God’s Word sets boundaries for us that keep us safe and show us His love. I am reminded of how important this is whenever I leave the MAF base and venture out in a place that has few rules for driving, sometimes no courtesy when it comes to staring, and no limits to how many […]
Some things happen really fast in my life here in Indonesia. Sweat on my face when I move just a millimeter? Two seconds. Getting lost when trying to find a roadside guy who sells mangos? Five minutes, shorter if my kids are fighting in the back of the car. My sprint time through the house […]
“Amy, I have a very important job for you. I need you to find me some coconut cake in Colorado Springs.”
I was talking to my sister in Colorado, who I’ll see in a year on furlough, about how I was having a craving. An Overseas Craving. If you’ve spent more than three minutes outside of […]
So much of my life here centers around food – the procuring of it, the preparing of it, the cleaning up after it. It’s practically a full-time job. It never stops, and usually I’m a hot and sweaty mess by supper time.
But over the years I have found joy in cooking. I’m no Master Chef, […]
In this river village all the houses (and library) are on stilts. All photos by Rebecca Hopkins.
If you came to visit me, I daresay you’d be impressed with several things we get to enjoy here in Indonesia. We have coconut trees in our yard that we use for fresh coconut water in our […]
April 2012 was a month that changed our family’s lives. It was then that we heard God wooing us back to the overseas mission field. I still remember my husband looking at me and saying, “I think our time here is done.” We had a home, Chris had a great job, we loved our church […]