

Epilogue
I sit by the glittering tree late this Christmas Eve and count the years since I trimmed a small Charlie Brown tree as a single parent....


Chapter 56 - Finding My Tribe
I am sipping mild roast coffee at Panera, munching on a blueberry scone. Gazing out the window where Pikes Peak gleams snowy in the...


Impressions from India
We went to India to minister with a couple who church-plant, oversee a mobile clinic, and train Hindu women in sewing classes.


Chapter 55 - Cracks & Cataracts
The following years in Colorado Springs are fulfilling as we live near family, sometimes helping Megan with the grandkids when Jared...


Chapter 54 - The Fall of Two Pastors
Each summer we return from Egypt to the States, visiting with family and friends. And Larry does construction work to pay for the trip....


Chapter 53- Climbing Mountains
The students at Victory Bible Institute in Cairo are mostly Sudanese immigrants who are eking out a living in a foreign land. Having a...


Chapter 52 - Cairo Macchiato
In the fall of 2004 Larry and I rent our log/stone-sided home in Black Forest and pack to move to India. After twelve long years a home...


Chapter 51 - A Student Again
Jared begins attending Oral Roberts University in the fall of 1997, and it seems strange not to have him home. We are slowly lowering our...


Chapter 50 - Arrested in Turkey
New Life Church is rocking. Our Wednesday night prayer meetings led by Pastor Ted Haggard are attracting hundreds of people. He usually...


Chapter 49 - Marathon Mentality
For months that stretch into years I keep trying to refocus, to reshape my outlook into marathon endurance. We are headed to the mission...