In 2016, my husband and I traveled to Rivne, Ukraine, with Michael Gott International (MGI), to teach conversational English and share the Gospel for two weeks. This Christian organization always partners with a local church whose members...
Cliff - Late in 2017, doctors saw problems in my bloodwork that indicated I must lose weight or my general health would deteriorate rapidly. I had been substantially overweight for many years and as I aged, the test indicators had...
I thought it was strange when I called my 70-year-old dad from my home in North Carolina and he did not answer or return my call. Two days later I still could not connect with him. My husband also tried unsuccessfully to call him...
One day, as a senior in high school, I walked into my sociology class to find that my teacher had placed an index card and a pen (identical) on every desk. When class started, she told us to write our deepest worry, problem or trial on the...
In early 2010, we moved to Katy just when our daughter was about to be five years old. At the top of our priority list was to find a church home within our area. We had been fully plugged into our previous church and formed wonderful...
In early 2018, I was having memory problems, insomnia, headaches and low energy, so I decided to go to an internist. He ordered a brain scan and several blood tests. The brain scan came back normal -- which was a huge relief since my dad died of...
My family and I relocated to Texas in 2013 from another state. Right after we settled in, I began searching for a job that would utilize my degree. With no success after almost a year, I was feeling desperate and decided to settle for...
For more than a month, I had been in pain while waiting for a scheduled hysterectomy and surgical repairs -- and really wanted to get it over with. However, I was very nervous and uneasy about the surgery and even started to walk away when...
In May 2017, my 90-year-old mother began to complain that she was not able to keep up in her aerobics class that met five times each week. She also no longer had the stamina afterwards to walk her daily mile and concluded she “was just...
Four years ago, I began working for a Christian family as a caregiver for the wife who had suffered a major stroke and woke up after being in a coma for two months. But even after rehabilitation, she was bedridden, unable to speak and...
