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The gift of the French Press
A couple of months ago, when I finally knew the adoption was moving forward, I began getting a few things we would need once the kids moved in. One of the greatest lessons we can learn and experience in our walk with God is His Sovereignty. Be warned that I will constantly be mentioning it. It seems to be one of those attributes we KNOW yet easily forget when faced with challenges or uncertainties. Not that I was lacking anything for by God’s sovereignty and provision, I had all I needed. When it’s just you, you make do but now that that was changing there were a few things I…
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A new trend in the making
It’s been a few weeks now since my children have been home with me. I’m amazed that things have gone so smoothly, and it feels like normal for us. There are obviously a couple of awkward moments, but they slide by pretty quick. Even though it is a huge change for us, by God’s grace, we are adapting well. I was humbled by all the good wishes of family and friends and so grateful for their continued prayers. As is normal here at the Ranch, life keeps changing on us. At least in the inflow and outflow of children. Although for the last couple of months, it’s been more of…
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“It now springs forth”
If you recall from the post, Emptiness then Life , there was one dream I had left which I decided to surrender and seek God’s dreams for me. That dream/desire had become a goal about eight years ago. It was the first mother’s day after my mom passed away. That day I made up my mind that I would adopt as a single if I had not married by 40. So when I felt my dreams/goals for my life were not God’s dreams for me, I decided to give my goal of adopting children to him. Lo and behold, a couple of months after turning 40 God orchestrated it so…
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Learning to be led by His Spirit and trusting His timing
Towards the end of last year I began reminiscing about my experiences during my sabbatical. And oddly enough, I began to start seeing a scripture that was given to me the last week or so of my sabbatical. It was coming up in different ways, whether through a text or my Facebook feed, it kept showing up. I can be quite clueless at times, it actually took me a while to realize I kept seeing this scripture. I am grateful that God is patient with clueless people like me that He finds different ways to draw our attention to what He is preparing us for. Behold, I am doing a…
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Seeking Christ and choosing the path He has set before us
In the last couple of weeks, I have been reminded a few times about what we consider as valuable and important. Society and our culture constantly showcase what we ought to long for. It might be as subtle as wanting a good cup of coffee and can be as obvious and complex as wanting a better life. I’d venture to say most of those things would be good and desirable. Yet, as we seek to get God’s perspective, they might not be the best. It is so easy to get caught up with wanting better things that we might loose sight of what is really important. So, what is most…
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Our 2020 Holiday Season
Each year is another testimony of God’s faithfulness. This year was not the exception. We have much to be grateful. As it’s almost always the case, the holidays began and went by too fast. Though we are blessed to have more people to interact with than a regular household, it was a welcomed change to have a few visitors in the past few weeks. The kids fully enjoyed seeing different faces and more so have time with them. Although this ministry is in Mexico, it continues to have an American influence, which is one of the things I like. So we celebrated Thanksgiving, a holiday that has become one of…
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What has 2020 brought to light?
Can you believe 2020 is now behind us? Now I KNOW some of us would LOVE to leave all this Covid business behind as well, but alas we might still have to deal with it this year. Anyway, we’ll leave that subject alone for now. At the beginning of the year, I remember hearing in a few Christian circles how this year God would be exposing lies and truth would come to light. I remember how this rang true in my spirit. Especially because I had had a dream in which one of the major themes was exposing things that had been causing misfortune. Therefore, as I heard others getting…
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Reaching the top of the hill
A week ago, I turned 40. Don’t know about you, but usually when going into a new decade it can get emotional. Cannot say I was actually looking toward this milestone in my life nor that I was okay with what that it entails. Yet earlier this year, a young girl with whom I share the birthday, got all excited about us dressing alike for our birthdays. I could not say no to that, now could I?! Now I was only looking forward just to see her enjoy herself. Plus I do like getting all dressed up every now and then. Although, if you ask my friends at the Ranch…
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Witnessing their first travel adventure
This year has been a bit paradoxy, time wise. Part of me cannot belive we are already in December and the other part feels like it has been a long year. Much like life here at the Ranch, this year has been packed with changes that it feels like it’s been forever. One of those changes was back in March, when we were blessed to have a new staff member join our team. It was God’s perfect timing, another caregiver was having to move on to what God had next for her. The lady that arrived, grew up in this ranch and by God’s sovereignty she was able to come…
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The higher calling of living life in community
This year has sure brought about many changes. The pandemic has been like a curve ball none of us expected. It certainly has brought about many ramifications. One of the hardest, I believe, has been isolation. At the beginning of it all, we were instructed to quarantine. What we thought would be a few weeks turned out to be more than 6 months. For obvious reasons, most of us could not have remained quarantined all this time. As it turns out, we cannot remain isolated. We need each other. Unlike mostly everyone, this time, I may have been the exception. Living at the Ranch, life still included most of the…
