If you're faced with a critical decision about what to do with your life, this blog post is for you
You already know I didn’t have a good attitude about the thought of moving to Africa. I wanted to keep a tight grip on the life I had. Especially I hated the thought of leaving my young adult kids. And I didn’t want to let go of my material possessions. And I didn’t want to leave the lovely town I lived in, Port Angeles, Washington. (If you missed that post, click on But I don’t WANT to leave Port Angeles .) But for some reason I can’t fully explain—who can find adequate words to tell how God works in our hearts?—eventually I was open to being persuaded by Him to change my mind and go. You know how that happens—it has happened to you: God often uses other people and their stories to grab hold of our hearts and make us want to turn and go another direction. I wish I’d had Elisa Morgan’s book and Kay Warren’s book back then but, alas, they hadn’t written those books yet. But if you are currently faced with a radical, life-changing decision about what to do with your life, those two book...