I haven't checked in with everyone in a while so I wanted to give you a quick update on how life's going in India.   We sweat…A lot.   There's nothing like that natural shimmer on your skin at nearly all times of the day.   I'm getting to see the women on my team step more and more into leadership and use the gifts that the Lord's given them.   We're taking turns facilitating feedback and leading team time, and it's just been so great to see how each individual leads.   We've had cards and cookies, art and prayer, games...

This post is for all of you that are curious what a day usually looks like for us here in India.  For those of you that aren’t curious, this isn’t for you – just move on… 😉 We begin every morning as a team and have some time with the Lord and each other.  We take turns leading that time which makes every morning a little different and unique which I love! If you are good like some of the girls on my team, you get up early and have personal devotion time and breakfast before team devotions.  If you are like me on most mornings, your teammates come...

God’s presence is here in India and He is moving in some mighty ways! What makes that even better is that He wants us to be a part of it. How cool is that?!  The creator of the universe wants to use you and me to bring His love to this place.  He could use anyone and anything, but He chose to use us – I cannot think of a better or more beautiful gift! As you have probably read by now, my team spent our Saturday night in one of the nearby villages sharing the Gospel. We weren’t quite sure what to expect, so we put together a list of songs that we all knew the...

So last week was pretty awful.. to say the least. Now looking back and talking about it is quite funny, but a few days ago I would have thought differently. Our team was hit with one of the worst stomach bugs I've ever seen. Not to be over dramatic in any way, this literally was just one of the worst sicknesses I've ever been apart of.  So. Thursday rolls by and suddenly one by one people were beginning to get sick. It wasn't too bad at first, you know, the usual stomach thing. Not something anyone would want, but still nothing too awful.  Then things began to...

    “Hi, my name is Roxy and I have a problem with being independent.” (Major props if you said “Hi Roxy” back to the screen that you are reading this off of)     This would be one of the first things I would say at an Independence Anonymous  (if such a thing ever existed).  No, I do not have a problem with wanting to be independent.  Honestly, that is one of the most common compliments that I received (shortly followed after “You smile a lot” and “You’re such a great friend.”).  I have...

 God is so sweet and good when he speaks to me.    Ok so here it is– vulnerability– my sometimes silly feelings on a flag for the world to see…     For anyone that knows me deeply (like even the ugly parts of me) you know I have two pathetic problems: comparison and discouragement. And because of these I often feel a lot of pressure to be someone "better"… and cry.   I see people like my superwoman mom, fun God-loving girls on my team here in India, and other spiritual, wise people in my life who are described often with words...