I thought that serving the Lord needed to FEEL hard, FEEL like work, FEEL like sacrifice. I needed to feel its COST, not its joy. So I offered to clean the church toilets…
Missions
The Master Gardener
We plant. We weed. But who really brings the harvest? It’s a tricky question, isn’t it? It’s human nature to want credit for our labor. We kinda want people to know that we found seeds – we prepared soil – we planted – we watered – we weeded – we harvested. We all want to be seen as valuable, knowledgeable, and recognized for a job well done. There’s something we must understand in this labor of sowing and reaping. If we can grasp this – wow – we will harvest far more than we ever sowed! Here it is…
What’s Causing the Quarrels and Fights Among You?
In tending to the garden of our hearts we must do a little weeding from time to time if we want to reap a beautiful harvest. In this post we’ll discover two particularly sneaky weeds that, if left undetected, will breed more weeds and eventually choke out the life in our garden…
It’s Not Fair
“No fair…” they whine. “That’s NOT fair.” They declare. “IT’S NOT FAIR!” They exclaim with gritted teeth stomping down the hall. Fairness. What is with THAT word? You don’t have to teach a child to ASSUME things should be fair. You don’t have to point out examples of unfairness to them ~ they come ready […]
You Can’t Change The World
Nope, you can’t change the WORLD… BUT YOU CAN change the world for VIVIAN… …for HOPE… …for PAULINE… …for MICHEK… …for ALMUS… … or for ROSE… “Live simply so that others may simply live.” With the holidays fast approaching I can’t help but recognize that this might possibly be the worst time of year to […]
When Do We Leave?
“When do you leave for Kenya?” That is the most frequently asked question in our lives right now… and understandably so 🙂 And we’re thankful that people are curious!Even our daughters ask and pray daily about our plans to move to Kenya. September is approaching and that was our target for departure. However, there is […]
Schemanski Newsletter, June 2012
The second edition of the Schemanski Family Missions Update Scroll down for the second page and click on each picture to enlarge.
The Least of These
We’ve all seen commercials that portray hungry children with dirty faces, barely clothed at times, with bones protruding from their bodies from starvation. It’s easy to dismiss them for several reasons. Sometimes we think the problem is so big and we can’t possibly make a difference so why bother. Sometimes the physical distance between the […]
Moses
Moses, Age 2Belwop Rescue CentreNyeri, Kenya Some of you may recall a blog post from about 2 months ago about Moses, a baby found abandoned near a bush that was rescued and brought into Veronica’s care at the Belwop. You can read that post here: A Baby Boy Well only a few days after that […]
From Our Family To Yours…
By now you’ve probably received our first newsletter from our family to yours!We are certainly not pro’s at this type of thing, but we’re having fun in the process… (click to read more and see pics) Believe it or not that one-page letter took many many hours, several revisions, and lots of input from friends […]