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When I am about to embark on something new or momentous, I set out with great anticipation and excitement. Yet, I have found myself feeling like it has just been a fight to the finish line.  This summer, my family and I were able to enjoy a beautiful vacation. We were filled with excitement. The […]

When I was a newlywed, I quickly discovered how different my husband and I were about tackling household tasks. We each had our own style of folding laundry. We had different definitions of what tidy looks like. My thought was, “I’ll just do it all by myself!” However, the Lord humbled me and showed me […]

My family and I just returned from a trip to our hometown in New York. While we were there, we were fortunate enough to visit with many loved ones.  It had been a few years since our last trip so there was a lot to catch up on! Our conversations went late into the night […]

This year has been a challenging journey for me. There have been unexpected detours that felt overwhelming and stressful. Truthfully, they left me feeling weary. Some days all I could see was everything that had gone differently than I imagined. Some days the temptation was to just camp out in the land of discouragement.  But […]

Humility Empathy Patience Self-reflection Wisdom That’s quite a list, isn’t it?  For the past ten years, I have seen these traits evident in our visionary, Anu. In fact, these are among the many traits that have made her an amazing leader to our ministry team.  Let’s face it: leading a team, especially one comprised of […]

As I look at this picture of my firstborn as a toddler, a flood of memories comes back. My greatest challenge as a parent in that season was navigating between dependence and independence. In my eyes, she was just a baby. Therefore, I felt inclined to do everything for her while she resolved that she […]

I don’t know how 2023 was for you. Maybe it was a great year or a year you would rather forget about.  Personally, it was one of those years when I knew it was time to eliminate a thing or two that no longer belonged in my life.  You see, I tended not to react […]

It began over a decade ago. My husband and I had the privilege of meeting a wonderful couple in leadership while we served in marriage ministry – Clint and Amarillys. As leaders in ministry, there are countless roles and responsibilities to juggle while balancing with family life.  However, what made them unique was how they […]

Can you imagine venturing out alone to a country where you don’t know anyone or even the language?  That’s what each of our parents did over 50 years ago when they immigrated from India to the United States.  They arrived with a few dollars and a God-inspired dream to make life better for their parents […]

I am not good enough. For most of my life, those are the five words I have repeatedly said. I believed this to be true because I told myself: I’m just a girl. I’m not that smart. Isn’t it amazing the lies one can believe based on circumstances? When Moses spoke, he had a speech […]