Tomorrow morning 25 First Trinity youth and adults will load up and begin their journey to serve others in Jesus’ name in Hastings, MI this coming week. Another group of youth and adults will be serving and praying here in Buffalo while we're away. We can’t wait to see what God does in both places!… Continue reading Support and Pray for our FT Workcamp Team!
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Hope {A Confident Heart}
Hope. I believe that HOPE is essential to our very being... just as necessary as food and shelter. The scary thing is that when I look around our world, it seems like "hopeful" is not a word many use to describe how they feel about life. The writer of Lamentations understood what it meant to… Continue reading Hope {A Confident Heart}
The God Who Sees Me
As I read through the story of Sarah and Abraham to prepare for the study I'm leading on Wednesday nights, I was also caught by the story of Hagar. Hagar was Sarah's maidservant that was forced to have a child with Abraham by Sarah and Abraham. She did have a child, but as we can… Continue reading The God Who Sees Me
3 Years
It's been 3 years. 3 years since I drove into NY for the very first time in my life. 3 years since I set eyes on First Trinity Lutheran Church. 3 years since I met my amazing teammates. 3 years of joy and sorrow; frustrations and celebrations. 3 years of learning what it… Continue reading 3 Years
Satisfied {A Confident Heart}
During Week 3 of our "A Confident Heart" study we reflected on one of my very favorite passages from Psalm 90:14 as we explored the theme "Satisfied." "Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days." Each moment of every day, we are bombarded with… Continue reading Satisfied {A Confident Heart}
Known {A Confident Heart}
I wanted to continue to share some bits and pieces of what we've been learning in our "A Confident Heart" studies on Wednesday nights. The second week of our study we explored the concept of being "KNOWN". To think about being fully KNOWN by God can bring about a variety of emotions: excitement, fear, worry,… Continue reading Known {A Confident Heart}
Doubt {A Confident Heart}
About four weeks ago about 30 women, myself included, began a journey through a book by Renee Swope called A Confident Heart. What a beautiful journey it has been. I was originally hoping to blog each week through the journey, but obviously I'm a few weeks behind already. Better late than never, though, right?!? As… Continue reading Doubt {A Confident Heart}
Resting in Grace
Bloggers Note: Yes. It's been too long since I wrote a blog post. No, I'm not promising to get back on to a regular posting schedule, but I sure hope that happens! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm currently reading through the book of Hebrews (which happens to be one of my favorite books of the Bible). I always… Continue reading Resting in Grace
Runnin’ the Race {God-Sighting Saturday}
To celebrate my birthday I signed up for a 5K in Niagara Falls. 25 years ago I took my first breath and as I did, doctors were busy telling my parents that I wouldn't take very many more. I was too small and my lungs were too fragile. Today many of my favorite things to… Continue reading Runnin’ the Race {God-Sighting Saturday}
#RescueIsHERE!
This picture gives me goosebumps: These 100+ girls and young women (including approximately 30 minors) were rescued today from a brothel in India. This raid was funded by The Exodus Road, an organization I blog for in support of their efforts to do just this: rescue those caught in human trafficking around the world. This… Continue reading #RescueIsHERE!
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