in America. The two-room houses (sometimes only one room) for a family of four to ten were beyond filthy, sparsely furnished, swarming with flies, and with odors that turned my stomach. On the other side of…
Never ready to ‘release’ summer, I am so thankful to God for giving us bonus ‘summer’ days! I am never quite ready for the Fall season as beautiful as it is simply because of what follows . . . We have LOVED being with our ‘kids’ at Barza Mica! This past week, we had their…
Scripture tells us that as followers of Christ we are to be like Him, look like Him, and yes, even smell like Him. To ‘be’ like Him, in Leviticus 11.44 we read, “For I am the Lord your God . . . be holy, for I am holy.” That’s a tall order for this one…
– I feel so blessed to be our Jesus’ eyes and heart, hands and feet in this, the ‘other’ land that I love. However, Romania seems to have been hurtled into very troubling times. The government is gaining more control in every aspect of life, and it’s affecting Love From Above – everything from being…
Once again, just like that, it’s August. WHERE did a whole year go – and so terribly quickly?! I have much to be thankful for in the past year. God has been so good (yup! – all the time – all the time, so good – to me!). But that is not what I want…
– What joy to have arrived ‘safe and sound’ in July (however rigorous the trip was) back into the ‘other’ land that I love once again. I never take God for granted – so I am rejoicing that He lets me serve Him here in the Transylvanian Alps one more time. – Because of a…
Every year as we celebrate the 4th of July, my heart and mind are drawn to how grateful I am for America. I say often, “Thank you, Lord, for my having been born and bred in this huge, beyond beautiful and amazing country”. We sing, ‘God Bless America, land that I Iove . . .” …
– I will leave for the ‘other’ land that I love on July 10. I can hardly wait to get back to our ‘littles’ and our ‘kids’! I expect some changes as I return. Little Iulian (from Albina) has been moved back ‘home’ to people who never wanted him in the first place, don’t want…
‘They’ say nowadays that there are almost as many weddings in the month of October as there are in June. However, I think that in most of our minds, we still think of June as being the ‘wedding-month’. The thing about weddings is that it really doesn’t make much difference when a ceremony takes place,…
I miss my work and our ‘kids’ and babies in Romania more than you will ever know, but it has been good to be back in MA to get some rest, oversee the ministry on ‘this end’, re-connect with friends, enjoy my church and, most especially, spend a glorious long weekend in N. Myrtle Beach,…