As we are packing up and getting ready to move across the country, we have decided we will be getting a 26 ft truck and filling it and whatever doesn’t fit, gets left behind.  The process of looking at stuff and going through things and deciding what to take and what to leave behind has…

Over the past months I have had the gift of renovating our house.  We have put in windows and doors, painted walls and trim, completely remade bathrooms and replaced flooring.  We had a lot of projects going on at once and my to do list was rather long. What I learned was that I had…

We, the VG’s, have spent the last three months talking to over 30 churches from all over the United States about ministry opportunities.  We have been able to connect with world class churches and leaders that are passionate about Jesus and leading and growing people in their relationship with Him.  These months have not been…

Growing up I heard a familiar phrase every time I walked out the door – “Be Careful.” I heard this so much that I grew up believing that being careful, not taking risks was the mature and wise choice to make in life. I began to believe risk taking was for those who were careless…

I remember going on a summer vacation with my family to Colorado when I was 13. The reason that I remember that vacation was that first – we only took three vacations and it is easy to remember when we got the gift of going somewhere, and second, I was 13 and family awkwardness was…