October/Novemeber 2011 Update

Our first scouting trip!!

So, we are very excitedly planning and preparing for a trip coming up in the new year.  We had put this trip on hold in the summer due to timing

A bookshelf prayer

Its so true that what people have on their bookshelf is a peak into who they are... we have a bookshelf right next to our bed. Its kind of broken

Our Faith in Culture

We recently just had one of the most controversial holidays pass... Halloween.

A bit of History: The origin of “Halloween" begins in

Pimps, Prostitutes and Trafficking

Its 1am and there is a pimp yelling at a prostitute outside our bedroom window. He’s carrying a boom box and she’s dancing while he’s yelling.

Today I wore heels...

We go to the YWAM Base in San Francisco on Mondays for our weekly meeting. I barely got up this morning as we had a very busy weekend.

Earthquakes and Fires

Today we had 2 earthquakes and a small “almost” fire in the oven... Welcome to California!!

Taking the most of

September 2011 Update

The next step...

We're just days out from our move to San Francisco and looking at the next step seems daunting at times... not going to lie...

San Jose is our home.

Its funny. When God first spoke to us about moving to the Bay Area... I was pretty much kicking and screaming. Not because

My house. God's house.

So Angela is in Kona, Hawaii at the moment attending a workshop for the week and she sent through some thoughts about

Faith - What does testing do to MY faith??

If you have been following our faith journey for any amount of time, its evident that God has us living on the edge and

August 2011 Update

We're Moving... what?!

So, for a few years now I’ve taught on the subject of ‘Hearing the Voice of God’. And for the most part, its pretty

Kiss from Heaven

We had a road trip up to Oregon for my brother's wedding. Its was an exciting since the last time we had EVERY single one

So, what would you do??

It all started on Monday when I sat down and prayed a simple prayer. “Lord, should I get new tires?” 

Thailand Changes

Hi Friends,

Just wanted to keep you up to date with some changes that are coming up:

So as I've been preparing for a trip to Thailand

Another lesson learned??

So yesterday, what began as a fairly innocuous conversation quickly turned heated as Angela and I (Luke) both quickly realized that we both were not feeling heard in the particular situation we were discussing... After a good half hour of jabs and insults, resulting in a stand-off and a walk-off (I'll let you guess who did what) we both went our separate ways taking care what needed to happen on a regular Saturday...  Sadly, I would like to say that it didn't take too long before we got right with each other, but this particular time it took a while, it took all day...

June/July 2011 Update

We are YWAM

From the moment we landed in Kona, Hawaii a strange sense of peace overtook me as we walked off the plane and into the cozy airport.  We were picked up by one of our oldest and dearest friends and as he placed the lei over our heads and kissed us on the cheek an overwhelming emotion took over as I felt a familiarity… We were with family.

How did this happen??!!

So, taking it back to February or March, our good friend Andrew called to say he was coming through SFO Airport and had a layover for a couple of hours. It had been over 3 years since we had seen him and Luke jumped at the chance to have a coffee with him, even for a short time. They had worked together in Australia for almost 8 years and have a long history together… so it was a wonderful opportunity to catch up.

Trust and hope down to the last second.

Hi!  This is a longish blog it is also fairly vulnerable so just a heads up!!  For most of you that enjoy Ang's writing, this is a bit of a step down, full of unfinished thoughts, run-on sentences and ugly confessions.  So here goes, I didn't proof-read it mainly because it was uncomfortable reading it a second time!

Over the past few months we have been planning to go to Hawaii for some much needed time away.  We have been looking forward to it, getting ready and we have also been blessed with people giving towards us going...  But, as we wait, 2 days out before we are due to go, we find ourselves unable to pull the trigger to buy the tickets... All this has brought out an ugly side in me.  The side that wants to retreat into a corner, put my head in the sand and wish it would all work out.  The side of me that is revealed to be faithless and cowardly, the side that when pressure is applied, tries to worm its way out of responsibility and place blame and sink into self-pity.

His Faithfulness

Well, it is always humbling when we send out appeals, because there is always this train of thought that chugs in my head "again, can't we just have it together enough that we don't have to resort to such needy and possibly annoying appeals?!" .

REALLY?!?!

Tonight we prayed. We find ourselves in an ever familiar circumstance since moving to America. We are yet again needing money. It is May 31st. Rent is due tomorrow. How many times Lord do we have to be here?? How many?!

After seeing miracle after miracle my faith still wavers. I am only human. Did I hear you Lord? What are we here for? It's just really too hard...

April/May 2011 Update

Recently, I had the privilege to speak at San Jose State University for their Human Trafficking Awareness Week.

Everything else fades...

This has been such a busy season for us. Since my last writing we have had 3 birthdays, Easter and Mother's Day - not to mention life in general with work and school. We even saved a family of ducks in the midst of the craziness too. ;) It seems like we went through a time warp and here we are in May... where did the time go?!

February/March 2011 Update

 

Learning Life Lessons

I would like to preface this next paragraph for those of you that enjoy or vaguely understand the game of tennis, for those of you that don’t, please forgive me and read on down a ways…

Tantrums take Fight

Today is my Levi's 4th birthday. I celebrate his birthday a little extra because I very distinctly remember his birth with such clarity. The other three were pretty easy and I have moments captured in my mind but Levi's was such an intense labor/delivery that I remember almost EVERY detail. The thing that sticks out most to me is that the pain was so intense that in the middle of labor/transition I literally felt like falling to the ground to kick and scream and have a tantrum (Luke argues I actually did, but I have no recollection of that). I'm usually a pretty easy going gal who tends to roll with the punches but that particular day I had been on a very crazy roller coaster of emotion, as you would in the birth process. Needless to say, it definitely made it's mark in the ol' memory bank.

The whole tantrum thing has had me thinking of how much fight I had in me then. I wasn't going down alone!! In fact, I think Luke might still have a little mark from where I bit his shoulder when he was trying to hold me still at one point in that day. I mean, HEY!, he's the one guilty of putting me in that room... right? ;)

So, as of late, I have had very little fight in me. I am EXHAUSTED!! I don't think I could muster up the energy to throw a tantrum if I wanted... I don't know where it comes from and I surely don't know how to fix it. I'm just tired. This is NOT a good place to be in with four young children needing lots of attention and a newly formed ministry needing just as much attention. It can easily pave a way to disappointment and depression, I suppose. But "strangely", I continuously find encouragement through my fatigue. 

January 2011 Update

So much truth…

Whether you have known my children for five minutes or five years, you would have no question of their love for The Chronicles of Narnia stories.

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