Today’s post is a bit more personal in nature than usual, but I’d like to share some of my current happenings, hurdles, hopes and my heart. This is a great time to be alive. Our middle daughter celebrates her sixteenth year of life today. I am still not ready for our kids to grow up, but it is happening before our eyes. Seems like yesterday that baby Ruth was born, she took her first steps, she split open her head and had to get stitches, was baptized, began playing the clarinet, had her appendix out… and so much more. I am so proud of her, and my prayer is that she and all three of our children will experiences huge blessings from God. Psalm 127:3 NLT Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him. Ten days ago I returned from a mission trip to Nicaragua with some awesome people from our church. It has been over 13 years since I have been in Central America. I had the honor to serve with an agency in 200...