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After surrendering everything, I fell into a peaceful sleep. At 5 am, I woke up with a sharp spasm and the half hopeful feeling that perhaps this time it was “real.” I stayed in bed for a couple of hours, doing my devotions and language lesson. I texted my husband, who commented that I sounded nonchalant for someone in labour. But I’d had too much false labour to get my hopes up quickly. At 7, I went to get my toddler up, and suddenly couldn’t lift him out of his playpen. Wa

Another Braxton hicks contraction. Only this time it felt different. I tried not to panic as the cramping became more frequent, intense, lasted longer and could even be described as painful. I was only 34 weeks along. But not only that, the very next day I was supposed to embark on an international flight to have this baby — next month, not this month! These contractions lasted several hours and did not dissipate with changes of position, eating or drinking. I finally asked f

When Amy Carmichael wrote the book “Things As They Are”, she received major backlash. She was told that people didn’t want to hear the cold, hard truth. They wanted the romanticized version. However, she wanted to present what it was really like, without sugar-coating it. Serving God always comes with a blessing, but living overseas has its fair share of challenges. In these posts, I have sought to give an accurate view of what living overseas is like. Because there are so m