About Me

This is not my first attempt at a blog. The last time I tried, it was on a topic that really wasn’t at the heart of who I am, so I found it difficult to consistently write posts.

So I’m trying again, in an attempt to be more open about what God is teaching me, in the midst of all my shortcomings and weaknesses. Perhaps “because of” is a better way to put it. I’ve noticed it’s the humble times where I learned the most–when struggling with the “why” questions (“Why did God let them kick us out of the country?”) and the extremes of physical weakness (is a brain tumor extreme enough?).

Now I’m at a place where I want to include you in the struggles of humanity and theology, the real “stuff” we encounter and how we can grow closer to Jesus in the process of life.

I hope my words, thoughts, and prayers on this site will be a blessing to you. I would love to hear your responses!

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Want to know more about me? Here’s a bit of background:

I grew up on three different continents, starting at the tip of South America (Chile), spending a few years in California, and living where the Central Asian steppe meets the Caspian Sea (Kazakhstan). I am most definitely a Third Culture Kid (if you haven’t heard of TCK’s, learn more about this growing population!). Since then I’ve lived in Washington, Virginia, and Missouri, and just to balance out residential experiences around the globe I worked in Kenya for a year (okay, so maybe that wasn’t the real reason). Now I’ve been taking regular trips to Nigeria to provide teaching and training. On one of those trips, I met a fellow nomad who is now my husband! Together we travel and teach worldwide, wherever God opens doors.

But my true identity starts with being a child of God and follower of Christ. He has been my strength and my comfort through some difficult times (for more of those stories feel free to read Glorifying God at the Rocks of Remembrance). Since I was a teenager I felt him leading me toward a career in psychology, so I studied hard until finally receiving a doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.). Some key areas of focus have been providing care for the missionary community, specializing in traumatology, and other international work. Along the way I’ve also been doing some writing, including articles, chapters, and books.

Along the way I met my husband, when both of us were teaching at a small seminary, in a tiny town, in the middle of Nigeria. Not only did we have our white skin in common, we discovered we were both living nomadic lives, with a desire to love and serve Jesus wherever He wanted us to go. I invited him to go to northern Iraq with me, he said yes without hesitation, and the rest was history! Now we travel worldwide doing The Tree of Life program and other forms of equipping.