by Jessica Bolyard | Jun 16, 2012 | Faith
I’ve been missing in action around here for awhile now. I regret that. “A writer should write something every day,” they say. “Keep the writing muscles flexed…toned. There is no room for atrophy.” As Carlos Fuentes wrote: “Writing is a struggle against...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 15, 2012 | Faith
But I have raised you upfor this very purpose,that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. (Exodus 9:16) For the past several years, I’ve been on a journey of intentionality – of living with a purpose, embarking on everything...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 10, 2012 | Faith, Family
Over the past few days, I’ve had some of those recurring thoughts. I think you know the ones I’m talking about. “I’m a pretty awful mama. I shouldn’t have yelled at her like that.” “What kind of mother am I? I can’t even make a meal that my child will eat? It’s my...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 8, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
This post is another in a series I’m writing about the relationships I’ve formed during three mission experiences in Belize. To read more in this series, you may click here. Allison is three. I think she’s the youngest one I’ve connected with in Belize; my...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 3, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
This post is part of a series of posts I’m working on about the relationships I, and other members of our team, have developed over the course of three mission experiences in Belize. To read more about these relationships, click here. Our team first met Mrs. Rash in...
by Jessica Bolyard | Apr 28, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
This is a continuation of a series I’ve been doing on my relationships and experiences doing missions in Belize. To read more about these experiences, click here. I met Jessica and Ingrid in November 2010, on my first visit to Belize. On Sunday morning, the...
by Jessica Bolyard | Apr 26, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
This is part of a series of posts I’ve been doing on relationships built over the course of three mission trips to Belize with my church. We are in a long term relationship with a church in Belmopan, and each time we visit we work to facilitate the missions and...
by Jessica Bolyard | Apr 24, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
I wrote this post nearly a year ago, as I reflected on one of my mission experiences in Belize, Central America. I have been on four such trips, and whenever I reflect on my experiences there it is the names and faces of real people who make up my memories. To read...
by Jessica Bolyard | Apr 20, 2012 | Faith, Fellowship
I wrote this post after reflecting for awhile on a friendship I got to watch develop while I was in Belize. One of our team members blew my mind and inspired me with her fantastic grace and unconditional love for one of society’s forgotten children, and I...
by Jessica Bolyard | Apr 18, 2012 | Faith
“All I know is I am not home yet. This is not where I belong. Take this world and give me Jesus. This is not where I belong.” (Building 429) It has been a little more than a week since I stepped off the hot, dusty tarmac in Belize and boarded a plane bound for...
