8 Lessons Learned in October (2015 Edition)

As I write this, the days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting a bit cooler.  We have lit our heaters a few times but overall are trying to hold off until it gets really cold.  The mountains already have snow but in the valley the trees are still hanging on to their yellow leaves.  I love Fall and hope it hangs on just […]

Expectations Musing

When I was a teacher in the Fort Worth School District, they encouraged us to always give our students clear expectations.  My students would then know what was expected of them so they could hopefully live up to those exceptions.  We all have expectations.  Some of them are spoken and others are unspoken.  Some of them are realistic and many are not.  When you move to a new place, […]

Rich in Faith (James 2 Verses at a time plus 1)

(photo credit: My honey) I always wondered what it would have been like to know George Muller in person.   Would I have thought he was crazy?  That he should have been a bit more practical?  If you don’t know already, George Muller was known for running many orphanages in Germany and never asking for a penny.  He would pray, and God […]

10 Things I Learned In September (2015 Edition)

Last month I was writing about my monthly lessons from Germany.  This month I am writing it from my new home in a different city in Central Asia.  Don’t you love the view from my roof?  We even have snow on some of the mountains, but thankfully our days are still sunny and warm but not too warm.   Once […]