Category: Missouri Madness

Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Unexpected. That was our most recent trip to Warrenton, Missouri. Unexpected for when we left CEF, Inc® when our time with CMI® was complete, we weren’t scheduled to return till after Thanksgiving, when we would be volunteering during Spiritual Renewal week. Thus, when I received the call from Brenda Hanson on… Continue reading Unexpected

Monday, October 2, 2023 She’s gone. After almost 13 years together, she’s gone. My Canadian baby, Macska, who chose me to be her owner… she didn’t know she would become a world traveler. Well, perhaps not the world, but for a cat who was very much a homebody, she got to travel from Alberta to… Continue reading Chosen!

Thursday, September 22, 2022 403 files. Four Hundred and Three! In the last four weeks, besides teaching at CMI and helping teachers with little projects, I have been scanning old files into the computer. Hours and hours of scanning files. By the time I go home for the evening, all I can think about is… Continue reading Betrayal

Monday, September 12, 2022 Being a part of CMI (Children’s Ministries Institute®) here at the International Headquarters for CEF® these last two weeks, we are reminded again of the importance of making the gospel clear and undiluted. Salvation is a precious gift of grace. Grace not works. But how often do we take that grace,… Continue reading The Whole Picture

Friday, March 4, 2022 My first memory is telling my Dad that I wanted to ask Jesus into my heart.  This was one month after my third birthday. Hebrews 13:5b was the first verse my parents taught me shortly afterward, “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.”  It was not until high school, when… Continue reading Tim Talks Story

Thursday, February 24, 2022 I was the child no one wanted around: a troublemaker, obnoxious, vengeful and mean, especially at summer camp. No counselor wanted me in her cabin. At age 10, my counselor Sharon was different. No matter what I did, even purposely hurting her, she demonstrated love to me. That caught my attention.… Continue reading What’s my story?