2024 H1 updates

Every time I pause to write a report of the year, it is an opportunity to pause and give thanks to God for all that He has done for us and accomplished through us. On any given day, it does not seem like much has happened, for I am constantly going from one to another…

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Catty

This year, while my dad was in Ethiopia, my mom, my sister and I were in the back alley lookingat a milkweed. A caterpillar crawled on a leaf. We were so excited. We picked the leaf and wenthome. We thought it was a Viceroy butterfly, but it was a Monarch! I called it Catty. The…

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The Psalmist Way

This summer, I had the opportunity to study the Psalms in my church with other women, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. As we learned about the Psalms of Lament, I had to stop and think about the psalmist’s unique and out-of-the-norm way of dealing with the ‘voices in his head.’ The setting of Psalm 71…

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I went to Plum Creek!

Laura Ingalls Wilder was a famous pioneer girl. Her childhood was spent going farther west. But never was it easy. Drought, grasshoppers, and other natural disasters kept their family from living conformably. A child-friendly version of her life story was written down. People all around read the tales of the brave pioneer girl and grew…

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Short-term Ministry in Ethiopia

The Ministry Rationale The school’s theology of missions. Our school’s chancellor, John Piper, taught extensively on missions through his preaching and writing. Therefore, it is no surprise that every seminarian, regardless of their concentration, studies the history and theology of missions (3 credits) and is expected to serve in an intentional, supervised teaching ministry in…

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