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A memorial service held for John Kossick at Florida Living Church, Apopka, Fla., followed the normal pattern with music, prayer, and words of comfort from Alan Jones, pastor, and numerous memories from relatives and friends.
Please! We’re human too!
The impact of my dad’s ministry on my life.
The greatest need and want of PK’s.
“Lord, You want me to do what?” “Hmmmm!”
“That doesn’t sound like something I would like to do, nor am I qualified!” “Are you sure, Lord?”
Yes, I questioned God about this new chapter in my life that He was orchestrating. I did not see it coming! You see, I was in the nursing field for 27 years and now God cornered me into leading a publishing company.“Seriously,” I said to the Lord, “You got jokes.” Well, I need to be grateful because God knew a day would come when I would no longer be able to physically manage being a nurse.
Within days of my husband accepting a new job that would require us to move over 3800 km across Canada, the pandemic hit. Suddenly, things got more complicated in being left alone to try to sell a house, and not being able to go and look for a new home because of the self-isolation rules. As a result, we have spent the last 4 months in an Airbnb with all our belongings in storage and living out of suitcases while looking for a house to buy.
The North American Indians have a tradition that when their son is coming of age the son must do something to prove his worth.
I am a nurse by profession. However, four boys and years of homeschooling consumed many of my pre-forty years. As thechildren began to go off to high school my world changed. No longer was I “just” a stay-at-home Mom and a spouse ofsomeone in ministry, but I was highly sought after and respected as a nurse in a third world country where the local medical care was substandard at best. I thrived in my newadult world.
Have you thought your life was going one direction, but then God sent you down a new track? Did you follow the Leader? How did it turn out?
There were many joys, but also challenges of being a pastoral family. We had just started our ministry when we were chosen to
Life offers few things that compare with the joy of a God-centered marriage. That kind of love preps the heart and mind to endure and grow with change—a reality that defines and sustains life. When Larry and I entered youth ministry, opportunities and challenges for our family life were abundant. For example, summers meant relocating to youth camp for three months. The varied significantly at different camps. Sometimes we caught rainwater in buckets in our bedroom; repaired sewer line breaks, and shared living space with tiny blood-sucking flies. Other camps were posh in comparison. All of these experiences, though unsettling, were precious opportunities to partner with God and be together in ministry.
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