Text:  Exodus 2:1-10 Write a thumb-nail sketch of the person’s life. Jochebed was a mother in a tough time.  She was poor. She had no...

Potiphar’s Wife Write a thumbnail sketch of the person’s life: This is an ugly story, about an ugly sin.  But it is a story we need to...

Zipporah Write a thumb-nail sketch of the person’s life: Zipporah was the wife of one of the most famous men in the Bible. God did...

I handed Paul the knife and reflected sadly that we were not getting off to a good start. I woke up early Sunday morning — the day of our...

I open one eye and look at the clock.  Four-thirty a.m. Time for the day to begin.  I sit up, decide it is too cold, and slide back under...

My skirt was coming adrift — but at least I was sitting down.  How could I get up, though, without losing some crucial parts of my...

Ouch!  My head banged hard  against the roof of the jeep as the bump threw me into the air.  Wouldn’t have been so bad, except for my...

“Life goes by fast…If you don’t take time to stop and look, you may miss it.” (saying on my new notebook.) We have felt as if life is...

Brrr.  It’s cold here in the tropics.  I know, I know, all our friends back in the States have been dealing with snow and ice and have...

Crowds of people, dressed in their best, found their seats in the greenish light of the make-shift tent.  A tarp overhead protected from...

Floating lanterns lit up the night sky, making an amazing panorama of beauty above Chiangmai.  I wished I could take time to look at it. ...

Ma Li shivered. “Cowd,” she said.  That “l” sound is so difficult!  I put my arm around her thin shoulders to warm her up.  She slipped...

We jounced along the rutted mountain road yesterday morning. I looked back through the rear window of our new pickup and counted...

The older lady with the brightly flowered dress and jaunty hat climbed into my taxi, followed by her white-haired husband, who wore neon...

When I saw the tractors, I knew the truth. I was going the wrong way. Much of the cityscape looks the same, but I surely would have...

A few quick updates: Ha Na Mi La will be admitted to the hospital tomorrow and will have surgery Friday for his rectocele. Please pray...

Have you ever seen a dead chicken fly? You would have seen one if you had been here the other day. One of my prayer requests has been...

Prayer request time — and a note for all who asked me to relay specific needs.  My last blog told of a little boy from Burma who was so...

103.6 I looked at the thermometer with horror.  Since I had taken on the job of taking temps and blood pressure, I had rarely seen a...

Worried brown eyes peered at me from a seamed brown face, which was topped by a towering hat embellished with silver coins. She drew her...