Author: torimatlock
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Prioritize
By: Emily Faison What’s the most expensive thing you’ve ever wanted? A new iPhone or tickets to a concert? For me, I couldn’t wait to have my own car. In Sunday School, we spent a lot of time talking about everyday topics like money. We talked about budgeting, saving, and…
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Summer Mission Programs
By: Khristi Shores Adventure, excitement, friendships, challenges, training, learning, blessings, stretching, and growing. These terms apply to two summer programs: ETEAM (mission team) and Truth and Peace (leadership program). ETEAM is a three-week program open to young people entering their sophomore year of high school through their senior year graduation.…
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Summer Opportunities Are A Family Event
By: Lainey Batts I just returned from my first E-TEAM trip, where we traveled to Spain. It was an incredible time that has transformed my perspective on missions and the Great Commission. But I never would have made it to Spain without the support of my family and friends. They…
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Before You Say No
By: Ana Batts Summertime is my favorite. VBS. Summer Camp. A break from school. So many adventures. And now that our oldest children are in high school, summer comes with even more opportunities. Mission trips. Volunteer opportunities. E-TEAM. Truth and Peace. All those things are great. And expensive. It is…
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What a Crazy Week
By: Hannah Gorrell This has been the consensus of many or most of our weeks. Maybe even the last hundred weeks have felt ‘crazy’. When feeling out of order or overwhelmed, it is easy to feel discouraged or passive towards the next day or week. Some of us may have…
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Doing the Right Thing
By: Lily Bryant You never know when you will have to stick up for your faith; or more importantly, make a choice. About a year ago, when I was in seventh grade, I was forced to make a choice about how I was going to deal with a situation with…
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The Words of Our Mouth
By: Diana Bryant There’s an old, old saying that goes like this: Little pitchers have big ears. It comes from the 16th century and was used by parents to signal each other that their little children (pitchers) were around. They might overhear something that was not meant for their ears…
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A Journey of Obedience
By: Hannah Goucher The minute I returned from my ETEAM trip to Japan in 2017, I knew God was calling me to be a missionary. Before this trip, I had an interest in missions but no inclination to go as a missionary. Once I sat down on the flight back…
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How Do You Feel About Laundry
By: Dawn Elliot In a recent conversation with a young newlywed, she was lamenting how much laundry her new husband generated and how much she hated doing laundry. As we chatted, I shared with her two things. First, I reminded her of how long she had prayed for her husband…
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Learning to Love Laundry
By: Rachel Violanti Laundry. Dishes. Cleaning. Did you roll your eyes when you read at least one of those? I would have a few years ago, but then I met Dawn Elliott. One of our first interactions was her “momming” me, telling me to be careful not to fall off…
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