Life has been lots of ups and downs lately. Between working at Bluebird, St. Mary's, cleaning for a lady, and trying to balance a boyfriend, my life has very few still moments. I've come to realize how important rest is. Rest looks different for everyone. Weather you take time to go on a walk, do a puzzle, sit at a coffee shop, or walk around the thrift store everyone finds rest differently. Even on my off day I was working for other people. The Bible tells us to rest. It sa

October 17- October 28th What a blessing it was to go to Guatemala. It was a very traditional mission trip in the sense of the work that we did verses the mission work that I have been doing for the past few years. We did VBS and build 3 houses and handed out dresses to the little girls in the villages. I've been more used to friendship evangelism and random work that it was refreshing to go back to my roots so to speak. We stayed at a place called "Casa de Fuego" which mean

May 23- June 7 Mozambique was life changing. Emotionally, spiritually and physically. I had the privilege of speaking to the church in Mozambique before we left thanking them for their time. This is what I said: “Every time I come to Africa it feels like home. And this time was no different. I was so impacted by the church and these people. It’s so powerful to come into this church and have prayer be the center of worship. Where the children pray just as much as the adult

Hospitality isn’t just about setting out a nice table or offering someone a comfortable chair or holding the door open for someone. It’s about opening your life—your time, your resources, your heart—to another person and being blessed in the process. It’s about making room for others, seeing them as a guest of God. It’s about treating the stranger not with suspicion, but as if they might be an angel in disguise. That’s a radical, risky kind of hospitality—the kind that Jesus