Mid-Year Check In – 2023

As you may know, my “One Word” for this year is Rejoice. God has given me much to rejoice about this first half of 2023

I’d like to share a few writing milestones and breakthroughs with you:

Book 6 Update: So much has been going on behind the scenes with Book 6. Lots of writing, revising, and editing going on. Lots of emails with my awesome team and a great meeting with my editor. I’m so looking forward to sharing more info about Book 6 with you (including the cover and title reveal) so please stay tuned! Be sure to sign up for my email list so you don’t miss a thing.

Our Daily Bread Update: I’m so thrilled and honored to be writing for Our Daily Bread‘s main devotional. My first two articles have been approved! Will definitely keep you posted on when my articles begin to be published.

NYSB Teaching Update: I’ve wrapped up teaching for the 2022-2023 school year. What a blessing it’s been to teach my five classes throughout the year. This June was the fourth June I’ve taught a Summer class. Glory! It’s so lovely to see how my students connect and encourage one another. Ladies, I hope you’ll join us this Fall for online classes. You and your friends can join from wherever you are in the world. My classes are usually on Tuesday evenings. Stay tuned for more info. including about my new class that’s just been added to the schedule!

This past June mi familia also got to celebrate that my nephew persevered through the pandemic and graduated high school with honors! Graduations are a big deal for mi familia. Grandpa would be so proud of his grandson.

Has this year been easy? Nope. But God’s grace is sufficient and His mercies are new every morning.

Thanks for your prayers and for rejoicing with me!

If you’re looking for encouragement as you walk by faith, hope and love and dare to live your God-given dreams, check out:

  • Abounding Faith’s FIVE Christian living books and devotionals on Amazon. They make great additions to your summer reading list. (Amazon Prime Day is July 11-12.)
  • Connect with Abounding Faith on Instagram or social media.
  • Consider having me as your Life Coach. I’d be delighted to prayerfully help you reach your breakthrough.

May the rest of our year be the best of our year!

To God be the Glory!

“Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request. (1 Chronicles 4:10)

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I’m an Our Daily Bread Author – Major Writing Breakthrough!

After years of feeling drawn to writing for this global ministry, I’m excited to announce I’m an Our Daily Bread author for their main devotional 🎉

My devotional articles are gonna be in their booklets that you can find in church lobbies and some schools or hospitals, etc. They’re also online and in audio format, etc.

For more than 75 years, Our Daily Bread Ministries has helped millions of people connect with God each day.  Our Daily Bread Ministries is a global ministry with staff and volunteers in more than 35 offices working together to distribute more than 60 million resources in 150 countries and in some 58 languages

When God called me out of journalism, I didn’t think I’d ever write publicly again.

I was content just writing care notes for my small group members.

But God had a plot twist for me 🔥

It’s been nine years since I won ODB’s Online Writing Contest for Readers ✍️ The video above was the short video greeting I made for their staff meeting.

In recent years, I’ve written for Our Daily Bread‘s VOICES Collection and their Discovery Series website (you can read more in this blog post) and have even written marketing copy for them.

Thanks to those who’ve been praying and encouraging me during this long wait to write for their main devotional!

Will definitely let you know when my articles start getting published.

I’m grateful I get to encourage people as they walk by abounding faith, hope and love and dare to live their God-given dreams 💕

Thanks for rejoicing with me.

All glory to God 🔥

Note: My Dear Late Dad knew that my friends at Our Daily Bread would graciously donate books and devotionals for my events. Here’s a pic with him holding one of their Discovery Series booklets. He’d be so thrilled to know I’m writing for them now.

“Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request.” (1 Chronicles 4;10 NIV)

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.comThe “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™