I’m on a daily roll……of thanksgiving.

Hmmmm…..daily thanksgiving….I like the idea!  As I said yesterday, I am challenged to post what I am thankful for.  It is a retraining to force quit the negative in general and recognize the great things in your life and reach for the attitude of gratitude that can totally change your outlook on life….how you respond [...]

Thankful for moments….

I was inspired by a friend to think of and record things I was thankful for every day until Thanksgiving.  I posted the challenge on FACEBOOK (www.facebook.com/melissasalomon)  It is always good when you can train your mind to focus on the blessings of each day.  Somehow our brain wiring always wants to go to negatives [...]

Iowa friends and Iowa cornfields…..

I was invited to visit Iowa and update some faithful supporters (thanks to my most gracious and lovely hosts, Lynn and Ellie Menz and Kathryn Sprecher) of our work in Tijuana. It was harvest time and unseasonably great weather. It was cool to drive through endless fields of corn or freshly harvested fields.  I had [...]

Life is crazy…..

…..work backload, don’t know if some vendors are going to come through for me on some essential things for the weekend, mom sick and needs extra care through weekend, family drama, good friends struggling with health and other serious issues, cash tight, need to pack for trip to Iowa on Friday, laundry not done…etc. etc.  [...]

I have a friend in Uganda. His name is Charles.  He has a quick and broad smile and a compassionate heart.  He wrote this short devotional thought. It touched my heart and I wanted to share it here.  What a beautiful thought that the our acts of love leave a fragrance on our own hands.  [...]

Pray…think….deliver (part II)

How often we pray a quick “ohhhhh, help me God” when we are tackling something challenging…..and this is usually on the fly!  I do it.
How often we run through a mental “to do” list or think about a project and say “this goes first, then this….I need this and that to complete”?  I totally do [...]

Pray….Think…..and Deliver!

I belong to an organization that raises millions of dollars for support of mission work all over the world and is committed to encouraging all women of the church to grow very close to God and to serve His church with the gifts He has given each woman.  Man, these women lean hard on God, [...]

Great first “preview” worship service!

Great Sunday.  You can read about it below in the note I wrote the prayer partners who are helping pray for this new mission launch.  You will read about my friend, a young mom with three young children, who suddenly lost her mother on Friday night.  She was very close to her mother and this [...]

First “preview” worship service coming up on Sunday.

Yes, THIS Sunday, October 11.  I can’t believe after so much planning, it is finally almost here……and still, it seems it has snuck up on us (yeah, there have been a thousand other things to tend to as well.) October is here already!?
We are so excited to invite people to our creative testing ground……experimenting with [...]

Mind Boggling

….fascinating though. Yeah, the facts fly by so fast…..I think that is kind of the point.