At first it felt miserable knowing the island was my new home for who knew how long. As a young, single English teacher, I moved into a dank villa surrounded by other dank, concrete buildings. In a matter of days, a huge typhoon hit. Running water...

I got the call from my husband a few Sundays ago. 

There are some events in life that are so painful, they threaten to wreck you from the inside out. The death of a loved one can be an example of one of these kinds of events. I recently read Pastor Levi Lusko’s story in his book “

“The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” - Mark Twain