Tiki, our Cypriot poodle, never has any trouble feeling at home… For the last 12 years, my husband and I have been in the fast lane as far as international travel. It has been a privilege, exhilirating, revealing, and exhausting at once. One year we traveled to three continents in the space of seven days. It was…
Tag: missions
As I Drifted Off…
Last night, I slept in my own bed. I enjoyed slidding into the clean sheets and resting my head on the down pillow. There is just nothing like my own bed… Oh, the joy and contentment of being home. A cool breeze blew through the room from an open window. I could hear the waterfall from the Koi pond…
That Cry Will Never Leave Me…
We saw this beautiful Ethiopian Jewess at the clinic in Addis Ababa. I wonder if the Queen of Sheba was this pretty? On our last evening in Ethiopia, Wayne and I had a few hours before our flight. We took a taxi to the Hilton and grabbed a bite to eat in the gazebo…
haiku: princes of nations
lifted from ashes transformed darkness into light princes of nations
The Coffee Ceremony of Ethiopia
It’s a time for jollification. The coffee ceremony of Ethiopia is full of aromas and surprises. Our first experience was four years ago with the committee members of the Toward Jerusalem Council II. We were honored to be invited to the home of a Jewish woman from Addis Ababa. The first memory I have is…
haiku: engraved
engraved upon my palms, scars that say I will never forget you
I Am Broken
A sea of Ethiopians sit across from the tables. One by one they come to us, the several nurses that assess their medical needs and direct them to appropriate clinics. In between patients, my eyes scan the faces–the people who wait patiently, almost reverently for free medical help. They cannot afford to pay for…
haiku: ethiopia
ethiopian blind man sees what I don’t with his ears, hands, and heart faith and justice live side by side but faith will die if injustice reigns faith weathers the storm of injustice, knowing God will even the score
‘The Topaz of Ethiopia Cannot Equal It’
Wisdom is when God touches man to reveal Himself. The revelation of wisdom is Jesus. I am preparing myself for the trip to Ethiopia today. I came across anew these beautiful Scriptures from the book of Job below about how precious wisdom is and how men seek it– not even the topaz of Ethiopia can equal the beauty and…
That Bubble I Live In…
Well, Wayne and I are back in our own little lentil patch here in Texas, pulling the weeds, turning over the soil, planting, watering, and endeavoring to produce a harvest from that which the Lord has entrusted to us in our small corner of the world.
Bonnie Saul Wilks 