Katie and her husband are focused on community development and disciple making while living simply among an impoverished and unreached people group in West Africa. Katie is often found sitting on a mat sharing about the Bread of Life while breaking bread with courageous, hard-working, persevering but struggling women. You will also find her teaching nutrition to moms of malnourished children at the local hospital or cooking a big pot of food over the fire to feed begging children. Her own 3 children believe sand is a better playground than grass so you can see them climbing sand dunes together and enjoying a batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies at the top. Katie and her family enjoy helping new believers create songs from the Psalms in the local music style and language and study Scripture in such a way even the most illiterate can participate. They continue to pray for a disciple making movement among the people they love.
In my last article, we learned a lesson from my one-year-old daughter on how to find peaceful moments regardless of the chaos of the situation. We call them “rock-a-chair” moments, based on the song my kids started singing as they rocked in the kids’ rocking chair. May I share with you a handful of ways […]
