December 11, 2025
JOY
Funding
Serving joyfully
It’s June 6, so I open our ministry’s website and click on our most recent donor report. There it is - the list of friends, family members, and churches who are faithful partners in our ministry. Many years ago, when we were still fairly new at “l...
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December 10, 2025
JOY
Burn out
A lady in our church was recently baptized. She doesn’t speak the local language, so one of our church members was translating her answers to the pastor’s questions for the congregation. She went down into the water, and as she came up, she burst ...
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December 09, 2025
JOY
Serving joyfully
Spiritual wellness
Praise
My middle name is “joy,” and people often describe me as “joyful.” Joy used to come naturally to me, and Nehemiah 8:10 (“…the joy of the LORD is your strength”) has been one of my life verses for as long as I can remember (it’s even inscribed on m...
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December 08, 2025
JOY
Serving joyfully
It was one of those mornings. I dragged myself from the bed after another night of insomnia. My heart grieved as my mind replayed scenarios of an ongoing argument between our team and national workers. I dreaded facing another round of accusations...
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