“God takes you by the hand and guides you in darkness, as though you were blind along a way and to a place you know not. You would never have succeeded in reaching this place no matter how good your eyes and your feet.” Richard Foster. In his quote from Celebration of Discipline, Richard Foster describes well my transition from my life in Africa, where I lived very simply, to complicated life in America. In Africa, I lived by faith and I loved that life very much. But the

My mom’s favorite season was autumn; she loved the colors and she loved Thanksgiving. I missed 12 years of autumn, living in Africa where it was gloriously summer all year. Actually, I think I’ve always missed the wonders of fall. There were so many years of changes, moving, often buried under the weight of the school year. Over the years, there have been many burdens to bear. My mom and dad are gone now, houses sold, things given away. My own kids are far away. Pen in h