Fresh Perspective

It is with great joy, much prayer, and honestly a little bit of fear as I make the transition from working half time at a "real" job to working full time with Woven Dignity.  For months I have known that something needed to change as the hours in the day didn't match the expectations and commitments that I had made.  This was a very difficult decision to make as everything felt "important".  However, it became very clear to me that I had originally moved to Lebanon with the excitement and "calling" to help refugees and ultimately this is what helped me to solidify this decision. It is important to mention that the book, The Best Yes, by Lysa TerKeurst influenced me greatly. There were some amazing opportunities with my job.  I traveled so much.  However, as exciting (or draining) as traveling can be, there was a need for FOCUS.  I was just stretched all over the place.  I am sure many of you can relate.   So as I take this leap ...

If we knew everywhere our life journeys would take us, we might freeze in fear or disbelief.  Sometimes I still pinch myself that I am living and traveling all over the Middle East, but Africa was recently added into the mix.  How can this be? Well, it somehow made sense. Even though I didn’t really want it to.  Simply, because I knew it would be a long trip and many days away from Darron. A group of students were brought from various African countries to a farm in Tanzania.  The goal is that one day they will come to the Middle East.  We were asked to come and train them.  I, specifically, was to teach them about forgiveness.  Originally, there were 6 from our team who were to go.  In the end, it was only 2 of us who went from the team. I kept asking to be left off this “African bus ride”, but my teammate had great tenacity in insisting that I remain on the bus. Delightfully, my team-mates wife and son came ...