Broken but Priceless Ministries

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Hello friends!

I have some exciting news! How this news came about is such a neat story I just have to share it...

I am occasionally emailed alumni newsletters from Columbia International University, where I attended Seminary. I don't often read them but one day I decided to skim through it. As I did, an article immediately caught my eye. It was a story about a CIU graduate who started a ministry to people with chronic illnesses. I read all about it and looked Erin up on Facebook. We began emailing and sending each other Facebook messages and I was very impressed with who she was and what she was doing. I wondered what it would be like to be a part of something like that. I even talked to God about it!

A week ago Erin asked me if I would join Broken but Priceless Ministries. God is blessing the ministry and it is getting to be too much for one person. I prayed about it for a couple more days (I had already been praying about it before she asked) and on Saturday I told her yes! The last couple of days we have been trying to figure out how all of this is going to work. God has been confirming this decision in many ways. Even little things like the colors and theme of the website, the verses she chose, the opportunity to use some of my photographs on the website, I could go on and on. As I was exploring the website (which will launch next week) I kept thinking that Erin took all of the jumbled up thoughts in my head and wrote them in a succinct, beautiful way. I love how God has been working in both of our lives to bring us to where we are today. I love the friendship that has developed so quickly. I love that we work together so well even though we have never met or even talked on the phone. I can't wait to see how God uses Broken but Priceless Ministries in the days, months and years to come!

Right now Erin writes for the blog twice a week. She is a gifted writer and her posts are always encouraging and fun to read! Moving forward Erin will write every Monday and Friday and I will write every Wednesday. Today's blog post is in interview with yours truly, introducing me to the readers. You can read it HERE. The blog will move to the website when it launches next week.

In other news, my new routine and medication is doing wonders. I am feeling better than I have in a very long time. I am learning how to pace myself and live each day well. I threw my routine out the window when I went to a Nine Lashes concert with my brother and the Packers/49ers game with my dad and some good friends. I think I am just now beginning to recover from that week - but it was so worth it!

Meeting my favorite band was quite spectacular!

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The wild beasts will honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise." -Isaiah 43:18-21