2025! It’s almost 2 months into the new year and still it seems strange to write that. And I realize this year has huge significance for me, the year of 20th anniversaries.
*20 years since I left home, a girl 22 years old, with 2 suitcases and a guitar, chasing a childhood dream, headed to a foreign country.
*20 years since I stood alone in my first ever rental, solely responsible for 5 orphans as their mother passed away in my home.
*20 years since we slowly, silently, painfully followed the coffin to the graveyard and said our last goodbyes.
*20 years since 5 children and teens dog piled me and began calling me Mommy.
*20 years since I survived being alone with no family or friends and no one who spoke my native language, no celllphone, no laptop and very limited internet service.
*20 years since I took the giant leap from girlhood to womanhood and stepped into the shoes God gave me to walk in.
*20 years since I officially took on the title of both missionary and mother, titles that will forever be mine.
*20 years of living every step by faith and experiencing miracles in real life which most people only read in storybooks!
I’m extremely grateful to God for the calling He has given me and I think it’s time to share my story and give Him glory that is rightfully His. I have both a website and a book in mind, hopefully in the not too far future, to commemorate this 20 year mile stone! Stay tuned for more!