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Connection
Connection is a daily devotional to encourage women in their faith and life overseas. It brings the Word of God and conversation with sisters into their day-to-day lives.
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She was His Before She was Mine

May 19, 2026
FAMILY Health issues on the field Fear Protection & safety overseas
I tried to sleep on the narrow bench, eight months pregnant, scared and drained, as I held my baby's hand through the bars of her crib at the government hospital overseas. The nurse had poked her far too many times, trying to find a vein for the I...
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Chairs Around the Family Table

May 18, 2026
FAMILY Transitions
About fourteen years ago, our oldest daughter noticed that our dining room table seated six chairs, but our family only filled five chairs. She thought all the chairs should be filled evenly with three girls and three boys. So every night she pray...
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More than Sufficient

May 15, 2026
GRACE Dependence Trust
One of the hardest things about cross-cultural ministry is realizing how incapable we are.
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Give Yourself Grace

May 14, 2026
GRACE Culture adjustment Expectations Identity in Christ Language learning Seeing & not seeing fruit Discouragement
I’ve been trying to write this devotional for several weeks now. I have written and re-written many different drafts. Then I sat and reflected on these verses:
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