Well, it has been a while since I last posted. I am writing from Orlando, FL where I attended the SBC (Southern Baptist Convention) this week for my new position as director of external relations for the College of Christian Studies at Anderson. Cliff and Caleb were able to come too and spent the days hanging out with Mickey while I got to share with pastors how they can pursue their graduate education.
It was a fun week. I saw many, many old friends and folks I knew from my previous jobs and in many ways it was like coming home. I even got asked to jump in and help cover a story for Baptist Press when they were short on writers due to some sickness going around in the newsroom. As I was walking back to the newsroom after my old friend and mentor Jim Veneman (who did the trips with me to Iraq for the book A Greater Freedom) had run me to my hotel to pick up my laptop, I chuckled at the image in my head of all of the invisible hats I was wearing. I have lots of invisible hats and suddenly I seemed to be wearing them all at once! It was a fun moment and I think God was probably chuckling with me. He’s the one who gave me all of those hats in the first place.
I’m excited about the future though a little unsure of how I will juggle it all. But my passion for military wives has certainly not wavered; we’ve got a new monthly newsletter coming out this week for Wives of Faith (when I get home to put it together) and several potential groups looking at forming. I have two new book projects I’m working on – the first is a Bible study for military wives going through deployment. Tour of Duty: Preparing Our Hearts for Deployment, A Bible Study for Military Wives is scheduled to release in November of this year and my deadline for that is rapidly approaching. The second is a book that I’m doing with Harvest House that I’ll offer some more detail on in a later post.
I do hope to start blogging more on a regular basis – it may not be award-winning and deeply thought-provoking posts all the time – it may just be quick updates on what’s happening in my world, but never the less, I hope to be more regular with my posts here as well as on our website for Wives of Faith.
I’d love to hear from you on how you juggle it all – what’s your most pressing challenge? What have you found works for you and your family? Looking forward to talking with you more.
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Sara, I'm constantly amazed how you do it all. But I know the Lord through you continues to do it. I'm always proud of you and how you consistantly strive to put the Lord first in all that you do. I see God using you to bless others, beginning at home with your husband and son. And I see how your husband reaches out to bless you in all the little ways that he shows his love to you. I pray for you each day that God will give you the strength you need to walk through all you face. As you meet new people to minister to and continue to minister to those you do on a regular basis, I know He will. Several people at my church heard you on Focus on the Family and said how much it ministered to them and they appreciated what they heard. May our Lord keep on blessing you as you keep on reaching out to others and realizing it is because of doing it 'God Strong'. Love you. Mom