Personal
Brazil vs Africa
The debate was still unresolved. From the time we first started dating, Chip said he was called to be a missionary to Brazil, but I insisted I was called to Africa (though I had no idea what country). What to Read more
Personal
Angel in West Virginia
Normally when one thinks of angels, they don’t think of West Virginia! Nevertheless, my husband, Chip, and I often do. We had just spent an adventurous night in Chip’s parents’ house, on our way from our childhood home of Rockville, Read more
Personal
Old Creaky Beds
We had only been married a few days and had just returned from several days’ honeymoon at the deserted beach, which was not yet open for tourist season. We had plans to spend the night in my in-laws’ home, on Read more
Personal
Knocking Knees and Fluttering Flowers
There she stood at the front of the sanctuary in front of all those pairs of eyes, glad that no one could see the literal knocking of her knees together under her long gown (up to today, she had not Read more
Personal
The Chemistry Was Right
The summer had passed much too quickly. Here she sat in chemistry class, wishing she were elsewhere…anywhere but here! The shy girl loved the natural sciences and excelled in that subject area, but she suspected chemistry might prove different. It Read more
Ministry
The Boy Scout Meeting
“Pleeeeeease!”, her dark-haired friend’s eyes pleaded as pitifully as her words. “But I don’t want to be a boy scout, and I’m not interested in pursuing law and order” the young girl replied to her friend. She could feel her Read more
Personal
The Shy Girl
“Why don’t you go outside and play with your friends?” The young girl cringed inside every time her mother asked her that question. How could she admit that she didn’t have any real friends? What would her mother think of Read more