I’m running away to Africa!! Crazy by Ashford - March 13, 20180 So I’ve had this thing on my to do list for awhile now. You know the thing that you keep putting off and you transfer it from list to list because it’s the one thing that never gets done? Well at some point I have to sit down and wonder why am I avoiding this seemingly innocuous task? What is it that keeps me from accomplishing this? For me it is writing a letter explaining to people why I have chosen to go on a mission trip to Rwanda and asking for their donations. I think the biggest part is that maybe I’m not sure myself why I’m going. It’s hard to explain that one day I just knew that God wanted
When my life burned down Crazy by Ashford - January 29, 20181 It started as a spark but before I knew it the flames were raging around me. Hungrily consuming everything in their wake. The breath sucked out of my lungs by the intense heat. And it stayed that way for far too long. I was certain I wouldn’t make it out alive. But I did. And I sat in the ashes of my life as everything I had ever known continued to smolder around me. I’d like to tell you that I picked myself up, brushed myself off, and began to walk. But that’s not how it happened. What happened is that I lay down in the ashes ripping my clothes and smearing soot on my face. I kicked and I screamed. I
