Submitted By Laura Miller, Japan
A few years ago my husband was assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan.   This third world country, located north of Afghanistan, is unlike the western world.  My husband was allowed to take his family to this remote part of the world and within 30 hours of our arrival, I experienced [...]

It’s nearly March and soon PWOC chapters all over the world will be announcing their executive slates for leadership.   It’s an exciting and pivotal time in the ministry year and we have a role in it.  Jesus, the most amazing leader that ever walked the face of the earth, asked His Father to send out [...]

One beautiful Tennessee morning in fall 2001 my parents and I encountered something unusual on the highway heading toward Clarksville. Through the peripheral vision in my right eye I saw something speeding past us. It maneuvered forward, then into our lane, then back into the right lane and disappeared. This 18-wheeler with a flatbed hauling [...]

Holding It Together
The kind ob/gyn managed to contact my friend and then invited me to sit down on the blue plastic chair placed against the wall behind her desk. I sat in that chair, rocking forward and back, arms wrapped around my midsection. The rocking was instinctive. I either was attempting to comfort my shattered [...]

Unexpected Loss
After my first ob/gyn visit I went home still unsure what to think. The 10.5 week old fetus seemed normal but it had developed only to 9.5 weeks and the doctor’s incongruent words, tone, and body language suggested there could be a problem. With that I trusted God with the pregnancy knowing His will [...]

Confirmation and Concern
The first week of April 2001 Steve and I returned to Clarksville, Tennessee. Within days he headed west to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for the last phase of school. Although friends invited me to stay with them, I chose to stay home. Besides, I had news I wasn’t willing to share yet, and I [...]

Submitted by Mary Crow
I haven’t been writing much lately due to preparing for a PCS. Many of you have been through this before, and many of you have not. I have one ETS under my belt as well as many civilian moves, but no PCS to date. The interesting thing about this is that I [...]

Matthew 2: 9-11
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped Matthew 2: 9-11 over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11On coming to the house, they saw [...]

As I reflect on this special day, I think about how the birth of Jesus Christ set into motion a beautiful and divine, majestic plan of His kingdom reign, which knows no end.

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.  And [...]

Submitted by Barbara Boykin, PWOCI Leadership Selection
Jesus is the reason for the season!!!  This is my favorite time of the year, considering my birthday is only two days away and Christmas is right around the corner.  When I was growing up I never got birthday parties because my birthday was so close to Christmas.  My [...]