Meet Laydi. She is a 7 years old princess who stole my heart while in La Cherreca. La Chureca is a literal landfill that hundreds of fam...

This week we celebrated #NationalDressDay. As a woman, I love embracing my femininity. As a woman, I also know what it feels like to have...

Today is World NGO Day! I have the privilege of being the VP for World Missions Outreach, an international NGO non-profit ministry that m...

My entire life I focused on wanting to “be someone”. Today, I spent time reading through our World Missions Outreach student profile lett...

September 20, 2017, will forever be known as the date that Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and devastated the island, while plunging all...

Life is crazy. People are crazy. We are all a little crazy... However, I never imagined that my life would ever have the level of crazy 2...

The affects of kindness are not always seen immediately; sometimes never. True kindness is not given with expectations or contingencies o...

We live in a world that labels each of us without our consent or permission. Since when did society get to have that much control over wh...

Today is not a holiday or any other day that would seem different from the rest. However, a year ago today my world stopped. I remember t...

Why I stopped Praying Life is funny & ironic. It has seasons. Some are full of happiness or success & some are full of heartbreak or fail...

Do you remember Cristina? I first met this sweet little girl at a World Missions Outreach Feeding program she was wrapped around her moth...

I was asked, "How do you find the balance between the drastic diversity of your life. From the stage to dirt floors, how does it add up?"...

Many women become so consumed with whats popular or trendy, that they don't even know who they are anymore. It's not all our fault. The p...

• Love • What is Love? • Kneeling down to wash someone else's feet is one of the most humbling expressions of love. Just like washing dir...

I often get comments like, 'wow, you sure do dress up on mission trips'. Now, Go ahead, I'm sure you have thought the same thing! Here is...

As I walked into a one room structure, accompanied by no door, covered by a tin roof and accented with dirt floors; the only word I could...

We are all given a platform, but it is up to us to decide how we use it. Since my 1st trip to Nicaragua when I was 12, I knew that missio...

Each year I have dreaded getting older. I thought it was just a sign of life being closer to its end. Although, technically accurate, I c...

At 1,705 feet Kings Pinnacle is the highest peak in Crowders Mountain State Park. I hiked to the top yesterday to see this beautiful view...

Stop. Right now. Look around you. Everything that surrounds our westernized culture revolves around electronics, technology, gadgets, soc...

Today I stood on a dirt floor with no roof, held a metal ladle spoon to serve rice out of a bowl over an open flame beside a bar wire fen...

Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream...

This is Elizabeth. She is in the 2nd grade at our school in #Nicaragua World Missions Outreach. I sponsor Elizabeth so she can receive an...