Grief Emerges
When the doctor returned to the examining room I was sitting on the table composed but stunned. The questions that bounced around in my brain still couldn’t be asked. My mouth wasn’t ready to engage. This had been my first pregnancy. At the time I didn’t know it would be my last. The [...]

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 [...]

Unexpected Discovery
Each day I sat propped up on the bed reading, journaling, and praying. An inviting picture hanging on the wall across from me beckoned to me like a memory luring me back in time. Two white, wooden beach chairs faced forward toward the ocean. Seated on one was a woman wearing a white sun [...]

Submitted by Mary Crow
Today, we had Praise Team practice to prepare for the next two weeks of PWOC. I had just enjoyed a wonderful time with a handful of some of my favorite ladies while praising the Lord. I don’t think it gets much better than that! Anyway, I was driving, and had to drop [...]

Cry of Desperation
As I walked around the apartment in Friedberg, Germany, I cried out to God to help me overcome damage from the past. Pacing back and forth, Bible in hand, I read Romans 12:2 aloud, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of [...]

Letters with stamps. Remember those? Maybe a long distant phone call with a timer that keeps track of how much money you’ve spent. Maybe an occasional visit in person with someone you haven’t seen in a long time.
Does that sound like a long time ago? How do you connect with others?
Yes, going next door or [...]

Submitted by Laura Firtko, Fort Carson, CO
Today I sense some enemy action. What do I mean by that? It appears that Satan is trying to get me all spun up and anxious before PWOC tomorrow. This morning my ID card decided to jump out of my purse, apparently. You know how it is as a [...]

Submitted by Erin Nonaka, Ft. Bragg, NC
Do you ever just sit in awe of God choosing to show you the little things in life that are a part of the bigger plan that He has?  I sure do, and in fact, yesterday (our PWOC meeting day) was a day when He let me in on [...]

Submitted by: Sandy Murphy, Ft. Bragg PWOC Chapel Liason
Protestant Women of the Chapel (PWOC) has a new ministry position. The position is called the Women’s Ministry Coordinator. When PWOC International updated the PWOC Women’s Ministry Manuel, this new position was added in order to provide a liaison between the local PWOC and each of the [...]

PWOC has provided fertile ground to cultivate the gifts God has planted within me.  Years ago, my first discipler, Susie, was actively engaged in Ft. Campbell’s PWOC.  Susie first watered my spiritual gifts by teaching me about them.  Her mentoring alone taught me much on the gifts of teaching, mercy, and faith. Years later, others [...]