Cambodia...

Every once and a while a place and it's people grab your attention. Few and far between are the times when a place and it's people grabs your heart.

This past February a small group of women in a little village in Cambodia did just that, they grabbed my heart. I didn't offer it...didn't withhold it either. But with a few simple words spoken through a translator a big part of my heart was lost.

I had asked the women if they would share some prayer requests with me. What were some of their needs. Along with their need for more food for their families, they also asked me to come again and teach them from the Word. Not just to come from time to time, but to "come" to teach them.

They got a part of my heart that day...they don't know it...but they have it regardless.

What is the Lord doing in your life? Where is He asking you to give your heart? What is the next step after your heart is pulled?

David Livingstone said..."Sympathy is not substitute for action."

God is active in our world, is He calling you to expand your action?

I am in Awe!

Sometimes the Lord amazes me more than other times. I don't think that is because He changes but because my focus does. When I take time to focus on Him and Him alone...I stand in Awe! Today what amazed me was pretty simple, mundane some might say. : ) It was the smell of lilacs. It wasn't so much the smell...although I do love it...it was that when the smell wafted towards me, I was reminded that the Lord loves me! Lilacs were one of my mom's favorite flowers, and every time I smell them I am reminded of her and I smile on the inside and I hurt a little too. I am reminded of the kind of love that you don't want to take for granted. I am reminded to celebrate the little things and the big things. I am reminded that our time on earth is short...to make the most of our time and relationships. What made me stand in awe today...was that I had the sweet smell of lilacs and the sweeter reminder of my mom...right before Mother's Day! Thank you Jesus for putting those lilacs in my path today!

Thailand and Cambodia

I had the amazing privilege of witnessing a miracle. This little girl was transformed in less than 24 hours. Houng lives in Cambodia, in a cleared minefield...a literal minefield. This minefield is a hazardous remnant of the Khmer Rouge's brutal rule of Cambodia. When Houng was 6 she barely survived an explosion...she found a unexploded bomb that exploded in her hand. More recently she was burned on her legs...no medical treatment for 10 days...and the medical treatment that came pales in comparison to what she would have received in the states. I got to visit Houng in her little hut about 3 weeks after she was burned. The poor thing was in much pain and couldn't walk..her legs were healing but the scar tissue was not allowing her to fully extend her legs. We couldn't coax a smile out of her. So my friend prayed...we felt hopeless. The next day on our visit...her dad exclaimed..."After you prayed, she walked". The Lord healed this little girl...the end of the visit resulted in the beautiful smile you see above. As of last week...6 weeks after her burn...she was jumping and playing. We have an Amazing God.

Josh Groban...I'll be home for Christmas

Women in Uniform

Women in the Military (taken from DoD Women's Research and Education Institution.) More women are serving in the U.S. military than ever before...(as of 6/2008) They make up 14% of all U. S. military personnel= 400,000 troops They make up 34% of the U.S. Air Force 26,000 women are currently serving in Iraq or Afghanistan They fill 90% of all military roles...including gunners and MP patrols This is the first time in history that women are on the front lines. These women are married, divorced, single...mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and aunts... Please pray for our Women In Uniform!

PRAYER FOR FT. HOOD

It would be hard not to be aware of the shooting that happened a few days ago in Texas. Ft. Hood is a place that will forever be changed as one of their own opened fire and killed 12 people. Please join in me in prayer for the families of the fallen, the wounded and others who are suffering as a result of this tragedy.

Thailand here we come

February: A group of Cadence women will be traveling to Thailand, Cambodia and Burma. I am grateful to be a part of this group...

Please Pray...for our preperation, our hearts and our travels. My prayer is that the Lord will use us to be a blessing, and to be His Light to all those we come in contact with.

Thanks for praying : )