I have a thing with trust. I’ll just put it out there. It is naturally difficult for me to trust. Then add a few bad experiences over life where trust was violated, intuition failed and you have hyper-mistrust. I have been aware of it for a long time but am having to face it again. … Continue reading How to Trust
Category: My Life
Depression Thaw
A poem I wrote after months of healing from depression. a cold breeze creeps in mixing with tears freezing limbs and veins weighed down threatening to snap shattered in pieces thawing comes warming limbs reach upward spring rounds the corner green found within nourished by melted tears new life, new branches
Leaving On a Jet Plane Again
I'm writing this at 5:37 am as Dr. Lory Feeler and I wait for our flight to the Dominican Republic. We are spending a few days with our partners, Servant's Heart Ministries, in Sosua, DR. SHM is a Canadian-based ministry and we are their only US partner. They want to grow their contacts in the … Continue reading Leaving On a Jet Plane Again
2011: New Beginnings
“New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on … Continue reading 2011: New Beginnings
Morgan's Singing Debut
Beautiful Boy
Beautiful Boy, originally uploaded by Melissa Hatfield. This is a picture of a handsome little boy I met in the Dominican Republic in January 2010. He was very interested in the construction project we were doing in his neighborhood. Our team was building a new medical clinic that he and his friends will be able … Continue reading Beautiful Boy
Meeting with Senator McCaskill
On Thursday, a friend and I drove to Columbia, MO, to meet with US Senator Claire McCaskill's staff. We had something important to discuss and to bring to her attention. On May 24, 2010, President Obama sign into law a bill that commits him to lead a new international strategy aimed at permanently stopping LRA … Continue reading Meeting with Senator McCaskill
Downsizing
Several years ago I heard the Mohandas Gandhi quote, "Live Simply So That Others May Simply Live". The quote has stuck with me and I often think of it. And think of it. And think of it. Regretfully, I've given it a lot of thought but not much action. My contemplating is over. My house … Continue reading Downsizing
The Fifth Face on Mt. Rushmore
When I went to Mount Rushmore this summer, I took a lot of pictures. It is an amazing place and truly fascinating how these guys managed to carve out these massive monuments to four presidents. Or, wait. Maybe there were five. I think they gave us four definite faces - Washington, Roosevelt, Jefferson and Lincoln. … Continue reading The Fifth Face on Mt. Rushmore
Leaving On a Jet Plane
....But I do know when I'll be back again. (if things go according to plans which you never know.) I head out early Friday morning with a team to the Dominican Republic. We will be working with our partners, Servant's Heart Ministries, in Sosua, Dominican Republic. We usually spend a week with them each June … Continue reading Leaving On a Jet Plane
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