Category: For Girls

  • Summer Opportunities Are A Family Event

    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…

  • What a Crazy Week

    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…

  • Doing the Right Thing

    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…

  • A Journey of Obedience

    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…

  • Learning to Love Laundry

    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…

  • Apples of Gold

    Apples of Gold

    by: Destinee Payne There are things we can do to guard ourselves against speaking with iniquity. Our tongue is compared to forest fire and deadly poison in James 3. We need to be in the habit of professing God’s word and having reverence in our speech to guard against speaking…

  • Time

    Time

    By: Catie York When you hear the phrase “good steward,” what do you think of? As believers, we may often focus strictly on how we use our money and physical resources for God. In scripture, the word steward originally referred to a person (often a servant) entrusted with great responsibility…

  • Treasure Of Your Heart

    Treasure Of Your Heart

    Destinee Payne The treasure of our hearts comes out in our words. As imperfect humans, we will not be able to say the right thing all the time. We will not glorify God in everything we say. To guard against speaking this way, we first need to make sure the…

  • Thorn In The Flesh

    Thorn In The Flesh

    By: Debbie Driscoll “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.But he…

  • Riding to Victory

    Riding to Victory

    By: Brittany Hernandez A couple months ago my husband and I bought bikes. I totally got a purple mom bike with a basket. Its pretty much amazing. I try to at least 4-5 times through out the week go on an evening bike ride ALONE! I like to take 30-60…