by Kayla Norris | Mar 17, 2015 | Missionary Kids
I always have that moment when I come here. That moment where everything is so blissfully perfect, my love-tank filled by the hour– people and places that mean so much to me, and if it was all a meal? It would be tummy-satisfied Thanksgiving. Then I always have that...
by Kayla Norris | Dec 13, 2014 | Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University
Me. On an airplane. In a bad mood. That’s all she saw. After words from the others like… you are a desert flower… you love to encourage people… God has been your song in the night… All she saw was me on an airplane, unhappy. She’s...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 3, 2014 | Community, Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University
I didn’t think it was possible. I didn’t think I could be at home here, not on this earth anyway. But even as the world’s definitions of belonging scramble to cover my ears, I keep hearing these words: I’m bringing you home. I don’t...
by Kayla Norris | Sep 27, 2014 | Kids & Teaching, Missionary Kids, Missions Trips
It’s behind my framed painting of Hualalai mountain, only rediscovered today because I was dusting my room for the first time in who-knows-how-long. Hello, spring cleaning. So I see it, and all this wrangled emotion comes bubbling over top of my thoughts. I...
by Kayla Norris | Sep 12, 2014 | Missionary Kids, University
She curls up under two duvets, as the downpour pounds on the eaves of the tin roof. Sadly and excitedly comforting, it reminds her of the days in her dry hometown where precipitation was something to dance about. Now in a wet, faraway land, natives moan and groan...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 30, 2014 | Family, Kids & Teaching, Missionary Kids, University, YWAM DTS
I knew that path. It had no kinks, bends, or turns. No CAUTION signs with unexpected twists and hidden driveways. I always imagined myself heading in that particular direction. That path had every appearance of adventure, but no mystery for me. It was all pretty...
