Author Archives: Missy
Time in the U.S. and then some time apart
- Mar
- 07
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Adventure, Being a Missionary, Education, Furlough, Short Term Missions Team
We are excited to share with all of you that we will be coming back to the U.S. in a few weeks! We have a lot of amazing things going on during this visit to the states! As always we will be connecting with churches to share about what God is doing in Guatemala. We […]
read moreCalculated risk
- Feb
- 05
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Education, Faith, Guatemala, Servants Inc.
- 1

Recently, I was reading the book, In a pit with a lion on a snowy day by Mark Batterson. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it. It’s a book about the importance of being willing to step out in faith and take calculated risks so that you can achieve great things for the Kingdom. […]
read moreAccepted
- Nov
- 19
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Education, Prayer
- 1

As most of you know from my last blog post I had an interview at Messiah College on September 21, 2017 to see if I would be accepted to their marriage, couple and family counseling degree program. What I didn’t include in that post (because I was trying to surprise some people) was that through […]
read moreTrust
- Sep
- 21
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Faith, Prayer

A few weeks ago my husband shared a blog post about his breakthrough burn. For those of you who didn’t read the last blog that he put out check it out here. He’s worked hard for 14 weeks to allow God to transform his life physically, mentally and spiritually. The day that my husband submitted […]
read moreAcceptance Interview
- Sep
- 16
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Education, Prayer
- 2
Hi friends! So, once again it has been a while since I’ve updated you on my progress of pursuing a marriage, couple and family counseling degree but that does not mean nothing has been happening. Since my last post in May, I have been working hard on the checklist of admission requirements. I have had […]
read moreBeing the church
- May
- 09
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Christianity, Connection Christian Church, Guatemala, Iglesia Ciudad de Reugio, Leadership, Linda Vista

“Now that’s what being the church is all about” said my friend Kathy to me on one of our regular skype meetings. I had just finished telling her about the amazing way our church came around and supported one of the families from our congregation when they lost almost everything in a house fire. The […]
read moreWhere are we now?
- May
- 02
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Guatemala, Prayer
- 2
Several months ago I shared a series of posts with all of you about the dream God has given me to return to school and study marriage and family counseling to help with the many needs here in Guatemala. After that you haven’t heard anything for over 6 months. So maybe you’ve been wondering…Did I […]
read moreDon’t give up on the dream…the final part!…for now :)
- Aug
- 08
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Faith, Guatemala, Life Changes
- 1
Ok so pretty much God has spent the last year answering all my questions and doubts about not giving up on the dream that He put on my heart last August. Not only has He given me answers to my questions and doubts but He’s put me in situations where I realize I NEED to […]
read moreDon’t give up on the dream…part 3
- Aug
- 01
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Faith, Guatemala, Life Changes
Last week we left off with God showing up in a big way to answer my questions of is this really what He wanted and how will it be used for the ministry He has called us to here. Since God was showing me this was definitely something He wanted I made myself share with […]
read moreDon’t give up on the dream…part 2
- Jul
- 25
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Faith, Guatemala, Serving At Risk Families
Ok so I left off last week where my mind was full of questions like: How would I study from Guatemala? How would I find time to study with how busy I already am in ministry? How is God going to provide for the cost of continuing education? Is this really what God wants? Will […]
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