The other day I was talking to a dear friend who has such a great momma’s heart and is eagerly waiting her time to join the motherhood adventure. This particular day she was not feeling well and she was at her nanny job she was expressing to me that she doesn’t know how I do it when I am sick…
Author: Lauren Ashley
In my teens I knew exactly what I wanted.
In my 20s I was shocked at how things turned out.
In my now 30s I have come to accept that life will often turn out Nothing Like I Expected and I am just along for the ride.
But the Lord directs his steps."
Proverbs 16:9
To Honor and To Grieve
Growing up I remember asking my mom why things hurt me so bad, she would respond with, “You love deep so you hurt deep.” For years I would try to just not love as much, I didn’t know how to handle the pain. I figured it would be better not to fully love if it would help manage the heartache.…
Impact in Ephesus
This morning I woke up to an article in my newsfeed from a YWAM team serving the refugees in Greece, seeing it made me both nostalgic but also reflective on my time spent with YWAM now seven years ago. I had no idea my time doing international missions would be interrupted in the beautiful way it has been and often…