“When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.” Psalm 27:8. I have often referred to my life as a long, many chaptered book, set in multiple locations and with an ever changing and growing cast of characters. However, it is also true, that our lives […]

On January 5, 2020, my dear Dad, Jim Graham, went home to be with the Lord. He lived a long and impactful life, although he was a quiet man. His kind and caring nature, his wonderful sense of humor and his deeply generous and concerned in others nature made him very special to so many, […]

“I have set the Lord continually before me;…” Psalm 16:8a NAS During the year she lived with us, my 89 year old mother often delighted us with her funny, insightful observations. One such time she asked me incredulously, ‘Deborah, is it really true that next year will be 2020??” When I answered in the affirmative, […]

One of our annual rhythms that we have established over the past few years, is to begin the New Year with a time of seeking the Lord afresh. We do our best to slow down the pace of life [so to speak] as much as we can and to spend some extra quality time with […]

In September 2019, Jenna finished teaching her beginner and advanced English classes while I continued to paint murals at the school that Partners Relief and Development (PRD) renovated in Iraq earlier that year. We also did a couple more weeks of a pop-up school in the newly rebuilt facilities, hosting approximately sixty kids. Teaching the […]

For most of our son’s life we lived overseas and celebrated the holidays together. We had our own special traditions: Christmas eve enjoying a meal of Sherried Crab Bisque (which Josiah lovingly dubbed Mummie’s Booze Soup until I realized you did not add the sherry right before serving, but rather cooked it until the alcohol […]