Take Heart

by | Dec 28, 2012 | Community, Missionary Kids, University

      A pohutukawa tree clung to a boulder on a border between land and sea.  The ocean tide comes and goes. The wind thrusts and blows. What is such a vulnerable tree doing in such a risky spot? I often wonder that myself– why I put myself in harm’s way. Why do...

Dear Diary

by | Dec 18, 2012 | Missionary Kids, Prayer & Worship

This was my last view of Kansas City when I was 12. That was seven years ago as of tomorrow. My parents, my brother Jordan and I had all lived there for four months alongside the International House of Prayer (IHOP) where my parents were staffing a DTS. A whirlwind of...

Tiptoes

by | Dec 10, 2012 | Family, Missionary Kids, University

Tiptoeing around edges of my past Wondering, ever wondering Are ten months enough to forsake my home… For, it sounds like a trumpet’s lost echo      rather than current           reality.   Former days whisper      the SUV there, shouting about my faraway friend...

Don’t Forget your Roots

by | Nov 27, 2012 | Missionary Kids

It’s hard for me to write on my blog right now.  First full day back in my hometown of Kona, Hawaii after almost ten months. I do not yet understand why I’m so hesitant to type. Commence writing– in order to discover why for you and me.   Emotions run...