More action happening on the home front than anywhere else. For so many years I have had more "active" ministries in the Family, and I know it’s been the assumption that the busier missionaries are the ones on the field, in the far flung jungles and tribes, or out ministering in the leper colonies and [...]
Mike is attending a Family seminar, I’m preparing to leave for Mexico to be a Family missionary there… a lot of changes are happening and will continue to happen as the year winds down. One thing you can always bet on in life as a Family International Missionary is constant change; new countries and cultures [...]
Losing control was one of those things I avoided assiduously in life; every day was planned and maximized, every move calculated and organized. For 7 years I worked on a specific “cyber-missionary” type of ministry and everything I did was directly related to computers and phones. It was a good, fulfilling life. But out of [...]
Yesterday I was talking to someone who is a professed atheist. In the past, I may have been somewhat intimidated by some athiests’ strong perspectives on religion or spirituality and such… but this time, as I spoke with him I became even more enthusiastic about my God. You see, I was just telling a story [...]
Joni: I’m happy! We’re getting more organized every day. Some days I think about all there is to do and I all that I would even just really like to do and adjust and it can be a bit depressing–but it doesn’t have to be, no! That’s what I’m understanding more and more. Just one [...]
Joni: Today was my day off. I finished a really great book I was reading. The story of Saint Valentine. I very much enjoyed it, it spoke to me in personal ways and got me thinking. Spent the rest of the day mostly in my closet, cleaning, organizing, getting rid of stuff…ahh I love it, [...]
In The Family International, different levels of membership allow for part-time jobs. I live with just my family, as a Missionary Member, and as you’ve probably noticed in my blogs, its been hard to make ends meet. He has provided in various ways, and promised us He would continue to if we kept on serving [...]
God really knew what He was doing when He made everyone so different. I just came to this conclusion today as we were practicing and preparing for a upcoming program that we are putting on. Our theme is "Around the World" (OK, so it’s a Treasure Attic title) and the basic message is that the [...]
My mom (who is a missionary in Chile) recently sent me the following article, which I absolutely loved. I’ve highlighted in bold the ones I identify with, which are quite a few. Any ring a bell to you? (And by the way, football IS played with a round, spotted ball, no matter what you may [...]
Joni: My husband’s gone again…sob. Not because of his or my desire to be apart from each other so soon after his returning from Eurock, but to take some of the teens in our home on the road to the beach for some witnessing and fun. These decisions always take a lot of prayer and [...]